They really were a team for sure but the new shows while not the same are worth a watch if you have not seen them. Some of the understudies now moved up and it is great to catch up with them. I should really know what Phil is up to these days as I agree he is a treasure. Hope he is happy and healthy enjoying a pint no matter where or what he is up to.
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I was at Victor Ambrus Exhibition in London last week. Super surprise for me and lovely to see his art again. Limited edition prints will soon be on sale, so I'm told.
@@Jlrc13 I found it by accident as I walked into the bookshop next door. I'd been in London for 2 hours, watched the last 3D model on my laptop and then went out for a walk to see the sights. I got there with about 3 hours to spare - yes Victor's work is superb. Bob Cross (My mind is failing here :-) ) a TT archaeologist was also there and e had a lovely chat.
I never thought about it, but it makes sense that the two structures would be made one of wood and one of stone. The structure for the living is made of the "flesh" of the earth, and the one for the dead is made of the "bones" of the earth.
@@josephsolowyk7697not completely made up. It’s a plausible hypothesis. Whether or not we can prove it absolutely is another question, but it is at least as well supported as any other hypothesis about this specific ritual landscape.
@@josephsolowyk7697 I agree that this is what you're saying, it's just not a correct description. It's not a complete conjecture. It's a lot of evidence with a posteriori interpretation. You can say that you think someone is wrong (ideally with supporting evidence and argument) without saying that they're just making everything up; it's not completely made up. MPP has a set of reliable observations that are coherent/consistent with his hypothesis. That's not even close to "proof" or insurmountable, but again, it's far from being "complete conjecture." If this is unsatisfactory, you might as well give up on logical inference altogether.
Mike must have been beyond chuffed with finding the avenue. After 7 years of defending his theory, he doesn't just prove it by finding a roadway, he finds the biggest & best neolithic avenue in all of Europe. Not bad for a day's work. Thanks muchly for the upload. It was great to revisit this episode.
@@themysteryofbluebirdboulevard His interpretation may, or may not be, lacking substance, but it doesn't detract from his proving his theory about the road & not just finding one, but actually finding a great one.
@@animerlon Let's say someone surmises the location of a coin hoard because they're sure people buried their coins to keep them safe from thieving fairies. Mind you, there's no written records from that era. They then find the hoard. He goes on the news and talks about how the fairies were nocturnal and that the coin buriers prayed to the fairies and believed that the fairies were the watchers of their ancestors souls... All from finding the coins. I don't want to hear unproven elements. It's irresponsible to promote them as a scientist.
Great video. This sort of history makes me appreciate the ancient history of my country, Australia. This land has been walked on for 60000 years. A culture that should be celebrated much more than it is. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Roman, Greek, Egyptian, Mayan, etc. civilizations always get all the attention because they built and decorated with such permanent materials. Conversely, Native Americans, Aboriginals, South African tribes, Islanders, etc. made such ephemeral structures and tools, using mostly wood, leather and bone, so we're left with far less to speculate over. So sad, especially as a member of one of these cultures.
@@josephsolowyk7697 The people doing all the "civilizing", conquered by force, these cultures who lived off their ancestral lands for millennia. White Europeans made racist assumptions about their intelligence and civility based on ignorance, and the idea the "White way is the right way" (much like you're doing now). A culture isn't made of barbarians just because they aren't working toward 2 cars and a house with a pool.
I'm glad to see that while they didn't have Victor toddling about drawing pictures on-site, they still had him do some concept art for the outro. I wonder if there's a collection somewhere out there. He really did some fantastic drawings for Time Team.
It's an interesting thought, that the actual building of the henges was just as important and unifying as the use of it afterward. I like to think of it like a prehistoric community center. A place where you go to celebrate, to mourn, to politic and to trade goods. All in a space both culturally and spiritually significant to everyone you ever met.
So interesting about the permanency of stone. And the pigs. Reinforcing the importance of mid winter rather than midsummer. Lots to think about the rituals. Thank you Time Team and God bless Mick
I would dearly love to see a clean upload of the Time Team special, "Sea Henge." It was so different--from the archaeology to the protests--that it's etched in my mind. I cherish the specials. Thanks for the uploads. I miss you Mick!
I'm intrigued by the similarity between the setting of Stonehenge and the Walls, alongside the Avon River, and the setting of the Newgrange complex in Ireland, alongside the Boyne River. Great episode.
