Time Team S15-E05 Bodies in the Dunes, Outer Hebrides 

I would like to see a book with all of his time team artwork.

@@spacelemur7955 ‘Recreating the Past’ - Victor Ambrus, Mick Aston

@@Happyheretic2308 *HUGE* Thank-you. I will try to find it. EDIT: I found it here in Sweden. Now ordered.🍻👍

@@spacelemur7955 you’re welcome!

@@spacelemur7955 Häftad från Bokus?

but he was correct. these - things- are called - Kists - and also pronounced like that, because of the shape they have. Most probably from the german language - Kiste- for -a box -. WIKi has more about it...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cist

Hello from royal hill Tara county Meath Ireland 😀

Have look at mythical Ireland you tube 🌈

Victor should have show as well and Mick Aston no more 🌈

Look (on You Tube) for the channel "Time Team Classics". They're making new crowd-funded episodes to be shown online.

Go on then

​@@readmycomment3157that's good then

I thought the same thing!

greg Curtis I bet he is hunting for the individuals who used to live on these sites to get definite answers. 😊

That'd be just like Mick!

where were you when Meet The Ancestors was featured every Saturday afternoon on cable back in the early 2000's? Some of the same Time Team folks were on Meet the Ancestors. Then it changed to the Time Team people, but if I recall, it was called something else. But all these same people! All in America, on cable channel in Oklahoma. It's real hard to find the episode of Meet the Ancestors. One of my favorite episodes was when a medieval grave was discovered, they'd do research on the location it was found (England) DNA was done and and found like 40 people who were actually descended from this medieval fellow. Then there was the one called the Knight of the children. An odd burial where a knight was buried, children were buried all around his grave. Loved this show!

Television is now a redundant media.

made by idiots with money for idiots without. It shows that most tv is only a money grubbing exercise and has very little to do with entertainment or education. The BBC is public owned hence we pay a licence fee to view it and remind those in power and the over paid who in fact does own it when necessary. The BBC is not allowed to peddle misinformation, fake news or adverts., thankfully. It does however play the ratings game which has dumbed down certain areas of it broadcasting for mindless idiots who only deserve mindless trash. I do let them know quite often!!!

No doubt...totally agree. I am a firefighter in the US, and when watching the television at the fire station, I like watching the Discovery channel, and watch programs on the universe, planets, and deep space. When discovering what I am watching...some of my colleagues will laughingly remark..."Good grief...you're watching how rocks are made." I just smile...because I find it quite comical, that ignorance, does not know it is ignorant. They would rather watch reality shows, with people fighting, than actually learn something about the world in which we live. Shaking my head...lol.

@ Babe Root. Yes totally. I have not watched main stream ir any TV in over a decade, I prefer to read, paint, draw etc. It feel reflects on my main life too in the populace, that people "believe" that their characters on TV shows are "real people. They are so caught up that, that the history like this is lost to them, so no use in trying to educate them on what has already actually happened like the Romans and indoor plumbing lol.

Have you watched the wonderful documentaries on Stonehenge that Mike PP did. His voice and demeanour are like liquid gold, perfection

I'm in Canada also and I did exactly the same thing a couple three years ago. Haven't missed it a minute. Apparently so many have done what you and I have done the cable companies are getting concerned.

@@BCSoHappy Not from Canada myself, but gave away my TV at the end of 2012 and never even missed it ...

I'll tell Helen when I see her :)

You should search for episodes of blackadder, Tony Robinson played a dogsbody to his master Edmund Blackadder, Hilarious comedy, 4 series including Elizabethan England and right up to WW1. Very funny. In very early episodes of time team when he still had hair he was still called baldrick. British comedy at its best.

Same, except watching in California. Peace.

And Messrs Pryor and Matt and Stewart and Carenza and Raksha.

The illustrations really explain the unfamiliar more clearly than academic explanations. Really appreciate them.

