Episode 3 of the Time Team Podcast has arrived!
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In this episode of the Time Team podcast, Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams hear about the latest discoveries at a site dubbed England's Pompeii. You'll find out how the Bronze Age settlement, home to around 60 people, burned down in 850BC but has been almost-perfectly preserved, giving a snapshot of what life in Cambridgeshire was like around 3,000 years ago. Mark Knight, from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit, tells you everything you need to know.
Also on the podcast, Time Team's Stewart Ainsworth is out in a muddy field with Martyn, explaining how LiDAR can be used to reveal hidden secrets about a landscape; the creator of Time Team, Tim Taylor, tells you what happened when Sir Tony Robinson became involved with the programme and Helen will be answering more of the questions you've submitted on Patreon.
Don't forget to leave your new questions in the comments section below.
Comments
Loving the podcast. I wonder whether you could upload copies documents you are discussing, for example Lidar, or photos when you talk about sites?
Elizabeth West
2024-10-24 06:28:42 +0000 UTCAbsolutely loving the podcast! Thankyou!
Jenny Lambert
2024-10-13 19:47:24 +0000 UTCVery thought provoking, Nameri!
Martyn Williams
2024-10-08 17:29:03 +0000 UTCMy question would be based on Stewart and his maps. What do the team think about the fact that life is increasingly digital? Do they think that maybe hundreds of years in the future our documents and maps will be like a new Dark Ages? They won’t be on paper, the way they were accessed may no longer be possible. Will there be a big Information Age gap in the records?
Nameri Verdstela
2024-10-08 15:52:12 +0000 UTCThanks Robin!
Martyn Williams
2024-10-07 15:27:57 +0000 UTCHow lovely to hear how much you and your daughter are enjoying Time Team. We're so glad she's finding it interesting and learning lots. I think you might have an archaeologist of the future in the making!
Martyn Williams
2024-10-07 15:27:37 +0000 UTCWhat a fantastic question!
Martyn Williams
2024-10-07 15:25:33 +0000 UTCWould Time Team ever consider tackling a archeological site on the Western Front?
Steve Mikre
2024-10-06 10:45:00 +0000 UTCAlso, thank you so much for all you do. Time Team has been a love of mine for years, and now my eldest daughter (age 12) is hooked. She’s done a presentation on Time Team for school and tells anyone who might listen all about you. She gets her little siblings excited to dig test pits in our fields at least once a week. I love hearing her quote all of you (in the proper accents) as “finds” appear. Her knowledge of the historical timeline is excellent (if centered on the wrong continent) thanks to you. I’m the official osteologist and we learn so much figuring out which creature left us their skeletal bits and sometimes even what happened to them. What an amazing way to learn and grow as a family. And it’s music to my ears when she asks, “Mom, can we listen to the new podcast together tonight?” As a parent I must say that my Patreon subscription more than pays for itself—the frequent additions keep my kids excited and learning, plus it provides invaluable time when my tween daughter *wants* to hang out with Mom!
Elizabeth Esser
2024-10-06 00:55:14 +0000 UTCHow is the process of archeology different in different places? For example, it seems in England every shovelful of dirt has finds, to the point you use diggers, whereas when TT went to the United States Phil despaired at having to dig only with trowels because there is so little to find. Are such discrepancies common? What are other differences, if any, around the world?
Elizabeth Esser
2024-10-06 00:36:18 +0000 UTCThat was extremely well done. I’ve always loved seeing and hearing Helen. Such a great treat to listen to this episode.
Robin Smith
2024-10-05 00:06:03 +0000 UTCi was very interested to hear Stewart explaining how lidar works and what it does and more importantly does not tell you.
Rosemary Cormack
2024-10-04 18:26:17 +0000 UTCQuestion for Helen~ Can you let us know what type of opportunities are there people to volunteer on digs who aren't able to physically work in the trenches?
Lois
2024-10-03 22:45:33 +0000 UTCI would love to find audio books on archeology, especially if read by Helen. I do hope that will become a reality one if these days! Love the podcasts!
Mary Lu Perham
2024-10-03 14:34:57 +0000 UTCI think you're right there! Let's see if we can make it happen
Martyn Williams
2024-10-03 09:11:07 +0000 UTCAnother great episode, just wish the discussion on Must Farm could have been longer! Current Archaeology did an article on this, and my mother and I had the article open while we listened. I don't suppose Time Team could do one of their specials on Must Farm?
Elaine P
2024-10-02 22:18:34 +0000 UTCI would love to hear more about the conservation that goes on after the dig - how various items are 'restored', the different conservation experts and how long these processes take. This would make an interesting Time Team special, I think.
Marianne Richards MSc.