The smile on his face when he said “the east end erection” was a classic example of some archeological humour at its best. Thanks for uploading this, don’t think I’ve ever seen it 😀
A real classic. I really liked the montage at the end, where the lowly students had a say in what they thought the meaning of the site was. Different from mainline episodes, where the diggers scrupulously report just the facts and leave the theorizing to the higher ups.
So good to see Mick and the rest of the team. Can’t believe it’s been close to twenty years, seems like almost yesterday. 🥰💕❤️👍👍 Also enjoyed seeing Victor’s artwork, too.
I am an idiot. For some reason I thought this was new. I thought, 'Yea! Tony is back! Boy he looks good.', then Mick showed up & freaked me out a little lol and I nearly cried again realizing he was still in the spirit world.
😄 "...he looks good." This really tickled my funny bone. I can well imagine you freaking out & being so confused seeing Mick. 😂 Can also imagine it being bittersweet when you realized.
I learned a lot watching this episode. It is a great presentation and was great seeing Phil Tony and Mick together. I am looking forward to more episodes, keep up the good work Time Team.
afternoons sat with my dementia suffering great aunt watching time team. really really helps her and i love the programme. gets her talking and thinking to which is good, ( plus i can put on any epidsode and she wouldnt remeber seeing it )
I'm one of those oddballs in the world where if I could only watch one show for eternity it'd be Time Team lol. Just got its hooks in me a time back and I just still love it. The ingredients in the right proportions was gold. Nice to see familiar faces. I'll admit I lost interest when the new gang came in but I'm warming to them.
It's great to see Phil, Mick and Tony again! Not to mention a site of great importance that i had not seen before. Furthering our knowledge of the past and the education of everyone about it is what it's all about. Thanks, TT!
Oh my goodness 😂 so nice to see you all together again.. I stopped watching for a while until I saw this post.. what I watched without you all not there just didn't feel right😂. It's like seeing old friends😂
Waaayy too much speculation by Mike…. And reaching as far as he has to. And birth and sex are linked to life in ancient civilizations, not death. Seems he’d say anything to justify his pure speculation. And based on how many views the old show gets on UA-cam, they would have had 50,000 patreons already if Tony was the presenter and Phil was somehow involved. And not having a replacement for Mick’s part is also costly…
@@JamesSmith-fz7qk I also attend archaeology lectures, experimental archaeology & genuine history enthusiast. I don’t use tv shows to learn, it’s entertainment on a subject I have vast respect for. I understand you’re displeased with mikes work ethic by your comment. Your message is very judgmental, especially since burial’s show ancient cultures were not only about life, that is supposition. Tony is working with the channel & Phil is doing great work for Wessex archaeology. I think you’re being superficial in your reasoning and not quite sure your intent in responding to my post.
@@kariannecrysler640 Hi! Sorry about that. I just meant to post a comment and didn't realize I was replying to yours. I'm not an archeologist, my background is electrical engineering and physics, and the constant speculation on topics that can never be proven and most likely are way off seems a waste of energy. Seriously... "Maybe they were commemorating the posts?" Haha
Our ancient ancestors at thier best, I miss those days. Being a Pagan I find this very moving, for me the 21st of December Mid Winter Solstice is the highlight of my year.
Brilliant, and surprisingly emotional. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you especially to Mike Parker Pearson. The importance of his decades of work is unmatched, to me at least.
i was on this dig!!! i dug out pit 88 in julian thomas' trench (first glimpse at 11:12 - you can see the back of julian's head in his little hard hat). it was amazing. i found many many wild animal bones, grooved ware, burned sherds, mussel shells, and a flint phallus (they show it at 25:29). this was the only place in the dig at that time (2006) where they found wild animal bones. there were zillions of domestic bones everywhere else... also, parker-pearson wore that red shirt every day of the dig. apparently it's his lucky excavation shirt. it was famously smelly.
Amazing as always! But I must say, only one who has never woven cloth by hand might think Neolithic people would clothe a cut forest! Good heavens 😂 garlands of plant matter or cordage with attached feathers sure! Decorations and as many colors as possible, absolutely! I just can't imagine putting that much work up on a pole for the wind to eat when it could be used.
I see a ceremonial meeting place, pig hunting skills displayed and contested in the central timber arena/monument, feasts and festivities and visiting the ancestors. Thanks for the new episode
My childhood home was on Larkhill Road from 96-2011. I remember watching this from the upstairs window when this was taking place. You can see the houses in the background at 4:45.
