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Dig Two: The Spoil Heap Q&A (Carenza) (Patreon)

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2021-09-26 08:08:31
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2021-10-04 07:11:23
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Rewinding just a little, here's a Q&A session filmed earlier on in the dig with Carenza Lewis answering your questions.

Please keep your questions coming, we'll be filming more interviews later in the day.

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Comments

JUDITH COOKE

Some people might find a one-off specific donation would be easier than an ongoing subscription. Love these discussions. Would love to hear more about original Team members responses to the new programme.

Yvette Hoitink

I'm from the Netherlands and found it interesting Carenza mentioned a project here. Would it be possible to give a link to that protiect?

Sarah Holloway

Great conversation covering many interesting topics and about new developments that are now available to the current Time Team .

Martyn Ingram

I would be interested to know whether Phil Harding is supportive of the Patreon project and whether we might see him on a future dig.

Wanda L pease

Ask us for extra cash to do specific work and tell those of us who have no idea why you want to examine that “mankey bit of pottery” what it might show (fly egg count in the middle first century cook pot). I’m not rich, but I’ll donate more to TT!

Mieke Kemper

Hi, thats what i was thinking of asking aswell 😄

Hanna_M

I have always wondered, that obviously you find things during excavations that you do not expect there. Like a Greek vase or an Egyptian bracelet in a Roman ditch (in Britain). Small treasures that surprise you. But what was the strangest, most unexpected find? Like something from the Qin Dynasty or the Western Han Time in an Iron Age ditch. Something that shows how far ancient trading routes could actually reach.

Mieke Kemper

I was watching an old TT episode (s15e8 or 9 i think) about a saxon settlement. And what Carenza was taling about triggered me. If u find a grey round stain in the ground,to know for sure if it's a posthole, wouldn't a rotted away post leave some sort of recedue in the soil that u could find by analyzing the soil?

Tom Gooden

Hello Derek and Lawrence. I’m so happy to see TT back ! You are all doing a great job ! Regards Tom (Australia)

Roger Mills

And the mainstream media still don't get it....

Gregory Jennings

Carenza is always fascinating. It could have been twice as long and still been not long enough! Fabulous stuff! 💝

Graham Dombkins

How often do you find that someone has dug before you? Non-professional amateur‘s or just plain old treasure hunters from yesteryear?

Stephen Southworth

It’s difficult as us amateurs really have no idea what individual analysis and reporting costs actually are. Funding an internet programme is different to funding research isn’t it and what to do and where to draw the boundaries is a discussion that needs to be out in the open. TT patreons might dig deeper with donations if we knew what was being funded specifically and it was transparent ie) a running totaliser and clear cost estimates etc

Adrian Barham

I completely agree that having access to the site reports would be worth exploring. When the original TT was on air, Channel 4 in the UK produced booklets with an overview of each year’s digs. They were great (and mine are well read now!). You can still find them for sale on eBay / other second hand book platforms. Something like that for purchase after completion of the programmes would be an ideal overview / record of the digs for supporters to have and keep. Full site reports for many of the original TT digs are downloadable from the Wessex Archaeology web site. But it would be fabulous to see the reports for these latest digs being put together, and understand better the process involved in taking what is seen on site and how that is recorded in permanent form.

Emma chamberlain

In depth varied conversation. Loved it, thanks!

Alan

I think there's a lesson in finds interpretation in this video. Somebody in the future might think that glasses were for wearing on the bridge of your nose and looking through. Apparently in 2021 they were decorative items worn on the top of the head. Just kidding, I enjoyed the chat but it does lead to an obvious question. What's the most off-target mistake in archaeological interpretation Time Team members have made that they're willing to admit to? Getting it wrong can sometimes be more revealing.

Gill Palmer

So many different disciplines to get at the data, it’s so exciting! I’m really interested in the idea of the microscopic, including methods like genomic analysis….what we can’t necessarily ‘see’. What are the disciplines/analytical tools you’ll apply on this dig?

Kieran Gane

Thank you so much. The sound is excellent and the content is fascinating. I particularly liked the conversation about mental health. In Japan there is the concept of Ikigai, your drive for life, which can be a combination of what you like, what you are good at, what helps the community and also for which you get paid. I think that what you are doing is a great example of a meeting of all these needs.

