@@EducationProfessional-pc6ep i'd like more digs for possible viking sites from the first landing, although thats enormously difficult and in Canada lmao
IMHO, Tony is the best historical documentarian of my lifetime and the time team is brilliant. The teams dynamics are fantastic and while Steve Irwin was the best wildlife documentarian in my lifetime, the historical category easily goes to Tony.
I have, 220 episodes, it is an education. After that I spent 2 weeks on digs on a nearby site. One was a search for a graveyard but amongst other things I dug up the midden of a high status, early house, ca 1625. The other was exploring the garden of a mansion built 125 years later about 1750. Both in Newfoundland.
I can see now what Mick meant when he said they stopped focusing solely on archaeology. That legionary part of this show had nothing to do with the dig at all, yes it's a Roman dig, but time team was supposed to be about the site & re-creating it.
I think the complex was a warehouse - if they were sending materials on to other forts, it stands to reason they'd have to safely store large quantities for periods of time, and the main complex didn't do that.
One of the later episodes of TT with the 'new member' Mary-Ann Ochota. Miss Ochota has no archaeological background and no special presentation skills either. So she really doesn't add anything to the series. She just seems to be introduced because of her looks (she is a former model), which is a sad thing. She is also the reason why prof. Mick Aston (rip), one of my personal favourites in the series, left the series. So, all in all, a really bad choice of the production team...
Are all Romans fortress the same anywhere? So why is Antonia fortress minimized in Jerusalem looking like a castle 🏰 instead of a Roman fortress? The platform if the Temple mound fits the Roman fortress foundation? Don't you think?
I loved the British Isles and I love archeology, so Time Team is a natural for me. I don’t think now that I will be able to visit the UK in this lifetime (I am holding out hope for the next one), but these shows and other BBC and ITV productions let me visit. I love seeing the green grass and shrubs and trees. I love the blue, blue sky; the beautiful clouds; and, yes, even the pouring rain. Thank you Time Team.
I've actually been to this site. It is amazing and you can walk through much of the areas they are shown working. It was a whole day between the museum and excavated for area. Wonderful part of my trip.
Always thought Phil Harding was there for comic relief, but the more of these I watch the more I realise what an incredible archaeologist he is. A true master.
@@rebeccatopken6532 Yes, but the problem is that there is too much. You can't build the Metro, because there are ancient underground cities. I live in Tuscany near Pisa and Florence, it's a big problem to build houses, in the garden in front of my house they were digging to build a hotel, and they found two Roman ships. As you start a construction site you have to stop it. But of course it's great to live surrounded by history. Ciao Ciao
@@Matteobaria75 holy smokes! 2 ships! Can understand the frustration. I guess it is easier for me to be in awe of the antiquities since I live in the U. S.. We dont have the same kind of antiquities or the age.
It strikes me the excavators are overlooking the obvious. What do you have when you build commercial docks? Warehouses. I believe that barges would unload and goods be tied up or stacked in temporary storage in the 'cubicles' around the dirt courtyard. Buyers would come and negotiate purchases and payments be made under the watchful eye of officialdom, at least security from soldiers but possibly banking operations as well. The wooden structure that Phil's been excavating would be the 'block house' for the guards and possibly tax man to collect their lb of flesh (not literally). A large military establishment like this would be a huge opportunity for local agricultural products. An army marches on it's stomach but they don't grow much, if anything. They buy it from local suppliers, in this case probably delivered by barge from long distances away. The docks would have been a very high traffic area with produce and meat on the hoof being delivered daily. This place would have been as busy as a Wall2wallMart (ASDA?).
True, the Romans had fast food every day unless rich; they were not able to farm even for Rome enough and shipped it in; a very big consumer state.....
@@gryph01 They lost Mick when Mary ann was added he didnt want that, and indeed not long after he passed away, i think time team did one season with Mary ann which if i have to guess was season 20? then it was shut down.
@@Sarge80 I looked it up. Mick wanted to leave the show because he felt that they were getting too far away from Archeology. Mick passed away and the show was cancelled. Other than the one show in 2014. I am happy to see they are revamping the show. I wish that Tony and Phil would come back on. But maybe new people will make it good.