Ive watching from the beginning you know the one where you didnt dig anything up ,i would love to see new episodes but cant afford it but will watch the monthly utube releases,thanks guys for many years of history
Yes, you can! There’s nothing you have to pay for! 🎉. ALL the new digs, and new episodes, are posted here in Time Team Official channel free of charge, viewable worldwide. Some of the classic Specials are released first to the Patreon subscribers as a member perk, but then they are released generally after that.
I joined Patreon twice but never found more digs or finds, but then I’m no techy as a senior! It’s great to have Mick & Tony’s cutscenes used to connect to recent developments. Tech is superb as is the British characters, accents & common curiosity. ❤
In addition to revisiting with Mick, Phil, and Tony (plus Victor’s illustrations) there was a cameo of Ian Barclay, best digger driver TT ever had (sorry, Ian Powlesland).👍
As a heavy machinery operator (both on road and off road) I was in awe of Ian ( the elder). His touch on the handles was light but you can see he was feeling the density of the soil when he was back dragging the bucket. A true artist acting as one with his machine.
@@adamsjerome1839 There are a couple of short TT videos on uTube of Ian peeling a banana with the bucket and feeding (Phil, I believe) a grape or two with same bucket. Now that’s digger driver class act!
I have to say guys.. finding you again after so many years.. to see you still have that very strong and vibrant passion is an amazing feeling... like a good warm feeling seeing old driends again... I need to give you all thanks for all the good time with your progames in the past..and for still loving what you do today 🥰
Just wonderful! Thank you so much. Personally I think that it reflects that humanity has always had a instinctive need to build and create things. Maybe someone stuck 160 odd sticks in the ground in circles one day absent mindedly....and then thought 'hey, what if we did this for real?' ☺
What an adventure. What a treat. I have followed Mike Parker Pearson on TV here in Catalonia, and as a result, I was aware of much of the information contained in this video. However, there was so very, very much more presented. Though the double sound track was unfortunate and made things difficult to follow, it was an absolute delight to see Mike and dear, dear Mick together, and of course, catching a glimpse of Phil now and then was wonderful and took me back to the wonderful time of Time Team's thunder days, punctuated with Victor's beautiful art work. Thank you, thank you, and thank you again for making a loving fan so very happy.🥰🤠
The pigs, feasting and Midwinter; when the sun comes back...gives me a new insight into the Terry Pratchett novel, The Hogfather. It gives me a new understanding of what was so important about the pigs...! We live and learn...!! 🤔😎👍
I had put of watching this episode, and now I'm glad I did. Wow! Poignant?, Educational? Out- right mind-blowing? All of the above! I really miss the ol' Time team...
more likely if you ask me is that the wood structure was a temporary site constructed as a placeholder until the permanent stone structure was complete. Wood structure takes a few weeks to build, stone one takes years. And you want to hold your ceremonies somewhere while waiting for it to be ready.
Seeing the wooden pools 'scraping the sunset sky' gives me the same kind of awe as seeing the contours of eg New York from the water side. Could (the feeling of) the hustle and bustle in between the wooden sky scrapers have been somewhat like the hustle and bustle in between the modern sky scrapers? At least around the times of the winter solstice / christmas? Connections between earth, heaven, food, festivities, families, feelings of expectations.
I've been watching OG Time Team eps from 1994 (first series) on Amazon Prime. It was mentioned that no Bronze Age burials had been found in Britian. If they cremated their dead & put their ashes in the river, that could be why. This was a great ep. TYVM
No Bronze Age burials found in Britain? Which episode stated that? Probably the most famous BA burial is that of the Amesbury Archer, found just a few miles from Stonehenge. There have been many others from all over the UK.
Forgive me, I must have missed this, but how did they determine the height of the poles? I love watching this. What a feeling to be finding the remains of a 4500 year old settlement.
Seems that there's some degree of guesswork involved. Archaeologically they could know the diameter of the timbers and how deep they were set into the ground. From those they could surmise how tall the could have been without knowing for sure what heights they actually would have been. My own theory is that the timber henge might have had a roof. Individual families lived in roofed houses so I don't think it's too much of a stretch to think this major communal gathering place could have also been roofed. From what was presented, only the entrance poles are known to have had an alignment with the solstice. Inside could have been a communal gathering hall for feasting & eulogising the deceased. As they were capable of organising a large workforce to build the enclosure and the henge, they'd certainly be capable to roof it over. Living the rest of their lives in small buildings it must have been very magical & emotional to gather in a relatively huge structure. Those kinds of feelings when inside a large space continue to be part of universal human experience. Medieval folks would have felt it with their cathedrals, just as we feel it with our huge airports and sports stadiums.