He worked on hundreds of books, wona lot of prizes. They were fortunate to have had him as he was probably famous enough to be able to turn up his nose at working in wind, rain and cold.

The ones he did of Boudicca's raid on Londinium were absolutely electrifying in their portrayal of the horror.

I met Victor just the once, when Time Team did a programme (in 2005) called 'Big Roman Dig'. As there were long pauses while the production team decided what to do next, I had the chance to chat to him. He was a bit quiet at first, but as we got to chat, I thought what a nice (and quite funny) man he was. He has obviously led an eventful life!

I'd love to have a few of them to hang on the walls. I may be an American, but I'm about as WASP as they come.

Yes they are! I'd gladly fork over a pile of cash for a piece of Mr. Ambrus' work. They're absolutely stunning.

I agree, so multi layered, faceted and full of finds.

Or 'zonking' great or 'socking' great.

3-J Ranch I am particularly interested in this burial in that because of the fact that I am a Mohawk Indian and was brought up in the forest I know a bit about this particular type of burial. I have seen it in modern times. When a person is alone and are dying in a remote location they will perform a self burial. They will but themselves in an enclosed space and cover themselves to preserve their body from predation. I fully believe this is what Time Team has found in this particular burial.

+Franklin Newhart Franklin these are not "self burials". There's no connection between this and North American burial traditions. Crouch burials and cist burials are common from the Bronze Age through to Roman times in Britain and are well documented and numerous. Many also include grave goods placed there by the relatives of the person being interred.

Franklin Newhart, seeing the burial of this woman and the possible way in which she was buried and your story has touched me. The thought of having to bury yourself is quite something; although I do not believe this lady buried herself. The sensitive subject of how the deceased were buried and the dying burying themselves throughout the world shows how much cultures differ worldwide. Can I ask you a question? I have heard that in some of the Indian cultures old men (especially ones with a high status) when they knew their time had come went to caves to die and took articles with them to accompany them into the land of their ancestors. Is this true? The media and films which weave stupid stories based on hearsay often depict things which are not true. I would like to know from a reliable source what the story really is. I have heard that the culture of the American Indians is a closely guarded secret and not many know the reality. A lot of people I know would like to hear about the real history of your people and I am one of them. This will help to debunk the 'Spaghetti Western' stereotypes which traditionally have been forced down our throats for propaganda purposes.

Lamees Ahmad I'm not native American but you do understand that there are many tribes here in America. The vast number of tribes means there are many different death and burial rituals based on their beliefs, location, culture, and more.

Robert Lemasters I am particularly interested in this burial in that because of the fact that I am a Mohawk Indian and was brought up in the forest I know a bit about this particular type of burial. I have seen it in modern times. When a person is alone and are dying in a remote location they will perform a self burial. They will but themselves in an enclosed space and cover themselves to preserve their body from predation. I fully believe this is what Time Team has found in this particular burial.

I agree with you about self burial, an Apache friend , school mate, mentioned self burial and ritual.

And comfy

it's bollocks

I actually think they werent poor materially. They would have made things all the time and would have looked after them generation after generation. Most of it was made from organic material so theres no record, but they were no different to us.

Children are so resilient! They wouldn't have known any other life and still would have been happy and cheerful!

InnannasRainbow It wasn't unusual for only 1 or 2 babies out of possibly 6 or more to survive into adulthood.

mass murder by todays abortionist makes survival of infants even more difficult,,,,,, W have lost respect for life!

The babies had a better chance survival then than now. Murdering babies is the centerpiece of the Democrat Party.

Jeff Martin Its always MEN bemoaning abortion & of course, they are not raising the kids & are the loudest about denying funding to help these moms even w/ health care for mom or the babies! It is a case of "I insist u have this child but then you're on your own! Trump just cut off care for millions of women, and not every woman who gets medical screening is pregnant!

