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Orkney neolithic site starts to reveal its secrets (ad-free) (Patreon)

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2026-08-04 05:10:01
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Helen Geake and Martyn Williams take you to the heart of Time Team's dig at The Ness of Brodgar on Orkney. You'll hear from inside the trench as the site finally starts to give up its secrets. Jackie McKinley sheds light on what the mysterious circular structure could really be and Dani Wootton makes an amazing discovery.

You'll also hear from Rob Watts from the YouTube channel RobWords. He's in Orkney to visit the dig and learn more about the languages once spoken there.Plus, Sean Romo, the Director of Archaeology at Jamestown in the US gives us an update on the ongoing work to understand more about one of the first sites in North America to be settled by Europeans.

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Julianne Ture

I’m a massive fan of RobWords (and Words Unravelled), so I’m also looking forward to whatever he’s got in store for us.

Dorothy Africa

Is the plan to rebury this site as well, like the big one, or is it small enough to keep for public display since interest in the Ness is not going away just because there is an end to the official dig(s) ?

Jenn Lanman

Thank you for acknowledging the way Jamestown was discussed in the earlier episode, and whom it left out.

steve

Absolutely yes. It is the case these days, that this happens. You could go on for ever, but should you? The current answer is no. It is a finite resource, and new techniques will come, and maybe tell us more than we can now.

steve

Language development is part of our history. We know from two language anomalies, the Eutruscans and Basques, that it it is possible that the peoples of the north may have spoken a non Indo-European language. We will never know.

Mark Vent

I always laugh at ‘sub-circular’ … somewhere in the afterlife a Neolithic builder is giving you a very evil stare … “mate ! It was raining horizontally! we hadn’t eaten all day! 😠”

Peter Horsam

As mentioned a few weeks ago, the stone on the site is very susceptible to weathering. It would get worn away relatively quickly.

Brian Fisher

Linguistics and archeology both have artifacts that have datable patterns. In the earlier days of the internet I managed to find someone who called himself a linguistic archeologist. His special expertise was the reconstruction of Frech pronuciation over the ages. My particular interest was the way French was spoken in the Renaissence. I wanted to be able to sing madrigals using the best period accent possible. Because French poetry is known for its rhymes, it's easier to question modern pronunciation when the older words don't rhyme. I sent him the French texts and he mailed me a CD with him pronouncing the words in the period accent. What I have since learned from Rob is that English poets didn't use rhyme prior to the Norman invasion.

Billie Lyons-Super

I can hear the people talking, but am unable to see the video. Does anyone know why, and what I might do to fix it? Thanks! (I am a Patreon member.)

Peter Blay

James Town is the start of stealing of First Nation land which leads to the Holocaust of First Nation

Cheryl

It's one of the podcasts without video I think.