It is all in the geometry. Once you known the depth and circumference of the hole and the angle of the ramp the trunk was slid down you know approximately how high a trunk could have been. Go back and watch the bit when they are trying to do the reenactment of erecting a pole.
I’m glad I flicked through these postings… because THAT was my question. How did they determine heights of various poles?? Did the Neolithic Men have a set formula for postpones?
@@nolasmith7687 Bear in mind that the people building the timber circle are digging with bones and antlers. They were not going to dig any more or deeper than they had to in order to keep the posts standing. If a post could have been held upright with a smaller or shallower hole, that’s what they would have done. So using mathematics and geometry, they can calculate the height that a post would have to have been to NEED a post hole of the given dimensions.
6000 years ago - it was after they survived a reset that they built these places - great to see them put together at last - many thanks and good bless everyone
I'm a bit late to this but as I now only live about 6 miles from Durrington I was wondering about a visit myself. However, I looked at the Wiki page for Durrington Walls and it mentions that the TT reconstruction was temporary and was done at Upavon, a village north of Durrington.
So glad to get “new” old Time Team!
@@joshschneider9766in 240p unwatchable
ua-cam.com/video/dTHxeRq8Df0/v-deo.html ...... The Secrets of Stanehedge.. !!!
It's an old episode, but it's so good to see Phil, Mick, and Tony again
I like Matt, Bridget and Raksha, but there's nothing like a _true_ classic episode with Mick, Robin and Carenza (and all that dated music haha)
I missed this one! Glad I looked.
They are all old episodes now.
These episodes are still going strong.@@wolfgang757
The new team is so much more tempered in their enthusiasm. I miss the old gang!
Phil is definitely my favourite scarecrow off all time. He's an absolute treasure. Damn I've missed this show
he's a damn GEM is what he is! i'd love to rub elbows with him in the dirt, and argue over a pint or 9 at the pub afterwards!
They really were a team for sure but the new shows while not the same are worth a watch if you have not seen them. Some of the understudies now moved up and it is great to catch up with them. I should really know what Phil is up to these days as I agree he is a treasure. Hope he is happy and healthy enjoying a pint no matter where or what he is up to.
He has a new book out about the archeology of Salisbury
Ha ha, kid in a Phil shirt at 12:45. Like a Dr. Who scarf.
It's a terrible shame Phil hasn't been invited to the reboot!
Time Team was the first series I binged watched when I retired after over 40 years of building and maintaining the power, water and wastewater infrastructure systems here in the United States. I never had the free time to binge watch an entire series and I am so grateful for the incredibly talented people who made this series possible. These new episodes are a joy to watch. Well done, people! Well done!
It was Covid for me. Mick, Richard P., Dr. Alice Roberts😊,Phil, and even Tony.
Is the definition of madness watching a tv series many many many many times and still getting enjoyment from it? 😆🤪
If so, it applies to a lot of TimeTeamers worldwide. Greetings from Australia
This show absolutely is one of the exceptions :)
I'll tell you later
no, that would be watching rubbish over and over again..
this is great,
stimulating and informative..
i love it 🙂 x
(and so do you, i think?)
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I was at Victor Ambrus Exhibition in London last week. Super surprise for me and lovely to see his art again. Limited edition prints will soon be on sale, so I'm told.
Wish the channel had publicised it here or on instagram! Would have loved to have visited- but it finished on 6th.
@@Jlrc13 I found it by accident as I walked into the bookshop next door. I'd been in London for 2 hours, watched the last 3D model on my laptop and then went out for a walk to see the sights. I got there with about 3 hours to spare - yes Victor's work is superb. Bob Cross (My mind is failing here :-) ) a TT archaeologist was also there and e had a lovely chat.
Oh I love the art that was done for this programme
I purchased a book from the Time Team merch, cost me almost $60.00 (USD) by the time I paid for shipping, but it's worth every penny!
@@emilyflotilla931 yes the books are good.
I never thought about it, but it makes sense that the two structures would be made one of wood and one of stone. The structure for the living is made of the "flesh" of the earth, and the one for the dead is made of the "bones" of the earth.
Makes sense to you, I'm sure. But no way of knowing, completely made up.
@@josephsolowyk7697not completely made up. It’s a plausible hypothesis. Whether or not we can prove it absolutely is another question, but it is at least as well supported as any other hypothesis about this specific ritual landscape.
