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Dig Two, Villa Site – 3D Model (Patreon)

Published:
2021-09-24 07:54:34
Edited:
2021-09-24 13:44:37
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2026-06
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Good morning – and what a beautiful morning it is!

The team are arriving on site now and getting set up for an exciting weekend ahead. Look out for more updates coming later in the day, but to kick things off we have a 3D model of the site captured earlier in the year.

Is there a Roman villa in there somewhere? Tell us what you think...

View model here: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/bvr-rgb-3d-8ed8ec9dc05444c3a4d949ec2c862122

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Melissa Lawrence

stream shows signs of having been manipulated in the landscape... and there is something rectilinear in the field... but then im a 700km distant viewer only....

Anthony cotton

If the villa field is important why have crops been grown on it? Surely working the ground would damage the archeology?

Andrew Ward

Yes it looks really odd, doesn't it, growing vegetables in a Roman villa! But they are in what is known as the 'plough soil' - a layer of soil that has been cultivated for centuries. Any archaeology in this top layer was ploughed away a very long time ago. Indeed, this layer of soil now serves to protect the archaeology below. (That's my understanding, anyway.)

Emily Lloyd-Gale

I think that I’m 3 miles away and want to be there to help. 🤦‍♀️

L0j1k

Yeah, seems on the grassy side of the stream there appears to be terracing of some sort. There are also power lines just on the other side of the stream running parallel to it. That will cause problems for geophysics if they're looking at something on the field-side of the stream, I think?

Bill

There are regular crop marks in the field that seems to be honoured by the course of the stream. I am interested in what appears to be a rectangular cut away in the slope on the opposite side of the stream from the field and flanked by two gullies. Probably later in origin but it is such an obvious anomaly on the slope.

Andrew Gledhill

Is that a villa I see before me. Not sure. Can't really see any significant crop marks. 3d image is amazing.

Euan Fyfe

It's a beautifully prepared image. I look forward to giving it more time than I have now. There does appear to be some kind of platform in the grassy area.

David Thorndike

Aha there is a hint in the model info. Iam sticking my pin in there.

Peter Lee

Wow. This 3D stuff really rocks. I dig it.

Peter Lee

Am using google maps, and the image date is June 2009. You can see some detail there.

Andy H

Yes and a curved enclosure

Nina Surr

What's the google maps location?

Peter Lee

And there’s an interesting mound 1 mile west of the Villa site. Hmmmm

Duncan Chopoorian

Finally you can see and understand the topography of a site. When Stuart tells you there's a rise in the land and one viewpoint is better than another, now we can see this for ourselves. Good work Time Team.

Jean Buckley

Sketchfab keeps crashing. Maybe because I’m on my phone..🙁

Fern Wilcox

Before looking at 3D -Lots of lighter areas filled with possibilities, straight lines, lines at right angles, looks like a couple of foundations of buildings at right angles to each other. Also looks like there's a possible linear trackway. In the 3D model - evidence of water erosion from hillsides into that long valley - QUESTION: was there a stream/river running through the valley, or seasonal washouts? Some circular features seen. Holey smokes what a chocolate box of delights! QUESTIONS FOR THE TEAM: How did you sort through all the data collected pre dig to get an idea of where to begin, and how did that correlate with your initial thoughts about where to focus? AND Who is involved in those evaluations and decisions early on as you first planned this dig? Stewart musT be in heaven, what a landscape! It will be interesting to see how the site relates to the wider landscape... Can't wait! Thanks, hugs and cheers from Minnesota.

Stuart Barry

I can’t view any of the models on my iPad - the models just keep on reloading and I have tried both Safari and Chrome. And I can’t find them in the Sketchfab app either. I am following TimeTeam in Sketchfab but no models show up. Very disappointing. What am I doing wrong?

Trish Murphy

I’m also using an iPad and I’ve had no problem viewing the object on this patreon page or opening the link provided in the description. I’m using a 1st gen ipad 14.7.1 iOS. Not sure why I can & you can’t but at least you know it’s not the iPad itself

Kathryn

Crashing for me too, but maybe just too much traffic at the moment. But that’s a good thing that so many people are interested. I’ll try later :-)

Richard Yoast

Is there a way to get closer up views on the 3-D model?

Terry Cox

Would love to understand the water management in this environment. There seem to be multiple phases of water courses. Very curious to know what is going on in the trapezoidal field (to the left in the thumbnail) where there seems to be a deep cut, orthogonal to a long, flat area that is not cut by the ploughing and is flanked by a low bank?

Mica McPheeters

Yes, but at a certain point the render will look pixelated. The navigation controls vary a bit depending on what sort of computer or device you're on. If you're on a tablet or have a touchpad on a laptop, you can slide two fingers away or toward you, or use the pinch type of gestures. I copy/pasted the main commands for tablet/touchpad and desktop/mouse below, or you can check out the info/help topics listed under Default Viewer on this page: https://help.sketchfab.com/hc/en-us/categories/201281746-Viewing Basic Commands: Move camera: 1 finger drag or Left Mouse Button Pan: 2-finger drag or Right Mouse Button or SHIFT+ Left Mouse Button Zoom on object: Double-tap or Double-click on object Zoom out: Double-tap or Double-click on background Zoom: Pinch in/out or Mousewheel or CTRL + Left Mouse Button Double-clicking the background will re-center the model and set the camera pivot point to the middle of its bounding box. Double-clicking anywhere on the model sets the camera pivot point to that spot. It also works for individual Annotation views.

Kay Theriault

Hrm, I see hints of some interesting parch marks among the 'zig-zagging' plow lines. Maybe a dry (or wet) stream bed meandering through, too. Curiouser and curiouser...

Mica McPheeters

As to damage, I think a lot depends on how the farming is being done, and what's being grown. I'd bet the owner received a lot of farming instructions & guidelines when they notified the heritage authorities, and I bet they must be pretty keen to see what's there since they've invited archaeologists to invade en masse! I found a really informative pdf made by English Heritage on exactly this topic: "Farming the historic landscape - Caring for archaeological sites on arable land": https://thegardenstrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/EH-Farming-the-historic-landscape-caring-for-archaeological-sites-on-arable-land-2004-1.pdf

Elaine P

The matcap layer is pretty revealing. Something is there for sure! I liked Tim Taylor's wondering if a hydrologist was the first person on a Roman building site considering how important water was to their way of living, makes a lot of sense to this layman. Am wondering where the water is on this site.