Do These Cornish Hills Hide A Buried Iron Age City? | Time Team | Odyssey

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  • Time Team delves into the earth to uncover the horrifying practices of the ancient inhabitants. From human sacrifices and evidence of cannibalism, this cave outside Bristol is brimming with ancient horrors.
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  • @karlheinzvonkroemann2217
    @karlheinzvonkroemann2217 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wow, Hosking was my mother's grandmother's maiden name. Her father was from Cornwall, Falmouth and came to the USA around 1840. He used to go back and forth from New York to Plymouth for one of his businesses back in the 19th century. Small world sometimes. Great show, with great pros! That said, this was obviously a place that was made to defend from attack if need be.

  • @nevillemignot1681
    @nevillemignot1681 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I just love this series, the knowledge displayed and the whole premise of these shows........

  • @1969kodiakbear
    @1969kodiakbear ปีที่แล้ว +109

    This is gear in Cornwall right by the lizard peninsula. By the way, I have difficulty communicating because I had a stroke in Broca’s area, the part of the brain that controls speech. 2/8/2021 but I lived again. (My wife helped me compose this.)

    • @durthang1000
      @durthang1000 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Beautiful, I commend your efforts

    • @iggie1439
      @iggie1439 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@durthang1000 You have a good wife, look after her.

    • @1969kodiakbear
      @1969kodiakbear ปีที่แล้ว

      @@durthang1000 th-cam.com/users/results?search_query=broca%27s+aphasia+exercise

    • @garyminick1050
      @garyminick1050 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Amazing story ,live the rest of this thing called life !

    • @1969kodiakbear
      @1969kodiakbear ปีที่แล้ว

      @@garyminick1050 th-cam.com/users/results?search_query=broca%27s+aphasia+exercise

  • @MsJohnWickWannaBe
    @MsJohnWickWannaBe ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I find it’s amazing how I can really relate to this. I’m Native American. And a lot of stuff that are in this I still use today in our culture. It’s amazing how we’ve gone a long way, and still keeping our tradition strong

    • @tgbluewolf
      @tgbluewolf ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And it's amazing, despite some differences and the attempts we see at distancing us (not literal distance, but the whole race/culture issue that's such a divisive topic in media), that we're really more similar than we might think.

    • @TravisBrady-wn8fr
      @TravisBrady-wn8fr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am too

  • @timdyer5903
    @timdyer5903 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I grew up in Cornwall in the 70s and 80s and have been away from home for 25 years. This episode is lovely for me, looking at the heritage of my homeland. The team here are great people who really care about showing and preserving history.

  • @shri081
    @shri081 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Heyyy…John and the Geophys team getting some much needed love and appreciation…another awesome Time Team episode…

  • @greghelms4458
    @greghelms4458 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Who picked three days? I could watch these if they took a month.

  • @thisisrenren3657
    @thisisrenren3657 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    love the eps where we get to see his little ear stud

  • @scorch33
    @scorch33 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hey History Hit, interrupting the show 3 minutes in with a 45 second ad begging me to subscribe is a sure fire way to NOT get me to subscribe..

  • @garyminick1050
    @garyminick1050 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love this kind of history

  • @benediktmorak4409
    @benediktmorak4409 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    wonder what more the local geological society and Heritage found and dug out?

    • @lisaart5301
      @lisaart5301 ปีที่แล้ว

      Youre at the internet.
      Google it.

  • @handyhippie6548
    @handyhippie6548 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    it's a neolithic mall/event center, that has enough security to protect the vendors at market time, or during the solstice festival, but not enough to sustain a lengthy siege defense.

  • @costrio
    @costrio ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The geomapping process covered such a large area. What an interesting treasure map, IMO.

  • @layalabi1667
    @layalabi1667 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Absolutely amazing! Thank you!

  • @user-to6rp1nl4c
    @user-to6rp1nl4c ปีที่แล้ว +3

    can the soil beneath the partial pot inset in the round house be analyzed for human protein after so many years? perhaps they were wealthy enough to have a pot to piss in. ;)

  • @JohhnyB82
    @JohhnyB82 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Defensive fortifications aren't necessarily for human threats. Think aurochs, wild boar,wolves,etc...

    • @zanderrobertson5138
      @zanderrobertson5138 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Aurochs were gone before the iron age and wolves aren't dangerous to humans. Fortifications are for status and/or protection from humans. Not worth throwing up massive earth works to keep cows and deer at bay I wouldn't have thought.

    • @lisaart5301
      @lisaart5301 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@zanderrobertson5138 True. I think about farmers living in longhouses without these defenses... they weren't eaten by wolves 😂

    • @larryzigler6812
      @larryzigler6812 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@zanderrobertson5138 Just where did you get your info about these non dangerous wolves during the iron age in Britian ?