Yes I'm saying all the theories are complete conjecture.@@elenchus
@@josephsolowyk7697 I agree that this is what you're saying, it's just not a correct description. It's not a complete conjecture. It's a lot of evidence with a posteriori interpretation. You can say that you think someone is wrong (ideally with supporting evidence and argument) without saying that they're just making everything up; it's not completely made up. MPP has a set of reliable observations that are coherent/consistent with his hypothesis. That's not even close to "proof" or insurmountable, but again, it's far from being "complete conjecture." If this is unsatisfactory, you might as well give up on logical inference altogether.
A fancy way of saying it's conjecture.@@elenchus
Mike must have been beyond chuffed with finding the avenue. After 7 years of defending his theory, he doesn't just prove it by finding a roadway, he finds the biggest & best neolithic avenue in all of Europe. Not bad for a day's work. Thanks muchly for the upload. It was great to revisit this episode.
A road does not prove his magical interpretation of the archeology. He's not acting like a scientist.
@@themysteryofbluebirdboulevard His interpretation may, or may not be, lacking substance, but it doesn't detract from his proving his theory about the road & not just finding one, but actually finding a great one.
@@animerlon Let's say someone surmises the location of a coin hoard because they're sure people buried their coins to keep them safe from thieving fairies. Mind you, there's no written records from that era. They then find the hoard. He goes on the news and talks about how the fairies were nocturnal and that the coin buriers prayed to the fairies and believed that the fairies were the watchers of their ancestors souls... All from finding the coins. I don't want to hear unproven elements. It's irresponsible to promote them as a scientist.
Biggest? not really, the River Avon is a mere 50 metres from the supposed entrance of the enclosure.
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Great video. This sort of history makes me appreciate the ancient history of my country, Australia. This land has been walked on for 60000 years. A culture that should be celebrated much more than it is. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Roman, Greek, Egyptian, Mayan, etc. civilizations always get all the attention because they built and decorated with such permanent materials. Conversely, Native Americans, Aboriginals, South African tribes, Islanders, etc. made such ephemeral structures and tools, using mostly wood, leather and bone, so we're left with far less to speculate over. So sad, especially as a member of one of these cultures.
Walked on for 60,000 years, and the best they could come up with was a digeridoo.
I don't think some people hear themselves sometimes...
And a few cave paintings obviously. @@BoyProdigyX
@@josephsolowyk7697 The people doing all the "civilizing", conquered by force, these cultures who lived off their ancestral lands for millennia. White Europeans made racist assumptions about their intelligence and civility based on ignorance, and the idea the "White way is the right way" (much like you're doing now). A culture isn't made of barbarians just because they aren't working toward 2 cars and a house with a pool.
Watched with fascination as do with all Time Team episodes. Love it 👍 RIP Mick
And the ARTIST and DIGGER DRIVER ..RIP ALL..
I'm glad to see that while they didn't have Victor toddling about drawing pictures on-site, they still had him do some concept art for the outro. I wonder if there's a collection somewhere out there. He really did some fantastic drawings for Time Team.
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He had a his work in a gallery in London 4-5 months ago RIP VIC 👍
It's an interesting thought, that the actual building of the henges was just as important and unifying as the use of it afterward. I like to think of it like a prehistoric community center. A place where you go to celebrate, to mourn, to politic and to trade goods. All in a space both culturally and spiritually significant to everyone you ever met.
Like the Agora in Athens 😊💗
So interesting about the permanency of stone. And the pigs. Reinforcing the importance of mid winter rather than midsummer. Lots to think about the rituals. Thank you Time Team and God bless Mick
I would dearly love to see a clean upload of the Time Team special, "Sea Henge." It was so different--from the archaeology to the protests--that it's etched in my mind. I cherish the specials. Thanks for the uploads. I miss you Mick!
I love that special too. Good request!
I really hope we get to see it too as a portion of the posts from Sea Henge are at the Kings Lynn museum
Seahenge is the best time team episode, although this one isn’t far behind
And the ARTIST and DIGGER DRIVER dead as well
@@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13 They are history.
It's lovely to see Tony and my Phil! I really miss so many of the original members. Unfortunately, time does move on for all of us.💙💙💖💖
I'm intrigued by the similarity between the setting of Stonehenge and the Walls, alongside the Avon River, and the setting of the Newgrange complex in Ireland, alongside the Boyne River. Great episode.
The smile on his face when he said “the east end erection” was a classic example of some archeological humour at its best. Thanks for uploading this, don’t think I’ve ever seen it 😀
Not humorous, just vulgar.
"Eastern", you prick ^^
A real classic. I really liked the montage at the end, where the lowly students had a say in what they thought the meaning of the site was. Different from mainline episodes, where the diggers scrupulously report just the facts and leave the theorizing to the higher ups.
