Phil ! you are a hero to so many of us around the world, I was born in 77 and have grown up watching you explore history, I've bene rewatching all the time team episodes , thank you so much for all you have done and for being an inspiration, for teaching us all to get in and get your hands dirty, keep on rocking and ill keep watching !
It's great to see Phil in his element and teaching. I lived in a archaeologists dream area in Canada, red deer river valley, the dinosaur capital, i spent my free time wandering in the hills looking for bones and other stuff. My dad found a ancient midden digging the basement for a renovation and when I was a kid I found, even better than a bone, a stone bead and a core of obsidian, I always wondered how they made the implements they used out of it. I was interested in archaeology from that point on, Thanks. 🇨🇦
Fascinating! Thank you Phil. If you don' mind me saying, another thing you bring from your ancestors is your wonderfully rich West Country way of speaking, thank you for that, too.
Don’t forget the Prussia , who marched after 1 battle and straight into another at Waterloo, they were well motivated after past humiliations by Napoleon,and fought bravely, led by blucher..napoleons delay in starting battle that morning by 2 hours to allow ground to dry allowed the Prussians time to get to battle ground...
A have a fascination with flint tools and the people who made them were a live Northumberland my daughter and me often field walk looking for flint we have found hammer stones scrapers and a couple of arrow heads would love to be able to get some good lumps of flint so a could work them but unfortunately all we find is very small pieces but a have still managed to make a few arrow heads and attach them to hazel wands to use as arrows in the back garden both myself and the bairn both shoot bows so it’s great fun making them. Thanks phill take care Liam
No matter your area of expertise, what power to convey it when one is a gifted storyteller. I think many could place themselves on that ground, during the paleolithic period, knapping away. Thanks Phil et al for sharing.
Hello Phil good to see you. I just discovered the Time Team series. It’s fascinating😮😊. Can’t even imagine how exciting and personally satisfying it must have been to discover early structures and clues about early ppl and how they lived. I’ll continue to watch the series with great interest. Thanks to you and all team members for sharing.👍😊❤️
Is there a longer, more complete lesson from Phil on flint and its efficacy, manufacture etc available on video? And if not, why not? He's inspirational.
I'm watching this a year later. Still love watching .His telling the story his voice is so good to here and giving us a history lesson and why they did it. God bless him and the others as well.
i wish time team was still going even if only a few times a year ... they covered so much and made history enjoyable to watch ... I truly miss all the episodes ... ok I have seen all of them about 15 times each ... but still ... we need more of them . perhaps Phil can convince Ruth Goodman, Alex and Peter .. to do a stone age recreation series ... and have phil do all the napping with them ...
Wellington’s men must have ended up deaf, with those going off in one ear all the time. Thanks, Phil! It’s important not to just read history, but imagine it.
You are never going to hear me mocking you knapping. If I ever get the honor of being able to meet you I would desire to give you a few flints from my area. Do you happen to have any Clovis points, or any other tools from the American south west?
I always wanted to be an archeologist. Unfortunately life had other plans for me. I really enjoy these shows. Loved Time Team. Its great seeing Mr Harding still teaching us. ❤ My bucket list includes going on a dig someday. I would love it so much.
I love how you talked about the connection to ancient ancestors, and gave us a peek into their lives, and the respect you show for them. Thank you for an interesting and informative chat.
Phil I can see you from around 2 yr old and over the years of growing up; first digging in your sand box, then the neighbour's dirt pile & then out into & across the fields of England. I love your love for the ancient ways, the practicalities of their lives, their ingenuity of made tools and your fantastic accent, Your hat the trademark of a hardworking informed & well experienced archaeologist since you started life. I'd love to hear from your mum & dad, what would they say or what did they say about your rocks & digging habits way back then? Much love for all you have given us & for who you uniquely are.
Phil, you're wonderful as always! And by doing the knapping yourself for real, you drag these pre-historic peoples out of the mystical and exotic realm and into reality: they were just people like us, trying to survive and prosper, though in a very different ecological and technological setting
I hopethis man lives to be a 100 years. At good health. Such a brilliant mind in my opinion. One of the best to come out of Northern Europe. Greetings from Denmark
I would love to know what single piece of knapped flint that Phil has found or seen, he considers the most beautiful and accomplished piece he's ever encountered. What bit of flint simply took your breath away, Phil? Certainly worth a video all it's own! (Viewers, please upvote if you agree so we can get the answer!!)
Thank you Mr Harding. I wishe you could come and dig around Cahokia Mounds. The Cahokia Indians lived near the Mississippi valley and arrowheads are usually found in fields after a hard rain.
Phil, this brings to mind a question. Did Wellington have workshops of knappers making gun flints or were they produced elsewhere and shipped? The production and supply of this important bit of kit is quite interesting but little covered. I'd like to know more.
Another wonderful chat from Phil, I say chat because you talk to us not lecture us lol. I have looked and looked every where I've been that has flint for any piece that could have been knapped with no luck sadly. Its sand and gravel here where I live and I can't get out nowadays but I remember spending ages looking for any sign of flint here as the side wall of our home had flint embedded in it. I was told in a different area of the farm where we live the plough turns pieces up, bot on the lower reaches around us. I love watching you work the flint especially with a bone hammer.
I’m amazed at all the extraordinary history you and others on Time Team found during the show. Your extensive knowledge as an archeologist is truly amazing.👍😊
So glad I found this!! Man, I could listen to Phil talk all day long! If the tech has stood the test of time then it still works, so there's no reason to mess with it.