    • @lisaart5301
      @lisaart5301 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@larryzigler6812 They had dogs this times so... i think the've come along?! Just google, you're at the internet?!?! 😅

    • @larryzigler6812
      @larryzigler6812 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lisaart5301 You and Zander need to Google it 🤡

  • @michaelbelisle8930
    @michaelbelisle8930 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This must have been one of phils favorite digs

    • @deborahparham3783
      @deborahparham3783 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Phil was having so much fun slinging those stones. Also lots of lovely flint to play with.

  • @HappyBeezerStudios
    @HappyBeezerStudios ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not unbelievable that was settled almost continuously from the neolithic to the early bronze age. Jericho is settled for over 10 000 years. Cologne and London are settled since roman times. Our modern sports arenas use the same design as the roman coliseum, which in turn is two greek theatres put together.
    So not unbelievable that this size was used for a couple thousand years. And so the neolithic axe and the iron age pottery can be in the same spot, because it's both a neolithic and iron age site.

    • @ashleysmith3106
      @ashleysmith3106 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed ! If a ditch was created in the Bronze Age, and was still open and in use in the Iron Age; finding Iron Age pottery in it, even two inches from the bottom, surely doesn't PROVE that the ditch was created in the Iron Age !! And flint tools would still have been used in the Bronze Age (and perhaps even iron Age) by those not wealthy enough to afford the new wonder metals ! These "Ages" all overlap .

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ashleysmith3106 and not just stone -> copper/ bronze, but bronze -> iron as well. Just because the new tool is better doesn't mean the old tool is useless.

  • @Mimzie-Arizona
    @Mimzie-Arizona ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a wonderful episode! Imagine finding Iron age dwellings. These people were very smart to build a berm. I can't imagine how barbaric they fought

  • @christinem3914
    @christinem3914 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wrong description of this episode Odyssey…not an underground excavation or evidence of cannabalism in this one. It is Caer Vallach and Gear field in Cornwall.

  • @maggiecamp5369
    @maggiecamp5369 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's weird to think that hill forts didn't provide any protection. They were multi purposed. With the slingshot stones, it proves that the people were capable of defending themselves. It wouldn't of course be like the large battles and wars that we think of in our minds but the hill enclosures DID provide protection from other small communities that were intent on claiming the hill or stealing goods.

  • @angrygamer7209
    @angrygamer7209 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have just realized that in time teams intro the hand grabbing the piece of flint is Phil's, comment bellow or like if you knew that as well.

  • @jcortese3300
    @jcortese3300 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Brimming with ancient horrors?"

  • @adamsjerome1839
    @adamsjerome1839 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Finally, a sensible person from English Heritage.

  • @lisatempleton987
    @lisatempleton987 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, the guy running the machine looks like a young John Lennon.

  • @jonathaneffemey944
    @jonathaneffemey944 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks so much for posting.

  • @Vladviking
    @Vladviking ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Are any Corn's around still? Or did they disappear like the Stonehanger's.

    • @deborahparham3783
      @deborahparham3783 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Cornish people are still very much alive. What seems somewhat unfair is that Wales is still considered a separate country while Cornwall has been reduced to a county. It was always a separate country with it's own distinctive language. Give Cornwall back to the Cornish, Wales back to the Welsh, Scotland back to the Scots and Northern Ireland back to the Irish!

    • @ashleysmith3106
      @ashleysmith3106 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@deborahparham3783 Éirinn go Brách ! ! !

  • @1madmaxx80
    @1madmaxx80 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Never in my life did I think that I could learn something from Baldrick, and yet here we are LoL

    • @FreejackVesa
      @FreejackVesa ปีที่แล้ว

      I was watching this show one day and it dawned on me that was baldrick. A cunning plan indeed.

  • @TravisBrady-wn8fr
    @TravisBrady-wn8fr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So good. Everyone has their favorites this is one of mine.

  • @jvsaints3028
    @jvsaints3028 ปีที่แล้ว

    The geophys team certainly worked hard. I'm surprised so much was done. I'm sure the local person was happy to have it done but it left little time to really dig. Maybe a compromise next time.

  • @naricewoolon3248
    @naricewoolon3248 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    68 and still learning about my heritage. More on CORNWELL❤❤

  • @AsTheWheelsTurn
    @AsTheWheelsTurn ปีที่แล้ว

    the pot with the bottom cut off might have been used as a toilet seat. when I go camping I take a bucket with the bottom cut out, dig a hole and put it over it. then you can comfortably sit, shit and when its time to move on you take the bucket away and fill in the hole. Just my 2 cents! might have been used for something of that nature.if it was a small pot maybe it was used as a funnel of some sort.

  • @mistydawnoliver6717
    @mistydawnoliver6717 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ahhh, Phil in his hot shorts. I love this entire team

  • @blackwell61a
    @blackwell61a ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Would love to get these on dvd, but as usual bbc wants an arm and a leg for each.