So good to see Mick and the rest of the team. Can’t believe it’s been close to twenty years, seems like almost yesterday. 🥰💕❤️👍👍
Also enjoyed seeing Victor’s artwork, too.
I hope we can see the episode about Ightham Mote!
Holy crap!!
Tony and Phil??
🥳❤️🥳
and Mick
And the MICK !
LOVE seeing the team back together!!!!
what happened to separate from each other?
it's 8 years old.
@@josephsolowyk7697 I know, but with the new digs, I've been rewatching all the old espisodes 😊
Ohhhh love these.. 🥰 can’t wait for PHIL!!
I am an idiot. For some reason I thought this was new. I thought, 'Yea! Tony is back! Boy he looks good.', then Mick showed up & freaked me out a little lol and I nearly cried again realizing he was still in the spirit world.
😄 "...he looks good." This really tickled my funny bone. I can well imagine you freaking out & being so confused seeing Mick. 😂 Can also imagine it being bittersweet when you realized.
Me too!
That makes three!😊
Wishful thinking. Miss seeing them all together.
Nothing wrong with missing good, honest people, celebrating life through discovery, archeology.
I learned a lot watching this episode. It is a great presentation and was great seeing Phil Tony and Mick together. I am looking forward to more episodes, keep up the good work Time Team.
I’m such a huge fan of MPPs scholarship. Cheers to TT for bring us this special again!
afternoons sat with my dementia suffering great aunt watching time team. really really helps her and i love the programme. gets her talking and thinking to which is good, ( plus i can put on any epidsode and she wouldnt remeber seeing it )
I'm one of those oddballs in the world where if I could only watch one show for eternity it'd be Time Team lol. Just got its hooks in me a time back and I just still love it. The ingredients in the right proportions was gold. Nice to see familiar faces. I'll admit I lost interest when the new gang came in but I'm warming to them.
Please send more Phil! 😆
It's great to see Phil, Mick and Tony again! Not to mention a site of great importance that i had not seen before. Furthering our knowledge of the past and the education of everyone about it is what it's all about. Thanks, TT!
I could listen to Sir Tony read road signs and be happy! Being from the US, I thank heaven for You Tube!
I am so glad that this great orogram is back. Have missed it!
Never get tired of these digs. I can just imagine future archeologists looking at the remains of these recreations and scratching their heads.
What a great team . Love watching theses again. Such a warm show.
Oh my goodness 😂 so nice to see you all together again.. I stopped watching for a while until I saw this post.. what I watched without you all not there just didn't feel right😂. It's like seeing old friends😂
I do love watching this show lol😁
Waaayy too much speculation by Mike…. And reaching as far as he has to. And birth and sex are linked to life in ancient civilizations, not death. Seems he’d say anything to justify his pure speculation. And based on how many views the old show gets on UA-cam, they would have had 50,000 patreons already if Tony was the presenter and Phil was somehow involved. And not having a replacement for Mick’s part is also costly…
@@JamesSmith-fz7qk I also attend archaeology lectures, experimental archaeology & genuine history enthusiast. I don’t use tv shows to learn, it’s entertainment on a subject I have vast respect for. I understand you’re displeased with mikes work ethic by your comment. Your message is very judgmental, especially since burial’s show ancient cultures were not only about life, that is supposition. Tony is working with the channel & Phil is doing great work for Wessex archaeology. I think you’re being superficial in your reasoning and not quite sure your intent in responding to my post.
@@kariannecrysler640 Hi! Sorry about that. I just meant to post a comment and didn't realize I was replying to yours. I'm not an archeologist, my background is electrical engineering and physics, and the constant speculation on topics that can never be proven and most likely are way off seems a waste of energy. Seriously... "Maybe they were commemorating the posts?" Haha
@@JamesSmith-fz7qk no worries. 🤭
Our ancient ancestors at thier best, I miss those days. Being a Pagan I find this very moving, for me the 21st of December Mid Winter Solstice is the highlight of my year.
Brilliant, and surprisingly emotional. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you especially to Mike Parker Pearson. The importance of his decades of work is unmatched, to me at least.
Absolutely fantastic work, both 4500 years ago and now 🌹
i was on this dig!!! i dug out pit 88 in julian thomas' trench (first glimpse at 11:12 - you can see the back of julian's head in his little hard hat). it was amazing. i found many many wild animal bones, grooved ware, burned sherds, mussel shells, and a flint phallus (they show it at 25:29). this was the only place in the dig at that time (2006) where they found wild animal bones. there were zillions of domestic bones everywhere else...
also, parker-pearson wore that red shirt every day of the dig. apparently it's his lucky excavation shirt. it was famously smelly.
