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Bronze Age DNA discovery (ad-free) (Patreon)

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2026-09-01 05:10:01
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2026-09-01 08:30:56
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Helen Geake and Martyn Williams meet the team behind a new DNA discovery that changes our understanding of Bronze Age society. David Dawson from Wiltshire Museum and Tom Booth of the Crick Institute explain how it turns out the famous "stout man" is actually "stout woman"!

Time Team's Carenza Lewis has details of how Time Team members can join us on our next dig in October. It's taking place in Lincoln, with more information available here on Patreon soon.

Lawrence Shaw gets you excited for Time Team's expedition crew dig in Northumberland and you'll meet the mathematician trying to solve a neolithic mystery using his geometry knowledge.

Comments

Alan McMillan

Do you think she would like the 'Stout woman' description? Don't call her, Frodo!

Jill Bray - Author

Lovely to hear about the Dehus Dolmen in Guernsey. I drove past it yesterday and there were quite a few people there. There are paintings on the roof of the chamber which are quite incredible.

steve

I don't think the sex changes of the Stout skeleton does change what we can say about the role of women in Bronze age society. Why wouldn't women be shaman or metal workers? I see no issue. A sample of one is not representative of anything just that one person. You could say all we know now is that they occurred. It will take a lot more examples to make such a sweeping statement. Assumption has no real place in scientific investigation , or should not have, Impirical evidence is all.

Dorothy Africa

I am a bookbinder and much of the tool kit I use has an ancient pedigree, especially the bone folders.

Jacky Smith

It's not conclusive, I agree, but in times past it would have been assumed that a skeleton buried with weapons or metal working tools was male, and now we know that that said more about contemporary prejudice than the evidence. It's good to question those assumptions, surely? How many more "well known facts" about prehistory are actually just guesses?

Kerry Hennigan

Thanks Jacky, I was just going to look it up on Google. You saved me the trouble. 👍

Fiona D

Tools that lasted 1000 years (of use?)! Puts our modern society to shame.

Brian Fisher

Orian is still important to indiginous communities in North America as a marker of seasonal change. in some communities children shoot arrows towrd it to drive it away inorder for the longer warmer days of spring to arrive.

Pauline

Would have loved to have put my name forward for the Lincoln dig but at 78 I do not think I would have been able to have as much input as younger people will do. I think Carenza’s suggestion to stay in Lincoln for a few extra days would be a good idea. I have the book on the Lincoln Castle dig from 2010 as my daughter-in-law was involved and I would like to visit in person. I believe Helen might recognise my surname Toop. Last time I did any archaeology was back in 1967 when our History group at teacher training college had a field trip which included two days at Wharram Percy.