@@christinestill5002 No, it's not always men bemoaning abortion, and there is absolutely no need for an abortion at 20 weeks - no need, and no excuse. No need to insist they have their child they had the fun of conceiving, but no need to be ripping fully formed infants literally limb from limb and selling their body parts either. Can you imagine a more excruciating death? Yet we condemn our children to it by the millions. How can the conscience of womanhood survive? Our kids are crying out from the grave.

Me too :) to bad we discovered it when it was canceled. I saw my first episode of Last of the Summer Wine in 2010 just when it was canceled.

At least you can see almost all episodes from the past year 20 years of TimeTeam right here!!

The MacLeod's and MacNeil's were sworn enemies and the MacNeil's were known as the pirates of Scotland and the MacLeod's were very bad people among the scottish people, the 4th chief had 2 daughters that tried to escape the clan, as punishment he buried them alive, there is no evidence of relation between the MacNeil's and the O'Neil's, I have done extensive research on this topic...

T.J. Payeur where did you dig in Maine? I've always loved going to Maine, but I don't know anything about the archaeology of the state

It was '93 and '94..we dug a shell midden (auk bones, multi-pronged antler harpoons, and some nice scrapers made of stone from Nova Scotia) and the eroding bones (1200 years old, the poor guy had a massive jaw infection) in Cape Elizabeth, near Portland, and a 12,000 year old seasonal hunting camp on the south-east shores of Sebago Lake that had awesome lithics...

I agree with you and I think it's good that you listened to your gut feeling, so to speak-at your dig in Maine. I think some people ignore that feeling, but I also think some people are very sensitive to vibes or whatever you call it/feelings about people who have lived before... It is also a respect thing. I'm not sure how to balance such a thing because I love to see the old living places dug up to learn about them, but I am also very sensitive to the bones and such of those who lived there not being disturbed. (I know that different cultures have a different opinion on this topic too-many Native American tribes for example). BTW, I think Cape Elizabeth is beautiful; only saw it once.

Here in the UK, handling peoples bones is governed by quite strict guidelines produced by the Ministry of Justice. I often tell a tale of when I was contacted about a skeleton (which turned out to be Roman), turning up in a village near Weston-super-Mare, UK. The owners of the property really didn't like it being there, so I offered to excavate it (obviously with proper recording) and take it to nearby Bristol Museum, where it could be properly studied. They asked me if I was worried about carrying human remains in my car - wasn't it unlucky? I said (truthfully) 'Nah! I 've excavated lots of skeletons and moved them around'. Three miles up the road towards Bristol, the tyre blew out on my car. And you know what? I still believe that was just coincidence. I'm a scientist BUT I do respect the dead when excavating, and who knows, they may have been my ancestors. Excavating human remains is not like excavating finds: it's a special experience, and should always be treated as such.

If Nvidia started a company manufacturing high end video cards that had a specific set of instructions for running calculations in parallel -- would that be a Barra-CUDA ?

Lol, very funny, both of you!

It was a wheel barra yes, until they took it south to burn it. Thats how the town of barra in furnace got its name

@@carpii You should be emBARRAssed making such comments....

@w brewer - Oh, believe me. I am not proud of most of my comments!

Although she's highly qualified in archæology you are _right._ She hated how she was made to look like a _dumbbell_ and left after one season. The motive behind the changes made at that time were probably to make it more saleable to the *USA* networks. It didn't work.

Apparently you've never watched british reality shows, they are equally trashy as the american ones and have a huge audience. Watch Pbs specials or Nova if you want to be entertained without the goofy nonsense.

I noticed too but just figure its a Mick kinda thing sorta like the eccentric professor.

Sherri Attaway - I seem to recall that Mick began the first couple of seasons on TT wearing the same old blue sweater. When prepping for the next season was underway the producers approached Mick and asked him if he didn't have another, less boring sweater he could wear. Famous last words, I think.

