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S22 | Anglo-Saxon Site Recce (Patreon)

Published:
2022-08-19 11:20:02
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2022-08-19 20:49:03
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We’re edging closer to this year’s digs and it’s a flurry of activity behind the scenes.

Before the entire crew descend upon the site for three days, a small advance team will first complete a reconnaissance mission to scope out the key logistics at each location:

Where will we put the data dome? Can we get electricity, internet and other services to the site? Most importantly, is the local real ale any good? (We all know who that final request came from.)

In this video (captured on a phone on a windy day!), we share some exclusive insights into the pre-production process.

COMING UP ON YOUTUBE: Stonehenge’s Mesolithic Pits

You may have seen the recent news of a fascinating research project at Stonehenge, featuring Time Team's very own Prof Henry Chapman. Join us on YouTube this Saturday at 7pm BST, as Dani Wootton catches up with Henry to get the lowdown: https://youtu.be/f47Ie9_o9qU 

In the meantime, check out this incredible interactive 3D model of the team's work on Sketchfab:

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a-large-mesolithic-pit-at-stonehenge-c3e5190a32da470ab974d28599f42428 

3D model courtesy of Philippe De Smedt

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Anglo-Saxon Site Recce (Patreon exclusive)

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Comments

M.F. McCune

Thank you, Henry, for this one quote which touched my soul: "...they're just like us. They ARE us..." I felt that like a thunder bolt! Of COURSE they are!

Roger Mills

Always something interesting from Helen

Henrik Vogt

The discussion regarding the found broaches was very interesting. More please!

Michael O'Connor

Love how they turned all the brand names on the beverages away from camera. Make them pay for adverts!

Irene Daly

Helen is so logically minded and shares her knowledge unselfishly. I can’t wait for the Time Team gang to get out in the field again.

James D Speckart

A welcome video, and I wouldn't mind an even longer version, where we hear everyone's first impressions of the soil, the geography, chats with the landowners/farmers, etc. It's just nice to hear more from the team in a more unstructured environment. Thanks!

Mak Wilson

I found that as interesting as watching an episode!

Lorna Dryden

Soooo excited to see what’s next!!!

Andy Woodhead

Great video. Really interesting to get a more in-depth discussion about individual finds and how the experts identify and date them. I could watch this sort of analysis for hours!

Jon Colcord

Awesome little video! It was just like a mini Time Team! It even had ‘finds’ and ‘experts’!

Ann H

Got for bug spray adverts too.

Hunt

Brilliant to see all the behind the scenes stuff going on.

Donna Oglesby

Been waiting for the digs to start and so looking forward to everyone being on site. It is very interesting to see part of the team chatting with the landowners and getting their input on where to put everything, and get together about what is going to be happening , the crops, the soil. also very interesting listening to Helen, as she looks though what finds have been recovered and figuring out from how many different people they came form and what they might be looking forward to. a lot of the behind the scenes is just as important as the set up. Great to also see Kerry as well.

Priscilla Logan

Fascinating, good job Helen and the rest of them too.

the polish dude

Now that is metal detectoring done properly ,thanks Time Team Great presentation thanks.

James

Excellent video. Fascinating to see how much has to be considered beforehand. This is as interesting as the actual dig. I'd love to see more about the pre-dig research. What has been found from old maps, books, and detectorists.

Robert Boudreau

Great to see Kerry again, he's done so much work over the years, but seldom is seen or heard. So much goes on behind the scenes, these little snippets of some of that process are enlightening.

Graham Dombkins

I love these behind the scene looks. Fascinating. Surely there are clothing and fabric experts that have an understanding around male vs female trends over the centuries.

Susie Stockton-Link

Fascinating. I could listen to Helen expound for hours. Yes: I wonder how long men and women have fastened clothes opposite ways...

Jude Edling

Thanks for the peek at your process! It's fascinating.

Graham Stokes

Seconding what Susie and Jude have commented above. Good to see the thoughtful questions arise. And the possibilities these and the finds generate.

Donna Holt

I didn't want that conversation to end. I could have listened for the entire lunch.

Andy Woodhead

Great video. I wondered what the brooch would have looked like when complete - so I made a 3d model of it! I have just published it on Sketchfab and Patreon supporters can view it by clicking this link: https://skfb.ly/ox7zy - or visit the Sketchfab website and search for 'cruciform brooch reconstruction' if the link does not work. I may not have got all of the details right but I hope it gives an idea of how it would have looked. Andy. Update on 31 August - many thanks to Helen Geake for feedback on the model - I have uploaded an updated version (same link above) having revised the lugs and pin assembly which I think should be closer to the original. The brooch looks far better balanced now - thank you Helen!

Stitch

Cheers, Andy!

Eggs Ackley

This was grand to watch and as others have said, would like to have seen more. Was hoping to see Colour Sergeant Ely go to parade rest as he often used to do.🫡

Brent Bossom

Really enjoyed this! Thank you for sharing this content. Would love to see more.

Graham Stokes

Re most catch plates being "bent round to the left," as Helen describes, leading to the question of the origin of button holes being on wearer's right for women, and on the left for men: my wife has sewed for several decades and when I mentioned this she offered what she had been led to understand. Among sewers, the thought was that many more women than men had dressers to dress them, so it would be easier for right-handed dressers to button up a lady's garments while facing her . I mentioned that (some) men had dressers too, but this was the understanding my wife absorbed from elder sewers in the 50s and 60s. Perhaps a consideration re the timing of the left/right convention?

Ruth McDowell

I have a vague memory that for men it had to do with ease of drawing a sword, i.e., right hand drawing a sword secured on the left hip. There was a corresponding reason for women, but it has escaped my elderly mind.

Robert Wise

This is nearly as interesting as the digs!

Jini Scammell

I was taught that men’s shirt button the way they do because in bygone days they carried swords and to keep the hilt from catching in the shirt front (if not a tunic) the shirts buttoned left over right since right-handedness predominates in humans.

AppleJoost

The side on which the buttons were placed, was actually done to show the difference between mens and womens clothing!

Jini Scammell

So far no one has provided any references, so who knows for certain.

JUDITH COOKE

Thanks so much for this superb content. Amazing how much information can be gathered from just a few pieces. The interaction from participants and the wonderful 3D reconstruction is simply marvellous. Can’t wait to find out where it takes us next.