Zoe Propper

Such an interesting discussion, thank you Carenza, Derek and Lawrence. I love listening to these chats. Yes - those of us can make a regular donation through Patreon, I guess there will be some who would make one of donations for a specific need, also those not on Patreon who cannot do ongoing donations but could contribute to a one off fundraiser. I do look forward to seeing the site reports. As someone else mentioned the old series overview books you used to be able to buy were great and another potential income. There may even be some supporters who may be able to volunteer some time in putting them together. I would love to but have no experience myself.

Andrew Hingston

The funding question is fascinating because I imagine that if we were asked to put up a few hundred pounds between us to conserve a particular item we probably would. But it would be a drop in the ocean compared to the cost of a three day excavation and I assume that most of that goes on unglamorous items. How successful would an appeal be to hire decent lavatories? Would individual appeals draw money away from essential but boring costs?

Pia Fredfeldt

Question: what piece of equipment is Stewarts favorite?

Stephen Feyrer

A bit off the wall... I would like to suggest writing up the Site Reports on something like Git Hub or an equivalent. This is a bit of a tangent from the traditional archaeological view but in git you have your timeline. The authors would be able to organise their work into branches, perhaps per author or per document. That way the evolution of the documents would be able to be preserved.

Rachel Greenham

it seems to happen a lot partly because i think it's actually a deliberate part of the process, the "go from the known to the unknown", they often start by trying to find the previous dig, not least so they can precisely locate it in the landscape, and work out from there

Adrian Barham

And with the availability these days of Print On Demand publishing, this sort of thing is not as financially prohibitive as it probably was back in 1990s. All you need is a decent looking PDF and it can be printed and distributed quite easily. I’m sure there are many on here who would buy a copy, and priced properly it would be another income stream to support further digs.

Ann H

I am not seeing this Patreon/TT effort to raise funds in wider circles. Would it be worth writing up a PR release/offer of interviews on related orgs or media whose members are likely to be willing contributor/participants? So eeee.org, physics, geology, drones, archaeology, mapping, etc. Media like Ars Technica covers archaeology and even the New York Times has discovered it is click worthy. I would hope it would not make the personal involvement of Patreon people more impersonal. Patreon members might even want to contact the ever inquisitive editors pleading for stories of interest.

Ann H

Co-digs in the EU interest me. Some are funded and academic. TT at Stobi in N Macedonia with Greek, Roman, Byzantine and silk road interaction would be intriguing.

Elise Norwood

Delightful! Like getting to sit with with Carenza during a break in the digging to hear her so, so interesting and wide-ranging thoughts about archaeology and the wider world. Thank you!

Richard Moss

Great discussion. Could listen to Carenza for hours. Such a great communicator. For me, what archaeology does is connect you to both landscape and our past. Both seem soothing and offer a context to life that gets lost if your focus is too inward-looking. What I'd like to know is what the team finds most remarkable about digs - is it the differences between the culture and society of the past (famously a different country), or the sense that actually the motivations and emotions of our ancestors are often so similar to our own?

Mark & Jill Jefson

Great chat with Carenza. It felt like I was catching up with an old friend over morning coffee.

Jon Colcord

Helicopters. Stewart turns into a little boy when he gets to go up and fly around a site!

Jon Colcord

Great stuff! For most of these interviews, the boys have seemed quite at ease, but they seemed maybe a little star struck and more nervous at the start of this one! They have spoken about how they grew up watching Time Team, and how it put them on this path professionally. Nobody who is still on screen has been as visible since the very beginning as Carenza has. It’s got to be almost like sitting down for a chat with the Queen!

Stephen Gent

The big draw of Time Team is that it can connect at different levels, from the highly intellectual to the more direct one of being in contact with the past directly. There has been an explosion of history nuts exploring our waterways and foreshores, finding all kinds of fantastic artifacts. I think it also brings out the kid in us, digging around looking for treasure. I found a fossil fish when I was about eight. It lit a life long interest. My wife used to dig the old trash heaps on her parents farm in Texas. It is the same for her. She would love to be on a dig. Lastly there seems to have been an explosion in the finding of new sites, and of new knowledge, re-writing our past. History will always appeal to the masses.