Ha...love it!💖 Thanks for the extra information. At the time I posted that I had just discovered TT and didn't realize how many seasons there were. 😱 Thank you. 👍

I love the way Mick, so often, ends his sentences with the word "look" like a period. 😊

It suggests to me he had a wife who knit for him with lots of love. I hope so anyway, he was a great guy and total character.

A some what obscure nick name for them here in the colonies is Kybo.

:))

Lol tis be windy lass

Why would they say millions, when humans have only been around for about 500,000 years? Or are you one of those that think the Earth is only 6000 years old?

Opposite problem. The clay didn't have enough sand. That's why it wouldn't hold form.

And you would think that with all the sand laying about they would just mix some in. I'm sure the Iron Age people living there would've worked that out. They wouldn't have bothered to try and make pots with that clay as it is found.

They may also have known to crush bones up and use it in the matrix.

Danielle Kleynhans seems very practically reasonable.

I know this is an old comment, but I think it's most likely that the recreation was wrong. It also showed all the round house roofs held up by timber thatched with reeds

Oh yes, we do.

Just because you don't like what Francis said doesn't mean he is wrong or superfluous to the programme. For heavens sake he studied, learnt and wrote about things using the knowledge he gained. As part of TT he has tried to educate us about a history which he knows a lot more about than you or I. It's ok if you don't like religion and it's rituals but its been part of life for all of history.

After 20 years it stopped - sorry. There were a few later _specials_ and *DigVentures* has taken the spirit (it's on YT).

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 An update on the future of Time Team: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Zj2bjBLSqcE.html

@@georgedorn1022 Ta. I was aware of it and I've said my tupporth there.

Blacque Jacque Shellacque; It's the shovel, it's magic. He sleeps with it under his bed.

Phill is shoveling sand not dirt.

IKR?? Yes! And not only can he handle a shovel, but mostly, when he wants to use one, he starts with a bloody great back-hoe, then switches to a trowel for 90% of his time, before using a shovel to throw the piles into a waiting sieve. This is utterly sideways to the discussion about Phil -- but did you know that the French word for "cleaning" or "tidying" is "ranger"? When he throws the shovel-full of material into a sieve, he's *ARRANGING* it for even more careful observations.

beer helps him

@@arthurdewith7608 beer helps everyone 😁

Excellent hypothesis! I'd say that's a very safe bet!

Dooky Boogerflicker she also had a line of boots that she named after herself

TheSukitani; I suspect that she was venerated because of her age. At 35 - 45 she was well past the average life expectancy in her family/tribe. Their lives probably ended, on average, below 30 years. But, yes. I see a great deal of respect.

So agree............

my story is similar to yours, now back in the Netherlands after 30 years U K.used to watch this on the telly.

That's what I was thinking. The artist must have agreed because the rendering made her out to be a lost beauty. It seems that lifestyle 3000 years ago would just be the constant struggle to survive but I think this proves that romance was a thing even then. This ended up being my favourite episode and I think it was because of this burial since you can get a sense of the adoration and pain of the loss.

You two need to meet!

He didn't get the joke clearly,,lol

in Dutch it is 'Kist',usually referres to a wooden closed box.

its a very small island

+Spone Mr, with very few small people.

Ok

Yeah when they said there were 1,000 people there I was mentally comparing that to being a little less than HALF of my daughter’s high school. About 2,200 kids for grades 9-12. That’s a lot more than 7!

I'm from Barra and back then, there were many schools across Barra, one in each town, but now there is a one main school in Castlebay with about 150 students in it :)

Or something terrible happened there and they felt the place was cursed.

I am from Barra and have taken multiple DNA tests, and have done extensive ancestry research, I can confirm that the people of Barra (me and my ancestors) were not seasonal the people of Barra would have settled there when the islands were connected, but over time the islands separated and people were well... stuck there, there is no way that they could have sailed island to island as the conditions in the sea are probably the harshest in the UK, they would have most definitely drowned.