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The founding father of archaeology (ad-free) (Patreon)

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2026-09-22 05:10:01
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Time Team archaeologist Helen Geake answers questions from you, the Time Team members. You'll learn about the man widely considered to be the founding father of modern archaeology, discover which archaeological sites don't get re-buried after an excavation and find out which archaeological technique has produced to the most surprising results.

Helen's Find discusses an object discovered through archaeology with an exciting story to tell. You can look at this week's object here:https://finds.org.uk/pas/recorded-find/HAMP-9DA925

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Alan McMillan

Thank you again, for your podcast!

caroline cleaveley

talking of the bayeaux tapestry. I drove through Chipping Norton on Sunday and the towns folk have a banner going along the main street with the tapestry on it. caroline

Giles

Just a brilliant podcast and view on modern archaeology... such an easy listen as well, keep up the great work!!

Dr Richard Mellish

On the stirrup mount, what appears to be the lion's tail seems to be attached in front of its legs.

steve

Actually Phil already had the ides of the ligament, but it was confirmed off-site as it were. Sites are not displayed because they will deteriorate over time, also we look to the future, when new techniques will be developed, and the site can be re-evaluated. Covering it is the best way to preserve it

Pam

Love the pod cast, particularly the stirrup mount, love the heraldic lion design and the links to the bayeux tapestry. Looking forward to the Lincolnshire dig, wish I could be there!

Cathy

Absolutely LOVED this quote from Helen, "you can always change the world, however old you are". Brilliant!

Gill Sawyer

Very interesting edition of the pod cast, thank you. Talking about the Bayeaux Tapestry, if you can't get tickets to see it in London there is an amazing 19th century version in Reading Museum. It is penis free!

Jim Cox

Thank you so much for your answer to my question. Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers. I asked a couple of other archaeologists as well, and one American Archaeologist said, “Kidder is the standard answer unless you count Thomas Jefferson (yes) who excavated an Indigenous mound on his property. ….” I will need to study both these people more in the future. Or perhaps there could be a special Time Team episode on the history of archeology. 😄

Kim Rouke

I live in the USA. When I click on the link, it takes me to a message that says I have been blocked and can’t view the item. Why is this?

Peter David Brown

Souterain used by British arrmy during WWI. These were dug out from the allied lines towards and under the German lines, filled with explosives then detonated prior to an attack. 2 brothers from Kelty,Fife, were experts in planning/directing these works. I believe they were mining engineers working in the Fife coalfiends pre-war. Growing up in West Fife between the Wars my late father was a friend of the family.

Kim

Have people already been notified that they've been chosen as a volunteer digger? Thanks.

Ray Weikal

Thank you so much for your answers to my question! That opens a whole trail of learning that I'm going to follow!

Richard Horton Jr

My wife is writing a biography of Sir Charles Thomas Newton who also has some claim to establishing archaeology as a professional area of academic study.

Pete Ostridge

I wondered when someone would mention the copy in Reading Museum.

Margaret Radcliffe

Ah yes, the importance of the stirrup! I am carried back to my own university days as a student of medieval studies, reading Lynn White’s Medieval Technology and Social Change, where he argues that the stirrup made it possible to reorganize society into the feudal system.