Lisa Bricknell

Thoroughly enjoyed this! As a fellow academic, I was fascinated to hear about the projects Carenza had been involved in around the mental health benefits of volunteering. Has there been any thought put toward investigating the benefits of this project, especially during the pandemic? I’m in Australia, and I’ve been doing the Time Team binge watching thing as I’ve been recovering from surgery, so this whole conversation resonated quite strongly.

Diane E. Englot

Just can't say enough about how delightful these behind-the-scenes bits & chats & walkabouts are...thank you so much for letting us tag along! Also, I do hope that you guys realize just how fabulous you are at this...hats & horns & back pats!

Mike Darby

Following on from what Carenza says about funding for different aspects of a project, and something I have been thinking about for a while. I am an annual funding Patreon supporter, and wonder whether it is possible to set up a way for supporters to inject odd sums of money - say £10 or £20 - without any necessary incentive, other than our enthusiasm for the successful continuation of projects and Time Team in general?

Gareth Hayes

If the post has burned in situ then you might find the charcoal that remains. I dug a posthole a few weeks ago where you could see the profile of the post as charcoal in the section, it was pretty cool!

Trish Murphy

Magic wand comment. I wish there was a Time Team in the Republic of Ireland. There are endless known sights. I’m sure there is more to discover. ✌️💚

Trish Murphy

I remember the 1st season where everyone watched a geophys plan printing - line by line by line. (I’m old enough to remember using similar printers in school) I’m one of those who binged Time Team on YouTube. Seeing the range of technology over the years makes me excited to see the latest tools & toys. In our own lives tech changes so quickly. It must be the same with cgi, graphics & geophys. I’m not sure all of the landscaping tools count as geophys. Anyone know if there’s another category to better define available tools & tech?

Trish Murphy

Carenza you look exactly the same. I said the said the same about Matt. Archeology must keep you young.

Melissa Rybb

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. I would be happy to kick in a few extra bucks to have something tested or conserved, but mostly tested. And if there are two things you need over budget I'd be happy to do it twice. For me, a few means USD $10-15.

Steve Mikre

Thank you for asking Carenza my question! Her response was very interesting and heart warming for me...

Melissa Rybb

For my part, I would love to read or see full explanations of what needs doing and why, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't affect my decision to donate. Because of the discussion videos both on Time Team Official and Patreon, I rest easy in the knowledge that TT appreciates us and would never abuse the trust we place in them with our donations. And, of course, I trust their judgement. Utterly.

Jennifer Griffin

Glad to know I wasn't the only Texas girl digging around in old dump/burn sites. I've got dozens of old medicine bottles...most of them found while with my grandparents. The sentimental connection is just as strong as the historical draw of these "treasures".

Valerie O' SULLIVAN

It’s great to see Carenza back again. She has been a hero of mine since the very first Time Team. Following on from an earlier comment by Trish Murphy, I’d love to see a comparative dig between two similar sites in The Republic of Ireland and Scotland/England/Wales. Modern borders obscure the fact that we had so many connections in ancient times. It would be fascinating to see the similarities and differences in something like a crannog site or an early Norman castle site.

Trish Murphy

Brilliance, confidence & an excellent communicator. I’d love to study under Carenza. She speaks in archeology detail but her comments & responses are structured in a way that’s not condescending. She manages to answer questions in a manner that educates novices as well as more an advanced viewers. Long winded way of saying Carenza always leaves me with a better understanding of the subject and I thank her for that ✌️💚

Jennifer Griffin

Thank you for bringing up the mental health benefits of TT! I (like so many others) found TT during lock-down. I didn't even realize how much I was utilizing it as a recovery tool until I saw the "Warriors" episode with Operation Nightingale. I had huge healing tears that fell because I felt so validated...I wasn't alone in finding so much peace just from watching a tv show.

Alisdair Artymiuk

I'd love to see the site report as it grows in a cloud drive.

