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It's your chance to hear this week's Time Team podcast ad-free. In this episode Helen Geake answers questions from you, the Time Team members! She'll ponder if time periods like the Iron Age, Bronze Age and Stone Age happen at the same time in different parts of the world. There are also questions about what archaeologists might have got wrong, whether people looking at the past are being respectful and how you can get a job as an archaeologist.

You'll also hear Helen describing another ancient object in Helen's Find. This time it's a belt buckle, which you can look at here:https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1226891

As always, don't forget to add your questions for future editions of the podcast via the podcast chat section here on Patreon.

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Robert Theunissen

Yes Iron and Bronze age varies by region. I did my PhD in the Iron Age of Southeast Asia. That period overlaps with the European Iron Age, although it is later 500BC to 500AD. That said, as noted, it's dubious the value of such terms as these "ages". They reduce a period to the appearance of a specific material when that may have limited importance compared to other factors. Interestingly, Bronze as a material used in artefacts probably reached its zenith in the Iron Age at least in SE Asia

Peter Horsam

I love the brooch. I've been lucky enough to visit Limoges several times. The Adrien Dubouche ceramic museum is remarkable.... beautiful things, great art.

Zoe Propper

Oh. Another book ordered and added to my tbr shelf

Kathy Calmejane

Love that brooch, what a stunning find! The question about "what would people think of our current civilisation based on finds" is one I've found fascinating for many years especially when watching Time Team and seeing someone look at a sherd of pottery and explain so much about the past (of course not deduced just from that piece but from all previous finds and research). In fact that thought inspired my first novel, way back in 2011! Not sure I'm allowed shameless promotion here, please remove if not. https://www.lulu.com/shop/kathy-calmejane/memoria-fugit/paperback/product-16qwj2k5.html?page=1&pageSize=4

Pauline

Perhaps butterfly as a word used to be flutterby as they flutter as they pass by and for some reason people did what we used to call back slang where the start two words were swapped so a green car becomes a creen gar.

Wessex-Wyvern

I have always been touched by the reverance shown to human remains by the archaeologists doint the excavating and later examination. Icm thinking especially of Phil Harding when he found the small child's skeleton when he was excavating next to a church. And the little ceremony that you did at the grave of the children in the Princely Burial dig.

Mary Lu

These podcasts are always excellent, so thank you! I personally believe understanding history is important to successful living in the present and the future. Archaeology is about understanding how humans use physical matter to live. Human nature hasn’t changed all that much over time, so understanding the how and why of past human efforts can help us see better how to function in the present and in the future. Ignoring the past dooms us to repeating unproductive behavior. And it seems to me that dealing with human remains on a dig is not inherently disrespectful, nor are exhumations or autopsies on bodies to discover needed information.

deadmanjones

Proto origins of butterfly sounds like another chance for a robwords Collab.

ThomasGreene

One of the most interesting and thought provoking podcast Time Team has given us. Thank you Helen and Martin. Helen, I've been lucky to have spent many years following you on Time Team

Helena McGinty

Re burials. As late as the early 19th century graves older than about 10years were cleared and the bones dumped in a charnel pit. They needed the room in the churchyards for new burials. Back in the neolithic and even bronze age bodies were curated sometime after death bits and pieces moved even taken home. I do think that there needs to be a reason to dusturb the dead. Not just to steal any valuables like many antiquarians and tomb robbers eg. from ancient Egypt to modern Italy Care should akways be taken. Not that I care what happens to my bones after Im gone. The squeamishness seems to be a modern thing. It has even led to the use of the nauseating term 'unalived' for 'killed' or 'unalive' for the honesty of 'dead'.

Jen Collins

Re:burials, I think it matters a lot if it’s your own ancestors you’re digging up, or other people’s, especially people whose culture has strong prohibitions against digging up the dead. In the US, that’s a different dynamic than I guess it is in the UK.

Ruth M

Fantastic that you have put the link to Helen's Find on here as was struggling before. Great to be able to see it. Thanks so much! 😊👏

Christopher Woodyard

Fantastic podcast really enjoyed as well time team YouTube channel

David

I was interested to hear your discussion of butterflies. You wondered what the name actually meant. I've always thought the original name for them was flutterby. Makes more sense to me anyway.

Lea

This is a comment , strongly felt but directed at no organisation in particular. It relates to how closed off archaeology really still is , to ordinary , general people . The image is of an all inclusive , embracing and non judgemental one . No , it isn't and this reinvented Time Team is also at fault. I submitted a question a long time ago . I believe it was addressed. Eventually , by then I had lost interest and didn't care what Professor Geeke thought or even Martyn . I am of no professional expertise , I am not foreign , I only a moderate contributor , financially . When I offered what I have a lot of to trusts to help them dig I received a wall of silence or simply no , nothing for you , nothing for anyone . My whole motivation is as a very keen individual , urged to do look at what I would truly like to do , by a work coach . Imagine when I see here , Americans or any foreigners get answers quickly , in-depth ones and much inclusion. Imagine when I see armed service veterans receive immediate help , support and placements on digs . Many with , exactly what I have , keeness and enthusiasm but and this is key experience of serving their country , which I do not . Although I serve my local, neighbouring , community. As a volunteer for a Clean Team and have for a long time. Very, dismaying , very disappointing and ultimately meaning find myself listening less and not watching at all or paying my membership fee . This I increased to the maximum for my budget. I am reviewing further contributions because , well I don't think TT cares. Trusts certainly don't , they can pick and choose.

John Gray

I was sorry to read about how you feel. Like you, I am very interested in all things Time Team and am on a tight budget, as I am retired. However, I think that you are being a little hard on the TT team. I believe that they all do a fantastic job and that the new way of working is fantastic. TT must receive 100s, if not 1000s, of questions each year, so the fact that they have not answered your question yet is unsurprising, although that will still be upsetting for you.

Karen Kirk

Hi Lea - we are sorry you feel this way and I hope that we can answer any questions that you send our way. Apologies it didn't get back to you sooner, but as John Gray mentioned, we have lots of questions coming in and may have missed a few. We are very happy to answer any more that you may have. Kind regards, Karen from Time Team

Geoffrey Moore

I have just now come to the comments page to leave just the same suggestion - ask Rob W if he has any info. (It was through the TT pod that I found Rob W and have been a keen follower ever since.)

Geoffrey Moore

I always thought 'flutterby' was a spoonerism joke. Still apt, as you say. As Deadman Jones says, a job for Rob Words.

David

Granted, but maybe butterfly is the spoonerism :)

Shannon G

I have tried a few times now to see Helen’s finds but the link hasn’t worked. I’m not sure if it’s because I am in Canada? Does anyone know what may be going wrong? Thank you.

David J. Neivandt

Sorry, this was meant to posted in Jimmy's masterclass on magnetometry.....Very interesting Jimmy-thank you! I am particularly interested in one comment you made i.e. that stone tends not to be very highly magnetic. I should image however that igneous stone would be strongly magnetic by virtue of the temperatures it experienced in formation, while sedimentary stone would be much less so?