2024-10-02 15:04:21 +0000 UTCThank you Philip!
Martyn Williams
2024-10-02 13:34:48 +0000 UTCThanks Barry
Martyn Williams
2024-10-02 13:34:20 +0000 UTCMe too! A great question. (Martyn)
Martyn Williams
2024-10-02 13:12:00 +0000 UTCA great question, CCZ, thank you. We'll try and get you an answer to this
Martyn Williams
2024-10-02 13:11:41 +0000 UTCSounds like a very creative story, especially with all the accents!
Martyn Williams
2024-10-02 13:09:57 +0000 UTCThanks Leah!
Martyn Williams
2024-10-02 13:09:13 +0000 UTCHi Frank, thanks for taking an interest. I've been having a look for you. Best I've found so far is this: https://data.catchmentbasedapproach.org/maps/a0eb5fe3e2d142f2a3c30626a3db4d7f/explore Hope this works! (Martyn)
Martyn Williams
2024-10-02 13:06:45 +0000 UTCAnother fab episode. Thanks. It really interests me that LIDAR is readily available and I wonder if there is a resource you could direct me towards so i could look at my local area or learn how to get most from it.
Frank Pellow
2024-10-02 06:35:07 +0000 UTCExcellent podcast. I listen whenever I can. I would love a Time Team or archaeology story time audio format! Helen would be marvelous as a narrator, I'm sure. I've had a habit of writing stories for my kids when they were young, and now my grandchild. One of the segments was when a ragtag group of animals that survived a forest catastrophe happen upon a small cherrywood box buried in a field. I let the animals speak (a bit British accenting, just because I love hearing all the different voicings from the various areas in Britain - I'm from the U.S) as they discover what hides in the box. :)
Mark Kenney
2024-10-02 05:15:05 +0000 UTCI’m a bit jealous of Martyn. It would be a dream to explore a landscape with Stewart.
Julianne Ture
2024-10-02 03:41:59 +0000 UTCCan't wait to listen to this on my commute to work tomorrow! It makes the time go by so much more quickly.
Leah Kotok
2024-10-02 02:20:31 +0000 UTCLove these podcasts, though I do wish we had a picture to look at. Maybe an artefact from the dig, or the lidar platform Stuart was talking about.
Shelby
2024-10-02 00:03:06 +0000 UTCThank you for the podcast. I'm loving these episodes. I have heard you talking about the records for all your digs being available. Where or how can we have access to them? And are these records issued after all the post process at the lab, etc is done?
CCZ
2024-10-02 00:02:18 +0000 UTCWhat Maria said.
Elizabeth Neill
2024-10-01 23:13:18 +0000 UTCExcellent podcast, I would love to know how Helen got into archaeology and about her early career
Anthony Prince
2024-10-01 19:23:41 +0000 UTCThank you for your reply. I'll look it up
Maria
2024-10-01 16:04:52 +0000 UTCRecreating the Past by Victor Abrus and Mick Aston is very enjoyable. More a popular work, not sure it has enough detail for what you may be looking for.
Fiona D
2024-10-01 15:57:39 +0000 UTCNot being from the UK I found time team episodes during the pandemic. My question to Helen is can you talk about some of your experiences when you were a just a digger? before you became one of the show experts. One of my early favorite moments of you in an episode has to be when Tony playfully called you queenie when after telling him yellow isn’t your color when you were digging at wick Hammond. Thank you for bringing all this wonderful history into my home in America.
Chris DeAngelo
2024-10-01 14:32:43 +0000 UTCAnother brilliant episode. Helen I could listen to you all day. I wouldn't get much done though. The book reading sounds like an amazing idea I can hardly wait for that. I really appreciate the trouble you all go to to keep us informed and adviced about upcoming events. Thanks again. I'll look forward to the next episode in the meantime. 👍👏👏👏👏
Barry Jones
2024-10-01 14:17:38 +0000 UTCGosh, my moment of podcast immortality – you answered my question! Also, every time someone says “ground-truthing” I hear it in Sir Tony’s voice from the Sutton Hoo special. 💙
Julianne Ture
2024-10-01 14:02:38 +0000 UTCReally enjoying these. Appreciate the work that you put into these podcasts. Marvelous!
Philip Squire
2024-10-01 11:02:45 +0000 UTCIs there a TT book out which gives a glossary of the different periods of history BC and AD? To also help in identifying finds and the Archeological period, they have come from? Brilliant podcasts so far and very informative. Thank you
Maria
2024-10-01 09:50:57 +0000 UTCHelen is very good in the audio format. Does Helen have a teaching background as I know back in the OG Time Team she was in "front line" archeological services.
Darryl Adams
2024-10-01 08:31:18 +0000 UTC