Mark Horn

As a patron with muscular dystrophy I can’t say how much time team over the years has kept my sanity. It’s odd to say how much seeing people digging dirt keeps my soul in a happy place. All the time I have the funds to keep supporting time team I will to thank you all for the emotional support you have given me over the years.

Amy Singerle

Great video. I think carenza had a great idea with crowd sourcing side projects that need to be funded!

Nina Surr

Exactly! like a tip jar!

Jennifer Griffin

I fully agree TT supporters would help raise whatever funds were needed to keep putting out great content like this...and in deeper detail, too. Isn't is possible that there are also experts out there that might want to volunteer their services to this noble cause? I'm sure that Derek & Lawrence aren't the only two individuals led into their careers by TT. And who wouldn't want to be involved with such an amazing group of like minded intellectuals????

Martin Packer

Lovely interview with Carenza. I have to ask: What's up with the tree? It's mighty strange. :-)

Melinda Nagy

What kind of tree were you sitting on?

Melinda Nagy

I think time team technology has influenced many movies from Jurassic park to Marvel’s Thor…the movies make archeological technology easy but time team shows what can and can’t be inferred from the “data”…even if we get to the point where nothing has to be dug to figure out the past, I think the digging is still relevant for both tactile and kinaesthetic learning but also for the excitement of discovery and excavation

Melinda Nagy

Recently in Saskatchewan a discovery of Indian residential school graves was found using ground penetrating radar which my husband and I are familiar with from watching time team (see Marieval Residental School - 751 graves found) and one of the earliest scientific excavations in this province (Mortlach Site 1954) was found using gel-environmental information along with archeological information (9000 years old). Would Time Team ever consider coming to Canada to investigate any of our prehistory or archeological sites?

John Matthew IV

I am certain if you needed extra money for a specific project, if you asked us, we would donate more than enough.

Jean Buckley

You’re absolutely right that a good chunk of my attraction to the original TT episodes was that feeling that the team would be interesting and fun to hang with in the pub at day’s end. I’m curious to see if TT Take Two will have the same effect on me!

Mark Lund

Its all very exciting and quite nostalgic, though perhaps in anticipation as we havnt seen an episode yet. As for going to the U.S., Ireland etc, TT has been before, but I guess we/they need to get a few digs...years even, done and dusted, which means the programmes need to keep us interested in funding them, I'm sure they will, and also inspire new Patreons...when this new TT looks like it will last, then hopefully other locations/countries may get a site investigated. Having said that...there is still plenty here to keep them going for many years to come. But Ireland...Oh yes! Loads of stuff!

John VanAntwerp

Our family, at least, would love to be able to see the site reports as they were being written. I think that would be wonderfully interesting and instructive. As a software engineer with over 40 years in the field and a fair bit of experience with AI and computer-driven analysis, every time someone has said "a few more years and the computers will replace us" over the years they have been proven wrong. Within the foreseeable future, even with Quantum Computing, there won't be computers with the intuitive sense and evolved curiosity that drive humans to learn and explore. So don't put down your trowels yet! Computers are great assistants, but they can't yet replace humans being on the site and touching things with their own hands.

Alex Schultz

wonderful and I love prometheus :D

Patrick Emery

I was a viewer ‘first time round’, but rediscovered it via 4OD and then YouTube during lockdown. It really has helped me through lockdown - rediscovering the history and archeology are both fascinating of course, but it does also have a reassuring, comforting warmth as well, and the outdoors :-). I’m getting that from the new digs as well. This was a great interview - looking forward to the final show!

Ann Wagner

What I always want to know more about sites is what happens after Time Team leaves. Clearly, the Roman villa and the Iron Age site both need following up. If there could be a web site for as many old and new Time Team digs as possible to show reports, publications, pictures, additional videos, I think many of us would love it.

Diane S Ratliff

Thank you for this interview with Carenza. I never felt that connection with her as much as the other originals. She seemed like a professor. But she seems to be a really sweet, caring person as well as being brilliant.

Dorothy Africa

Libraries have Friends groups that help out with special projects or objects. If there are finds from these two digs that need further work for conservation, cleaning, etc. I would suggest offering us Time Team 'Friends' groups to contribute funds toward ongoing work on specific objects in return for updates on how the work is progressing.

