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Site Wrestle (Producers): Neolithic Long Barrow (Patreon)

Published:
2021-02-25 08:41:00
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2021-02-25 12:28:02
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It's time for another Site Wrestle as Tim 'n' Jim turn to the Neolithic long barrow that the Originals recently sparred over. There's a great story to be told, as a result of both antiquarian interest and the surrounding land's more recent use as a WWII US airbase. But is that reason enough to take it on?

Is it best to leave the site undisturbed for future generations? Alternatively, perhaps Time Team might carry out vital work to get the site scheduled and hence safeguard its future.

It's a site with huge potential, but can that potential be realised with the resources available? Let us know what you think.

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Andrew Dean

I really enjoy these conversations. It would help if Jim had a decent microphone.

Mark Cooke

It’s a a hard one if it’s done it must be done well and you would have that covered band we don’t know what it would add until we have done it. Use modem stuff, keep the damage down using local knowledge and a gentle approach. 5.5 6

Bob Pockney

This is a tricky one. Historic England involvement would be good. I can see the value in getting the site listed, but that, in itself, is not enough for a Time Team. With potentially few finds as well, it's perhaps not one to pursue this year.

Garret Olds

Excellent discussion - I'm very engaged in the why's and wherefore's. If it were me, I'd want some more preliminary work done before any commitment. Thanks for posting these.

Anne

I am thoroughly enjoying these discussions & learning more about the decision making process of to dig or not to dig. My feeling is that perhaps some non invasive work should be done to find out more about this site before any final decisions are taken.

Melvyn Davis

Firstly, I agree that Jim needs a decent microphone. I also think that some carefully-conducted exploratory work might yield the basis of a better-informed discussion. Cheers from Sydney

Birna Magnusdottir

Its so educational to listen to this. Im sitting here in my living room back in Reykjavík Iceland doing work in my archaeology studies and watching this. and both for the nostalgy of it(Time team binging in the past) and what Im doing now, this is so up my street.

William F. Campbell

After playing the video twice, I am struck by the phrase "if Time Team does not do it then no one else will." The up side of that statement is that Time Team might get the site scheduled and save a wonderful piece of history. The down side is that apparently no one else believes it is worth expending resources on the project. Tough call that begs thought and more information. Concur on Jim's mic. but all I did was turn up the volume. :-)

Robert Wise

I agree … I want to hear him but have a hard time hearing Jim … the echos don’t help…. Where did the builders live?

Elizabeth Dibble

I really enjoy these site wrangle videos. It helps to understand the decision making process behind what gets chosen to work on.

Philip Stack

Interesting discussion. Please don't get distracted by the airfield, I may be in a minority but digging up twisted bits of aluminium does nothing for me! I hope that in the new TT you might sometimes take the opportunity to do some surveys (eg GPR) ahead of the main activity on site. It would also be good to see some of the post-excavation work - eg analysis of the environmental samples, possibly followed by a round table discussion to pull all the strands together.

Amy Krause

It would be great to know more from a landscape archeology perspective. How could a long barrow, if that’s what it is, inform our understanding of land use or Neolithic life in this part of Britain. Could it shed light on nearby sites? Could it fill a gap in knowledge?

John Matthew IV

Great discussion! I don't think the argument, "If we don't dig here, no one will" is very persuasive. There could be some real cool stuff found or nothing. I would pass on this one.

Jennifer L Bryan

It seems to me that the community interest in the site IS the story. Time Team was always at it's best when answering the question, "What's in my back garden?" It doesn't have to be more complex than that to be good archaeology.

Melinda Nagy

My undergraduate degree is in Classical and Medieval Studies. I love all of the suggestions so far but I know from reading articles this year that Time Team’s impact on archeology like this is tremendous. Since so little is known about these barrows and kists, I think this is an excellent way to learn more about this time period. The last time that a barrow was excavated it was assumed that the audience already knew what these structures were. I think this is an opportunity to explain why these are special, the processes involved in placing remains and grave goods in these “tombs”, and maybe a little more about how people lived in this time frame to contrast with why they “buried” their families in this way rather than burning like in North America.

Lynn Macintyre

Enjoying so much these wrangled over where to work. I have 3 years of Archaeology study and two very different digs under my belt, and Time team is my all time favourite series to watch. Living vicariously!

Lynn Macintyre

I agree, this needs to be investigated, it may be something really important who else is going to do it?

Robert Boudreau

I think this would be a worthy site if... there was some kind of guarantee from English Heritage, the Trust, county, ...someone that it would be followed up on. An interesting dig sure, but to what end? I'm reminded of the dig in Nottinghamshire, where the goal was to hopefully get the ruins of what was thought to be King John's Palace scheduled. There wasn't a lot of finds there, but enough to reach the goal and get it scheduled. I would think the same for a barrow. The potential for a lot of finds is not good, but if there was a goal, that becomes the focus and interest. The amount of finds don't matter as much as reaching the goal. Having that goal I think is important for this kind of site.

David Boon

A pity that some more work can’t be done prior to a Time Team episode to establish what else is in the surrounding area. Without this it seems a risky proposition.

Seven

I've always liked the episodes where they were like, "well why are we here??" because why should there need to be a reason to want to learn more about something, and then when they're able to look hard at the little they could determine, I feel it just really satisfyingly reflects the reality of the journey to knowledge that is not yet known, and even understanding just a tiny bit more than you did when you started helps to give you a sense of your time and place in the world as a whole. I love that Time Team episodes seemed to encourage people to find the extraordinary in the ordinary.