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S22 | Dig Watch: Anglo-Saxon Cemetery: Day One - Community Test-Pitting (Patreon)

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2022-09-27 20:20:54
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What's that you say? You'd like more Dig Watch? Well, ok then!

In our next instalment, we're rewinding back to Day One of our Norfolk dig to meet some of the wonderful community volunteers.

Just half a mile or so from the main cemetery site, we've been simultaneously running a test-pit survey with the villagers and local community groups.

Dani and Carenza have been busy here for much of the weekend. After all, we all know how much Time Team likes to indulge in some back-garden archaeology!

Here's Dani with a summary of the first day's activity. We'll be back again to see how the story develops on Day Two.

See you soon!

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Comments

K

So lovely and peaceful!! More please! Reduces my hurricane stress here in FL, US..

Pia Fredfeldt

These clips are very good. Peoples faces light up, when they talk about their experiences.

Elizabeth Ackermann

That was great! Can’t wait to see more, and learn how what you’re finding in the gardens ties in to the main site.

Derek Thom

Now I've caught up I can't wait for the next one! Great stuff.

Jude Edling

Thank you Dani! This brings back memories of past Time Team garden digs and test pits with grands and littles all having a hand in. Community archaeology is critically important and a vital part of the Time Team tradition. Thank you for continuing it.

Eggs Ackley

Looks like such great fun. Would love to have been there getting hands dirty. Trowel on!

Donna Oglesby

I so enjoy clips like this, to get others involved. Mike Loved his test pits and all the things you can find from just one square, is sometimes amazing! Thank you Dani!

Kevin Mc

Getting so many emails from Time Team/Patreon that they've become spam. :(

TimeTeamOfficial

Hi Kevin. Naturally, during our dig weekends, the activity on Patreon ramps up considerably as we share updates as they unfold directly from the field. However, you can override the automatic email notifications in your own account settings, if you don't wish to receive them. Details on how to manage your account setting can be found here: support.patreon.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115002984566-Manage-my-email-notifications Please note that there will be many more posts going out over the next week, and so we advise you to update your personal settings now to avoid the emails. Thanks

ROBERT HALL (edited)

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2026-09-08 22:00 Cant get enough. If this is perceived as spam why not filter it out and go scold somebody elsewhere??? Keep them coming.
2022-09-28 08:56

Mark Lund

Yep, that was a strange comment..did he subscribe by mistake? As you said, cant get enough!

André Beuving

Now I can’t wait to participate! When is a Time Team community dig coming to a place near me? 😉

David Boon

Great that we can learn a bit about the finds in some of the upper layers,. Fantastic to see the enthusiasm of those involved.

Jakub Jůzl

So that's what Dani has been up to. :) I wonder how often the stratification is completely messed up - when I tried test pitting in my garden it was all mixed up together, likely a result of some extensive landscaping done several decades ago. It's a bummer to find pottery from the 1700s and then a piece of plastic packaging underneath... especially since then there's no guarantee the historical pottery wasn't transported from a different area with the soil itself.

prissy

I started a test pit in my garden several years ago, and was surprised to find a concrete wall, just below the surface that extended 4 or 5 metres under both my compost heaps. Amongst various things, I found a 1923 German aluminium Pfennig (I live in Germany.) A tag for a quarry, which delivered chalk to a nearby factory by means of a overhead cable system, and various fairly modern wrappers. The village is a model industrial village, 100 years old this year, so I am not really expecting anything more than 100 years old,.

Jon Colcord

I wonder if anyone confronted for a test pit was excited to hear that Time Team have returned if they were unaware? Which brings me to an idea I just had! What if during the off season, one or two of our notables go out with a cameraman, and knock on a few random doors to try and answer some small questions about the history of some of these communities? I would be thrilled if they knocked on my door! It might be another way to say “We’re Back!”, as well as a way to put together some more fun Patreon content during the dry spells! Episodes with community test-pits, or in general, the sudden destruction of private property and back gardens were my favorites! Right up there with the old pub scenes…

Robert Wise

Good to see you back at it Dani! I loved what the lady said about liking the archaeology, but it’s the people that make it fun. The test pit program seems to also be a quiet bit of community building … That’s just kind of nice!

Patricia Amero

I appreciate the email updates so I don't miss anything. Dani... you are an absolute GEM. You ask and answer every single thing I'm wanting to know about each subject. Fabulous work- camera crew & everyone behind the cameras... excellent editing. ZERO complaints, HUGE praise to all. 😎👍

Dyana Mason

I loved this bit. It’s one of the gifts of Time Team to work so closely with the community.

TimeTeamOfficial

Thanks Patricia, get ready for another weekend of fun and discoveries ahead.

Susie Stockton-Link

My younger son got hooked 20 years ago: he did our 'pond' and it was excavated in 10cm spits. Victorian blue and white, spoil from the late Victorian house next door. Great for a primary age lad!

Patricia Amero

I can picture this... makes me smile 😊

Sheila Sanderson

Have a missed a post about when these digs will be shown?

TimeTeamOfficial

Hi Sheila, the completed episodes are due to premiere in Spring 2023. Until then, we have more insights and interviews to share from both digs and the post-production process. We'll also be delving deeper into development of our third site. Watch this space for more details.

Justin T Donie

Delightful snapshot of a kind of activity I'd love to take part in some day.