Stephen Gent

We lived in London before moving to the states in 2009. So we did some mud larking along the Thames near the Globe mainly. Jeanne, my wife,, absolutely loved it. We have a few treasures from then, including some medieval and roman bits and pieces. Britain is so fortunate to have so much rich history. Where I live in Illinois, the town was not settled by Europeans until the 1840's. So nothing is old here, although we do have a few Indian mounds locally

Diane S Ratliff

Btw I too would be glad to help with extra funds. I had been considering increasing my monthly contribution. I want Time Team to continue well into the future. And I'm sure I'm not alone.

Rosemary Henderson

Did I understand correctly that the site reports are not yet funded? That's hugely important to the TT legacy and I'd have thought would be worked into the project budget from the get-go. I'd certainly be willing to add some funds to see that work completed.

Robert Boudreau

I believe the post dig work is very important, and was unaware it still didn't have enough funding. I've doubled my support. The post dig work is the real legacy of the Team's efforts, it needs to be done.

Warren Feldman MD

Did you ever consider publishing your post dig reports as a fund raiser.

Derek Maddox

Yes! Carenza asked about having special appeals to help pay for additional analysis and other work. Please do that! We've been part of several church building programs here in the US, and different elements of the overall cost are listed on a board. You might not be able to pay for a whole stained glass window, but you might be able to pay for a pane. Maybe not a whole pew, but enough for your family and a couple more. Give us the chance to help pay for the extras!

Tanis Sugden

I'd be excited to see the archeological report being written. The TT program we support is important, but the analysis and final report is critical for the archeological field.

Elaine P

These discussions with the archeaologists have been so enjoyable. Really thoughtful answers, so willing to share their knowledge, making it all understandable, and perhaps most importantly, being inspirational and thought-provoking, such as Carenza's thoughts on technology and the need for humans to have tactile interaction with their environment (as well as the thoughts about archaeology and well-being). It makes me want to sit in on her lectures (assuming she still lectures). A thought on technology, and the idea of putting the post-analytical reports in a shared environment: seems like it would be a ground-breaking application of the crowd-sourcing concept. Granted, the public wouldn't be contributing per se, but to see scholarship and research in action seems to be inherently good, especially in the face of the growing anti-science trend. I'm also in support of others here with their suggestions of soliciting special fund drives for specific elements of remaining tasks related to these sites.

Dorothy Frank

A very interesting discussion. Like others mentioned above, I approve prof. Lewis' idea of seeing the site reports in process. And pitching in a bit of $ if needed to fund them.One thing that connects us to the past is holding something that someone once held a thousand or two thousand or more years ago. Finger prints on samian ware. Dog print on a tile. A broken flint axe head that made me wonder what kind of swear words a prehistoric person would say when he broke it. I don't think it would be the same with advanced geophys to the point archeologists of the future won't have to dig.

Keith Gregory

A really thought provoking and insightful interview, thank you. On the subject of funding, i don’t intend to stop my Patreon funding any time soon. I hope at least some of that goes towards the post-dig expenses. Will there be any merch to buy afterwards? I’m thinking books, photos, artwork etc…e.g from previous series I’d loved to have bought some fab prints of Victor’s drawings. Anything like that might raise a good few quid.

Mark Lund

Re the funding for the reports, maybe I mis-understood, but to have any kind of legitimacy in the world of archaeology, surely any TT dig could/would not not have started without funding in place..or at least a guarantee that the report would be completed? No permission would be granted without it.

Bill

Like many have said above, if funding is required for some extras then an explanation and access to end results would be the key. I would give extra if I knew what was required and why and could read about it afterwards.

Byron Geoffrey Farrow

Time Team has (almost) always been a geophysics follow-up show - so better tech = much more to see!

Jude Edling

Absolutely brilliant discussion! I so enjoy Carenza's perspective on community, technology, life, the universe and everything.

Jeff Lanam

Carenza touched on a question I would like to have Tim answer. What is the budget for the project? Not down to the detail of salaries and such, but at a higher level Both as a Patron and as someone who does put on (non-archaeological) events, I'm curious.