    • @nicolawebb6025
      @nicolawebb6025 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hardly surprising as it was made by Channel 4

    • @lisaart5301
      @lisaart5301 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Welcome to 2023. You can watch so much for free on YT and are complaining 'bout a DVD. Boomer 😂

  • @katecallier1933
    @katecallier1933 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anyone else think Rex is the low key hero? Thanks Rex.

  • @janicehill5605
    @janicehill5605 ปีที่แล้ว

    You could have used me on your crew!😅

  • @heidalwave8897
    @heidalwave8897 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    28:50 🤣🤣🤣

  • @ranamcmahon7653
    @ranamcmahon7653 ปีที่แล้ว

    A weekend is just not long enough ‼️

  • @DavidSmith-yx7kn
    @DavidSmith-yx7kn ปีที่แล้ว

    Like a boot sale.😆

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you.

  • @cyndybutler7330
    @cyndybutler7330 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That sounds tough lol getting their stones back with tongs

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not too different from how the first bullets were removed. Usually with two shots of whiskey, one for the liver and one for the wound.

  • @classicambo9781
    @classicambo9781 ปีที่แล้ว

    15:12

  • @thirdrockjul2224
    @thirdrockjul2224 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍

  • @John.Flower.Productions
    @John.Flower.Productions ปีที่แล้ว +1

    History Hits is finally using a different advertisement, sans the -Netflix- references/comparisons.
    Decent.

  • @ktloz2246
    @ktloz2246 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This show is not very well done. First u should send the Geophysics people out to survey the land like a week before the diggings start. In this episode we get the full Geo data at the last hour, that's totally garbage, that's what they should of started with. Second Micks (RIP) idea of making it only 3 days worth of digging sucks. I mean it would be ok, but some sites deserve more time and why not carry it over to the next week so there will be 6 days instead of just 3. But overall it's a great show i'm hooked on.

    • @ktloz2246
      @ktloz2246 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hollandsemum1 I understand all that, i'm just saying it would of been better if they done the radar the week before so they can have that info at the start of the show. And that on some sites they should spend more time, like 2 weeks = 6 days.
      Also as an introduction to archeology it's not very good, since archeologist do not move from site to site in 3 days but stay in one place for a long time.

    • @FreejackVesa
      @FreejackVesa ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think you are taking it a little bit too strictly. The gimmick, in as many of the episodes that I have seen is they've got three (3) days to tackle a potential site. I say potential because they are typically unknown sites that aren't necessarily great archaeological sites to begin with - it's kind of "the working man's archaeology" in that they could be digging in your neighbor's backyard. I suspect their team is composed of university students and volunteers, aside from some of the main players. Sure - it would be nice for a 100% optimized process, but part of the charm is its rag-tag team effort under a time crunch. They could strive to make *tv entertainment* as sterile and organized as possible, but that's not the point really, is it?

  • @susanroutt6690
    @susanroutt6690 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wonder if the banks and ditches were for keeping slaves in as well as keeping others out.

    • @lisaart5301
      @lisaart5301 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not at that time i think... these people haven't a lot by their own.

  • @rougerorschach621
    @rougerorschach621 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Phil needs to clip his disgusting finger nails…asap.

    • @bernieozzie7480
      @bernieozzie7480 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A little petty, perhaps.

    • @stanbrown1151
      @stanbrown1151 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely agree. Love this series but every time they do a shot of his hands and those long nails is just cringy.

    • @dotcassilles1488
      @dotcassilles1488 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Phil has long fingernails because he is a musician and he uses them to play guitar (other instruments as well I think). I think it's great he had (during the years time team was filmed) natural fingernails that were strong enough to use to pluck or strum a guitar. Many guitarists would be jealous of him for their durability and length.
      Maybe you should listen to his music. The small samples I've heard of him playing are sweet.
      Also he manages to keep them clean and tidy even though his hands get covered in dirt and mud all the time on these digs. I don't think I've ever seen them nasty with grot.
      I think you have opened your mouth just wide enough to insert your foot. Blessings, Dot

    • @rougerorschach621
      @rougerorschach621 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dotcassilles1488 I know plenty of musicians that trim their nails to anti-gross levels. Lame excuse. Maybe he does a lot of coke.

    • @Mimzie-Arizona
      @Mimzie-Arizona ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@dotcassilles1488I haven't found any information about him. I think he is a bachelor and doesn't have a wife to nag him.

  • @CathodeRayNipplez
    @CathodeRayNipplez ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What is it with the random wearing of hard hats in the middle of nowhere for no apparent reason? 🤣

    • @2pugman
      @2pugman ปีที่แล้ว

      When is Phil going to clip his fingernails ?

    • @soletey832
      @soletey832 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@2pugman I was just going to say the best thing about being a field archeologist is not having to clip your fingernails.

    • @CaptainCed
      @CaptainCed ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@2pugman never, he plays the guitar with them.

    • @flitsertheo
      @flitsertheo ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think the presence of the digger has something to do with it.

    • @harbourdogNL
      @harbourdogNL ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CaptainCed They also come in handy as cutting implements when there's no flint handy.