@@gryph01 Agreed, i liked the time team seasons especially phil's humor, it was good while it lasted. Phil was my favorite but also Stewart what he could find out by just looking around was amazing.
@@Sarge80 Apparently, Stuart Ainsworth (and Helen Geake) were becoming increasingly sidelined, along with Victor Ambrus in later seasons. Likely that all came in line with the format for the show changing due to the shows ratings falling, much to Micks displeasure, which the below quote (from the Western Daily Press) alludes to. "There is a lot less archaeological content and a lot more pratting about. I was the archaeological consultant but they decided to get rid of half the archaeological team, without consulting me.” I can certainly appreciate why Mick wasn't pleased, particularly given how much he poured into the show from its beginning, and indeed its predecessor "Time Signs".
Me too. I kept missing the opportunity to join a dig in Southampton, Ontario. We found two ships on the beach. I remember seeing the spars of the ship as a kid. Then we discovered it was a ship. They found a cannon and eventually identified one if the ships was the Weasel. A ship thst was recorded as lost before the town was settled.
That building in the courtyard seems most likely to me to be a high-security site for storing valuable cargo or other theft-prone items like soldiers’ wages and anything else needing guarding, perhaps even some food supplies. The courtyard would be in open view of soldiers by day, possibly boosted with guard dogs or geese to raise an intrusion alarm at night. It would be protected on all sides and from tunneling below. With sturdy construction and organized guard rotations, it would be next to impenetrable. Given the strategic site and isolation of the fort and the uncertain times in which it existed, security would be at a premium.
But the rest of the team in their posh hotel rooms, probably woke up, took a nice hot shower, had a proper English breakfast. I'd say Matt and Raksha got the short end by simply bringing them a sandwich lol.
An American goes into bar in Scotland and sees two heavy set ladies. He approaches and asks, are you two ladies from Scotland? They reply, Wales, it’s Wales. So he says okay Are you two Wales from Scotland?
Signed into the Roman army for 25 years, and if married had to divorce first. So Rome the miniseries is wrong from the start; and by lifespan your whole life was in the army even if you did live...... better food than commoners but still.
First of all: That's just typical, you get an interesting documentary on something truly amazing, and the most remarkable thing for you folks are those ladies. Second: I do agree though.
Many people dont appreciate history. This needs more views. Millions more actually. Not only its educating but there are a lot of things to learn from history. Though I find some viral videos entertaining, I don't learn anything from it. Just amusing. I used to dislike history like a bad vegetable. As I got older, I now actually like what my history teacher taught me back in MS and HS. Thanks Ms. Montgomery!
Very likely I'd say. You could have an equestrian unit crest, a Bear cohort, a Lion cohort, or maybe the unit crest of different legions that passed through.
She was born in 1977, I only remember this because once I heard it I was like "Hey that's also my birth year." so she is currently 43/44. This episode is one of the latter ones so probably filmed 2011/12 so she would have been 35/36, so she looks younger than she is. Bet she'd be glad to know that one :)
LOL Jody. The UK is interesting because of the old history there. But don't discount NM. There is tons of history there. First Nations settlements, Spanish rule, Mexican rule. Check local news or social media sites. You might find an opportunity to dig a local site and learn new about your area. Here in Southern Ontario, we discovered two ships washed up on a beach in Southampton and an Iroquian village near London. Both sites were a surprise.
Watching this is like going going through the cupboard doors. Open up and there they were Romans or Saxons or Neolithics. If you have to go you return through the doors back to your own world.
31:54 "Stonking-great pipe"...I thought it was "Zonking-great". Is it anything goes-great when it comes to these terms? I've heard Huge-great, Large-great, Big-great, Whacking-great, just about every great except Great-great.
Although I am a blue collar worker I think off myself as rather an intellectual. However every episode I watch of Time Team I realize how shallow my knowledge is. Rather humbling or humiliating my hubris has been.
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what i do not understand is why is everything buired in the ground at all these locations...people say time etc, but that much dirt piles up in say 2k years? or what cause its weird to me stuff is all buried in the ground., anyone have any info or vids on this let me know cause i want to learn why and how is everything buried under us.