That’s so cool thank you for sharing!
Why am i not surprised he had a lucky shirt?
Really looking forward to this 🙂
Amazing as always! But I must say, only one who has never woven cloth by hand might think Neolithic people would clothe a cut forest! Good heavens 😂 garlands of plant matter or cordage with attached feathers sure! Decorations and as many colors as possible, absolutely! I just can't imagine putting that much work up on a pole for the wind to eat when it could be used.
Time Team itself "is" the priceless treasure. 👌
I bloody love Time Team!
I never saw this at the time, so it's lovely to see old faces.
The work that Mike has done since this episode at Stonehenge is astounding stuff thanks for the walk down memory lane
Good afternoon Men. You to Tony. I'm addicted to watching this program. I want to thank each and everyone of you.
I see a ceremonial meeting place, pig hunting skills displayed and contested in the central timber arena/monument, feasts and festivities and visiting the ancestors. Thanks for the new episode
I would love to see a new special updates with what we’ve learned in the last nigh on 20 years.
My childhood home was on Larkhill Road from 96-2011. I remember watching this from the upstairs window when this was taking place. You can see the houses in the background at 4:45.
Ive watching from the beginning you know the one where you didnt dig anything up ,i would love to see new episodes but cant afford it but will watch the monthly utube releases,thanks guys for many years of history
Yes, you can!
There’s nothing you have to pay for! 🎉. ALL the new digs, and new episodes, are posted here in Time Team Official channel free of charge, viewable worldwide.
Some of the classic Specials are released first to the Patreon subscribers as a member perk, but then they are released generally after that.
I joined Patreon twice but never found more digs or finds, but then I’m no techy as a senior! It’s great to have Mick & Tony’s cutscenes used to connect to recent developments. Tech is superb as is the British characters, accents & common curiosity. ❤
Its about time we got a full episode again!
Pretty fascinating - thank you so much for sharing this!
In addition to revisiting with Mick, Phil, and Tony (plus Victor’s illustrations) there was a cameo of Ian Barclay, best digger driver TT ever had (sorry, Ian Powlesland).👍
As a heavy machinery operator (both on road and off road) I was in awe of Ian ( the elder). His touch on the handles was light but you can see he was feeling the density of the soil when he was back dragging the bucket. A true artist acting as one with his machine.
@@adamsjerome1839 There are a couple of short TT videos on uTube of Ian peeling a banana with the bucket and feeding (Phil, I believe) a grape or two with same bucket. Now that’s digger driver class act!
Such a marvelous show. It makes me so happy it was made.
I’ve been waiting to see this one for years! Excited.
A wonderful episode. Great work everyone.👍
Fascinating! Watching from Missouri USA.
I have lost count of how many times I've watched this episode ❤
Continuing the excellent standards in a new format 👏👏👏
Fabulous! I had not seen a special before. Looking forward to more!!
I love this Phil as real as ever & freshly wet hair from his hard work! I’d not go far digging so much!
Just seeing Tony again made my day.
Can't wait!!!!!
Fantastic! Absolutely love Time Team!
Just a fantastic historical sight brought to life. Well done
I have to say guys.. finding you again after so many years.. to see you still have that very strong and vibrant passion is an amazing feeling... like a good warm feeling seeing old driends again... I need to give you all thanks for all the good time with your progames in the past..and for still loving what you do today 🥰
Just wonderful! Thank you so much. Personally I think that it reflects that humanity has always had a instinctive need to build and create things. Maybe someone stuck 160 odd sticks in the ground in circles one day absent mindedly....and then thought 'hey, what if we did this for real?' ☺
What an adventure. What a treat. I have followed Mike Parker Pearson on TV here in Catalonia, and as a result, I was aware of much of the information contained in this video. However, there was so very, very much more presented.
Though the double sound track was unfortunate and made things difficult to follow, it was an absolute delight to see Mike and dear, dear Mick together, and of course, catching a glimpse of Phil now and then was wonderful and took me back to the wonderful time of Time Team's thunder days, punctuated with Victor's beautiful art work.
