Time Team's Helen Geake on Powerful Anglo-Saxon Women and Their Artefacts | DigNation 18 

Could listen to Helen for hours. Sadly I'm unlikely to hear her live as I live too far away. "Only an archaeologist", must be one of the greatest understatements I have ever heard.

Helen has always been one of my favorites. ❤

Love Helen. She seemed to share Mick's enthusiasm.

I’d seen Helen on Time Team many times, but she is a revelation to me as a superb speaker.

There is no way possible for me to be there in person so I thank you for broadcasting this.

Thankyou so much for making these talks available online: A true priviledge for those of us on the other side of the planet to be able to learn so much about British archaeology, and how wonderful to hear more from the much-loved folk of Time Team! :heart:

So glad I discovered this presentation to see the wonderful Helen Geake along with Tony,such a pity she didn't get elected ,she'd be such an excellent deterrent to Boris's excessive exuberance Boris.

In the archeological report about South Carlton there is stated that the 'female' warrior is more probably male, who asked the question obviously wasn't too interested in the matter because she didn't research. I loved Helen Geake's diplomatic answer, not telling the asker right out that she was wrong. Helen was one of the highlights of Time Team, always laid down and very knowing! (although there's no-one in Time Team I ultimately didn't like at all, if I'm depressed I just have to watch one episode and the mood changes, feels like 'at home'.)

Happy to see her and hearing Time Team references

Thoroughly enjoyed this broadcast as much as I've enjoyed the previous ones. Thank you very much for sharing them. Have to add, Helen's sense of humour had me chuckling too.

So dreamy! My wife and I could listen to her all day. Looking forward to April 5.

Figured out how to put RU-vid vid on my Apple TV and it worked, except for subtitles. I can pretend I’m actually in the room. Yippee! Yes, I with C-19 once again increasing, I’m mostly locked down again. Thank you, Helen, for this lovely presentation on women of the day!

I could listen to you for ever Helen. Please do more talks on Saxon and early medieval anything. You're so natural in the way you present the such a fascinating subject x

Excellent presentation by Dr. Helen Geake...

I came late to this wonderful lecture, but like Dr. Geake, it has not aged. I shouldn't say this, because it sounds a little creepy, but I fell in love with this brilliant, accomplished and beautiful archeologist the first moment I saw her on Time Team.

Brilliant as always ! SO interesting , really enjoyed this ! Thankyou Helen you are a star ! :)

Lovely talk and so interesting. Wish we online could see the images a bit clearer but the presentation and clear descriptions are fantastic and make up for the lack of images

Just discovered these videos . I loved Time Team.. Helen Geake is fantastic , I could listen to her for ever !

I’d follow the Time Team to the center of the Earth. Great video.

I have been waiting for this one. This is the closest to Time Team..

What wonderful insights. Thank you Helen.

I love listening and learning about a time that they called The Dark Ages. I also enjoyed listening to Helen because she so enthralled with that period. I’m interested in how they lived during the Anglo-Saxon time too.Thank you for a interesting lecture.

I have had a 20 + year crush on Helen. She is not only brilliant but quite beautiful as well.

So good, so very, very good. I could have listened for hours more. Please make more of these.

The live feed cut a bit short. The recorded published video is full length. Helen is an excellent Professor. She held my attention all the way through. Being gorgeous helps of course. 😀

I LOVE Time Team and I'm in the US. We, as an uneducated failing civilization, have nothing like this over here. Shame on us!

I think it's an interesting question that abbot's/monk's graves were possibly raided for their jewels. Is it possible that high status ecclesiastics were actually buried with the grave goods but at some point (for example, during the Anarchy) when monasteries and abbeys were in need of money. We have a tendency to assume "godly" behaviour from ALL churchmen but we really do know how mercenary they were. They didn't raid the female graves either because they still had pagan leanings toward "the holy female" a line they wouldn't cross, or they simply forgot that holy women were buried with wealth?

Looking Forward to this :)

Why wouldn't you assume that the only cross found on the Male wasn't a trinket that was given to him from someone Female like his Grandmother or Mother or Sister ( since they seem to have been worn by younger females). That was the first thought I had. Since it was found in the folds of what he was wearing it could be guessed that it was something important to him and they would have sewn it close to his body to remind him of them and/or possibly to protect him. It could of also just as well been given to him from a young woman who he loved.

Google the images as she talks about them. Makes it much easier to see what she is talking about.

Helen ❤️

Mudlarkers in London say the Thames has lots of uncut garnets in it. As garnets aren’t indigenous to the UK might the Thames garnets have an Anglo Saxon origin? Maybe river offerings

Thank you for this talk, so informative. About those fake keys...could they be the keys to heaven or something similar? Maybe to show you have donated money or provided a service that has guaranteed you a place in heaven? This could explain why you find them at all levels of society but made with different materials. This is just a thought as I have no knowledge of the history of church practices during the time period in question...nor during any period, really lol, I just looked up the significance of keys and one of the answers was the keys to heaven. I hope this helps in some small way. I'm so glad to hear that Time Team is returning! 🥳

Where do the garnets come from? Are they native to an area in Great Britain (I couldn't find any reference to British sources in a cursory search) or are they imported from somewhere....were they expensive or difficult to acquire? If they are from the same place, could there be significance to the source?

Brilliant

"gold" and "red" are the same word in old norse.

Poor sound quality!

Sound quality is too poor to listen to.

So,, anyone; thesis topic. Chatelaines!

Why would they put anyone with a slide show in a room with so much light? People just don't think.

They were nonentities women in that time !

So many hack coughing in the audience. Great lecture though.