Elizabeth B Hess

Absolutely, do put out special requests for special needs. I think everyone who has supported on Patreon would be willing to consider chipping in for some specific project. I think we fund this not only to bring Team Time back, but also to foster archaeological research. So do, please, feel free to present special requests.

Jan Hahn-Snavely

Really nice that Project Nightingale was mentioned. That was a wonderful memory.

Levy

I have always enjoyed Carenza's way of explaining things. I'm so glad she could come back for this. A question I have, thinking about how long it took for people to think about not simply cleaning out pottery but analyzing residue inside, How do they decide when the soil adjacent to an object should be analyzed? I see them scraping the dirt away from burials and wonder if there might be information in the soil around the bones etc.

Donna Holt

Funding specific requests would be very interesting to me. Really liked this interview.

Steve Atkins

Great interview and I concur with the crowdfunding comments with respect to getting small projects completed and the idea that people like to feel like they are making a difference. I know I got involved because I wanted to feel a part of the process, not be just a spectator.

Patti McCarthy

Carenza is FABULOUS (as always). I was one of the folks who turned to Time Time during the pandemic as a place to find "greater" meaning, feel part of a larger community, and be able to move beyond the boundaries of lockdown--wide open spaces, new frontiers, new discoveries and an innate understanding that our future, and our present--were built upon the foundations our past. Very humbling and hopeful. Always enlightening. Just a technical note--might endeavor to keep the boom out of frame--it's distracting from the interview (during the first 6 min and last few seconds of the video). So happy to be able to contribute as Patron!

Pete McLaughlin

Fantastic interview - Derek and Lawrence are doing a great job. With this one I would say that once you imagine they’re all sitting on a tree limb 10 feet off the ground, you can’t unsee it 🙂

Jennifer Griffin

What about an auction of items? Tim could sign some copies of his book, of course. John could sign some geophys print outs. Heck...did anybody break a trowel during the dig? Sign the handle and stick that up for auction. I can't be the only person here that would geek out over owning an item that was part of a TT dig...right? Oh...and the DVD idea was brilliant, too.

Carolyn Westlake

Thanks, lovely to hear the chat. Time Team is my go to comfort programme - old episodes and this exciting more inclusive new Time Team.😊

Dallas Mathews

Love this idea! ❤ Did a quick search and looks like Patreon doesn't currently have a feature where members can send one-time donations. 💔

Sharyle Doherty

thoroughly enjoyed Carenza’s insights!

Katie

I would LOVE to read the site reports!!

Thomas Bougher

With so many university courses being taught online, is it possible for an international student (USA) to enroll with Professor Lewis?

Fiona Murray

OMG that would be amazing to see this process of the reports!

Connie Cox

I have a question for Carenza. In one episode of Time Team, Rony called out a fellow archeologist for making a sexist comment to Carenza. How have attitudes changed? Or have they?

Mechanical Muse

I'd LOVE to see the process of the report being written. That'd be amazing.

Veteran(Russian Ling)-Truck driver-Engineer-Attorney

The question/statement about getting us through COVID really hit home. I am 53 years old and live in the USA. I just discovered Time Team during the last year. I could not stop watching and when I found they were bringing it back, I jumped on Patreon (first time ever using) and joined. Thanks for all the content!

Veteran(Russian Ling)-Truck driver-Engineer-Attorney

Exactly, I am an engineer (with a ph.D. ) and an attorney in the USA. If I could change anything in my life, I would have studied archeology. I didn't, at the time, because everyone was entering the field wanting to and thinking it was like Indiana Jones.

Dyana Mason

I think this was my favorite interview so far. I'm a professor in NGO management in the U.S., and I loved the discussion around how archaeology, and volunteering, can support well-being. (I also binged watched all available episodes of Time Team during the last 18 months!).

Julialynne

Fantastic Q&A with Carenza!

Jim Cox

Once I discovered there were full Time Team episodes on YouTube I binged (to my wife's frustration). But before this, I had binged MidSomer Murders a couple of times. So when I stared watching Time Team in old villages my mind leapt to, "Who's getting murdered first?" 😬