Thank you, thank you, and thank you again for making a loving fan so very happy.🥰🤠
An epic vintage Time Team!❤
Great choice to air! This is a great special
I loved this ❤
The pigs, feasting and Midwinter; when the sun comes back...gives me a new insight into the Terry Pratchett novel, The Hogfather. It gives me a new understanding of what was so important about the pigs...! We live and learn...!! 🤔😎👍
R.I.P. Victor Ambrus ❤
For me, the best Time Team Special of all. Major discoveries at a hugely important dig, with an awe-inspiring reconstruction, Pure televisual gold...
I had put of watching this episode, and now I'm glad I did. Wow! Poignant?, Educational? Out- right mind-blowing? All of the above! I really miss the ol' Time team...
Just fantastic. Loved this episode
Beth
It is so good to see time team both the archive and the new material ….am proud to be a patrion
What a community there was. What organization. What miracles!!!
more likely if you ask me is that the wood structure was a temporary site constructed as a placeholder until the permanent stone structure was complete.
Wood structure takes a few weeks to build, stone one takes years. And you want to hold your ceremonies somewhere while waiting for it to be ready.
WOW, Thank you Time Team.
Seeing the wooden pools 'scraping the sunset sky' gives me the same kind of awe as seeing the contours of eg New York from the water side.
Could (the feeling of) the hustle and bustle in between the wooden sky scrapers have been somewhat like the hustle and bustle in between the modern sky scrapers?
At least around the times of the winter solstice / christmas?
Connections between earth, heaven, food, festivities, families, feelings of expectations.
What if the destination of the roads from both sites was the river, rather than the river conecting one site to the other?
Wow, was that 2005? And now we know about so many more fewtures of the Plain. It's a worthy ancient wonder!!
still a favourite
I am a Patreon member, but I never look at it. I just love the idea of helping a show like this.
Loved it and it's obvious being 4 miles apart they're connected. The speculation as to what went on is, shall I say... Lovely :)
What a marvellous expedition!
Love it!
I've been watching OG Time Team eps from 1994 (first series) on Amazon Prime. It was mentioned that no Bronze Age burials had been found in Britian. If they cremated their dead & put their ashes in the river, that could be why. This was a great ep. TYVM
No Bronze Age burials found in Britain? Which episode stated that? Probably the most famous BA burial is that of the Amesbury Archer, found just a few miles from Stonehenge. There have been many others from all over the UK.
I miss shows like this.
Forgive me, I must have missed this, but how did they determine the height of the poles? I love watching this. What a feeling to be finding the remains of a 4500 year old settlement.
Seems that there's some degree of guesswork involved. Archaeologically they could know the diameter of the timbers and how deep they were set into the ground. From those they could surmise how tall the could have been without knowing for sure what heights they actually would have been. My own theory is that the timber henge might have had a roof. Individual families lived in roofed houses so I don't think it's too much of a stretch to think this major communal gathering place could have also been roofed. From what was presented, only the entrance poles are known to have had an alignment with the solstice. Inside could have been a communal gathering hall for feasting & eulogising the deceased. As they were capable of organising a large workforce to build the enclosure and the henge, they'd certainly be capable to roof it over. Living the rest of their lives in small buildings it must have been very magical & emotional to gather in a relatively huge structure. Those kinds of feelings when inside a large space continue to be part of universal human experience. Medieval folks would have felt it with their cathedrals, just as we feel it with our huge airports and sports stadiums.
It is all in the geometry. Once you known the depth and circumference of the hole and the angle of the ramp the trunk was slid down you know approximately how high a trunk could have been. Go back and watch the bit when they are trying to do the reenactment of erecting a pole.
I’m glad I flicked through these postings… because THAT was my question. How did they determine heights of various poles?? Did the Neolithic
Men have a set formula for postpones?
@@nolasmith7687 Bear in mind that the people building the timber circle are digging with bones and antlers. They were not going to dig any more or deeper than they had to in order to keep the posts standing. If a post could have been held upright with a smaller or shallower hole, that’s what they would have done. So using mathematics and geometry, they can calculate the height that a post would have to have been to NEED a post hole of the given dimensions.
Well this is just what I needed today 😍
Always enjoy ! Bravo !
6000 years ago - it was after they survived a reset that they built these places - great to see them put together at last - many thanks and good bless everyone
What amazing archeology, thank you.
A wonderful glimpse into the Neolithic mind
Is the “new” timber circle they built still standing or was it taken down again? Great special. Thank you for sharing it. Love TT.
I'm wondering that too.
I'm a bit late to this but as I now only live about 6 miles from Durrington I was wondering about a visit myself. However, I looked at the Wiki page for Durrington Walls and it mentions that the TT reconstruction was temporary and was done at Upavon, a village north of Durrington.