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Post-Excavation: Environmental Archaeology (Patreon)

Published:
2021-11-15 19:25:05
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2021-11-15 19:25:09
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Dani Wootton catches up with environmental archaeologist, Naomi Sewpaul to discover more about the 'ecofacts' and other evidence hidden in soil, that can reveal fascinating details about past environments.

You may have spotted Naomi at our recent digs with her flotation tank. Here she tells us more about the process and how this helps to further our understanding of a site.

But how did the catering team help Naomi during our 2021 digs? Let's find out!

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Post-Excavation: Environmental Archaeology

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Comments

Doug Mackey

Dani does such a lovely job anchoring interviews: She is knowledgeable, inviting, and seamlessly makes sure to keep the the discussions at a layman’s level, untangling ideas and clarifying terminology.

Giles Brown

Yep. Absolutely. Every single time.

bil Jeschke

Take the retent and sludge and sell it as 'Archaeo Plant Soil'. Make history come alive in your garden.

Mrs Mary Ellen Johnson

What an interesting conversation, I've really enjoyed listening thank you so much ladies. I'm not surprised Naomi doesn't get bored, I don't think she has the time bless her. I so happy to watch this as I've had anxiety all day but bow I dont and feel happy. Thank you Dani and Naomi, good luck and stay safe please Mary-Ellen

Robert Wise

Great job both of you! This was one of the better bits I’ve seen! This is 1 vote for: Time Team II: The Dodo Dig … ! I think hearing more from Naomi about how her findings are filling in the gaps in the dig results would be pretty interesting! I actually did have a favorite pollen grain back in the lab days … Ambrosia (Ragweed). I just liked the way it looked. Probably helped that I wasn’t allergic to it.

Caroline Borduin

I was just thinking about the same thing. She obviously knows the subject matter well and prepares for the interviews, but it also takes skill and practice to be a good interviewer and she is terrific.

Rosemary Henderson

Thanks very much for this interview. Time Team introduced me to the concept of Environmental Archeology and it sounds like fascinating career. I've been hoping to learn more about it from Naomi and this interview was perfect. I hope that we will see lots of the microscope images from the new sites in the programmes.

Pamela Brotherton

This was fabulous! Wonderful interview with lots of information.

Poppy Marks

This was a fantastic interview and has really helped me understand the importance of soil samples!

Scot AnSgeulaiche

This was great. I liked the way Naomi described the role of "water excavation" to fill in the gaps that the trowel and eye miss. I do wonder with advancing techniques what will be found in the future from all the soil and retent Naomi is dumping in her skip today.

JUDITH COOKE

Thanks Dani for yet another wonderful interview. It was great to have an in-depth description of Naomi’s work. Thanks Naomi, for all the fascinating details that help to develop the story. Good luck to you both with the Dodo in Mauritius!

the polish dude

Wonderful episode about something I did not think too much about, Dani and Niomi just did a great job keeping it interesting and informative ,Thanks!

Ann Wagner

What a marvelous session! They included some great information and images. But it is also so clear that Naomi loves what she is doing. It’s great to learn about what she does.

Sarah Holloway

Absolutely fascinating discussion very interesting to watch ,and so informative .

Sonia Hamilton

I enjoyed that conversation. I never knew there was so much involved in washing away mud! It is true what these two said, one needs patience to be an archeologist. I think that is where I would fail, I would be disappointed and give up after not finding anything, and a person cannot do that in archeology.

Jennifer Griffin

I hope the committee looking at future sites has added Mauritius to the list! I could watch these two brilliant ladies interact all day long. They both have such a passion for their career and an easy nature. More, please…and THANK YOU!

Maria Burns

Very informative! Thanks for the insight into 'water excavation'. very interesting.

Elizabeth Ackermann

The passion that Dani and Naomi bring to their work shines clear. This was a brilliant interview, so fun and informative. I look forward to learning what goodies Naomi has excavated from the two new sites, and the perspective those finds bring to the story.

Jude Edling

I could listen to Dani and Naomi for hours! Water excavation is fascinating. I'm sure this has been covered and I just missed it but I would like to hear Naomi talk about the evidence, if any, of how domestic animals such as cattle, sheep and horses have changed over the centuries. We talk about heirloom breeds but how far back do some of these types appear. Many thanks for these interviews!!

Eggs Ackley

Wonderful interview on a fascinating subject. Back in the day Naomi could identify animal bones blindfolded. Now she can probably do that with pollen🤧

Andy Quick

Thanks for the interesting discussion, Naomi and Dani. I learned a lot. I suppose it would be very time consuming and difficult in terms of contamination, but is there ever a case for using DNA analysis on organic material? One might be able to find out interesting things about domestication of crops or animals that way.

Donna Holt

Amazing. I had no idea. It was a long video and I watched every second and then wanted more. Definitely ready for the Dodo expedition.

Ted Black

Naomi is my new favorite TT specialist! Her knowledge is only exceeded by her enthusiasm for a discipline which, on first glimpse, is very pedestrian and dull, but which has great possibilities. This tiny person has huge contributions to make toward our knowledge of the past.!

Jon Colcord

I love Naomi’s ability to describe what she does in such great detail and in a way that is accessible to us non-archaeologists! I’ve been a fan since her early days on Time Team, and I was excited when I first heard that she was again joining the team!

Simon Orchard

Naomi is my kind of person, so passionate and enthusiastic about her subject, what an absolute star she is. Many moons ago i wrote an essay on environmental archaeology which sparked my curiosity around the subject so it's really great to see such a wonderful ambassador for the discipline.

Gill Palmer

This was great, thank you. Now really interested in the relationship between this kind of analysis and genomic analysis. Does that happen as a matter of course as part of environmental analysis?

Mary Ann Morrison

This is fascinating! Thank you so much for featuring Environmental Archaeology (and LIDAR) on Time Team. I can't wait to see what Naomi finds. I would very much appreciate it if in addition to putting the participant names in the articles, you could put them on the video. It would help me memorize and remember who the participants are. P.S. I very much enjoy Dani's voice.