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Test Pits: A Quick Guide (Patreon)

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2021-07-15 16:27:53
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So, we're returning this weekend with more Time Team Classics, and we're delighted that Matt Williams will be joining Dani for this Sunday's official episode commentary.

The first episode (which we'll be providing full details of very soon) has a big focus on community archaeology and test pitting. But what exactly are test pits?

In this Patreon exclusive, Matt and Dani give us a very quick guide. You might want to watch this again after the episode has aired, but we hope you enjoy this little taster in the meantime.

Remember: Test pits should only ever be carried out under the guidance of a professional archaeologist, to ensure that the process is carried out and recorded correctly!

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Test Pits: A Quick Guide – Patreon Exclusive

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Comments

Ann Wagner

We aren’t going to get Roman pottery in our yards in the United States, but you never know what you might find. In my backyard in Maryland, USA, when I was a child, I found an 18 or 19th century iron pulley that I still have. I wish I had know how to chart all the layers properly then!

Donna Oglesby

Thank you to Dani and Matt both for this short chat, it is good to see them. Stating that anyone just wanting to dig up their back yards there in England, not do so, unless you can properly photograph it, record it and where you did all the digging and Get in tough with a Local Archeologist.. Here in States, Over the pond, as you all say, our Country is not as old, and so much of it has been developed and redeveloped so much, it is hard to find ANYTHING of historical value. I am still dealing with my 8th great grandparents whom came over in the 1660's whom when they died, were buried, and now me, along with other Genealogy researchers in the family couldn't find them... THEN we heard they were buried what is now, a Parking lot or roadway in part of Pennsylvania. Sigh! ALL history is important, and ALL of it, in whatever field your in needs to be preserved, and why I have become a Digger supporter of the New Time Team. God bless Time Team! and Praying Phil Harding will come back as well..

Pia Fredfeldt

#philharding #sirTony -or maybe just a visit?

Irene Daly

I think it might be prudent to point out that anyone digging a test pit on their property should stop if they excavate any pipes!

Jeff Lanam

In other news, Time Team alumna Raksha Dave has been named President of the Council for British Archaeology.

Daryl Frame

Good for her. She is one of my favourites with her knowledge and great sense of humour.

Priscilla Logan

Congrats lady, you deserve the very best I've seen you work so hard and I can tell you love it. So you go girl

sara altmann

I enjoy watching all the series and I’m intrigued by how easily your experts are able to date finds. My hometown in the US, Pensacola, Florida, is the oldest attempted settlement in America. It failed because of an ill-timed hurricane but there are written records that establish the colony, the location and what happened to the survivors. The local university has been doing the archaeology and the research since someone first found some broken pieces of pottery while digging some test pits in the 1980’s. However, they couldn’t definitively say these were related to the original colony settled in 1561 until they found part of the anchor of one of the ships that was sunk in the harbor. They didn’t find that until the 2000’s. I’ve always wondered how Time Team can do it in three days but it took these archeologists more than 20 years.