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Why does it look like a fkn arab in the thumbnail lol. Why not use an european in the thumbnail, of a video of northwest european history, rather then this turk or whatever? Why not be historically accurate rather then antiwhite?
@@DanDavisHistory Yes I have, but neither of those have black beard and black eyes and a south european phenotype...... Can you really not tell apart an englishman with a blondish beard, from this turk/albanian with black hair on his arms and black facial hair and clearly non-north-european-features? How? And the question remains, when theres this teeny tiny part of the world where the norm is NOT black eyes and black hair, why wouldnt you respect that and show that, instead of this? Its like showing a blue eyed girl on a thumbnail about cameroon or thailand, just strange.
Always ready to listen to you. I find Bronze Age history the most exciting - so many unknowns, invites imaginative speculation and makes for excellent fictional storytelling.
I often think of how privileged we are to receive such outstanding content for free in our time. Not even a hundred years ago such knowledge would be prohibitively expensive to acquire and now I can eat noodles while being given a lecture on par with any university. Your work will be remembered, Sir, for the work of education shapes the future more than any other.
@@longpinkytoes it certainly would boost ratings since bigoted troglodytes like you would watch it just to feel some kind of emotion for once in your life, even if that emotion is anger
I actually live very close to where amesbury archer 's burial place was discovered. Beautiful sky, beautiful sunsets. I sometimes feel in touch with those of long ago who must have also watched the wonderfully beautiful sunsets. what a great privilege for me.
It's kinda sad the archer is still on display with same respect given old pots .... its actually illegal to display " christian" bodies in uk ... I think pagans deserve same respect .
I live in a part of the Great Plains where several different Native American tribes have predominated over the centuries (most recently the Sioux/Lakota). It is illuminating to realize that it wasn't necessarily grand invasions (or genocides) that explain many of the changes on the historical maps, but the gradual introductions of new technologies, languages, and cultural practices being adopted by the existing populations.
Always a great day when Dan posts a new video! It's such a blessing to live in the times we do now, free to explore the past in ways out ancestors could only dream of.
I wanna say thank you, I had pneumonia over Christmas and into February and in the time I was awake I watched lots of your content it is fascinating. I'm lucky to be based in Dover at the moment and as you know there's many historical sites locally and I can look at it all with a greater knowledge thanks to you. TH-cam is something else mate, thanks again.
Thank you very much. I hope you are fully recovered now. Thanks for watching. I might make a trip to Dover soon. I need to make a video about prehistoric boats and there's one at the museum.
I really love Dan's videos, and the best thing about his scripts for me, is how he alwasy gives a bunch of cool but very plausible hypotesis about the use, function or history of artifacts we can't know about for sure. It's like tens of little stories in one.
The fact that he was so highly esteemed despite his disability implies that he was either a hereditary ruler or performed some truly impressive feats in his youth, quite possibly both. But then he may have taken an arrow to his knee, cutting short his adventures.
Indeed! The bones of his back and shoulders are formed in a way that suggests he was a lifelong archer. Not as much as a medieval longbowman's skeleton but then the bronze age bows had much lighter draws. Enough to make a difference in his bones as they grew though. So we can be fairly sure he had a proficiency there at least.
@@DanDavisHistory That is a super interesting detail! I have been always fascinated how you can read the occupation of the person from their bones, even thousands of years ago! It brings the person alive in my mind!
@@DanDavisHistory Very interesting and makes perfect sense cosidering that most of his archery was possibly not done in battles but rather while hunting. Looking at the way some african tribes hunt with bows nowadays (or did so until quite recently) he wouldn't have to be an incredibly fast runner since they often walk up on the animals in a rather slow and casual manner.
@@DanDavisHistoryI have been looking for some sources on how bows developed from neolithic to high middle. Or at least how the prefered drawweights changed and varied over time / region. Because if they had bronze armour woukd they not need similar draw as they did in the 14th?
@@DanDavisHistory Brilliant video. Excellent quality on many levels. One question: Cleary his status and rank were high. But how stratified was the society in the bronze age? The travelling evidence is super fascinating, which makes me think of diplomatic status or merchant or exchange of knowledge of some kind. Thanks.
Living near Stonehenge and seeing it often as well as visiting I have my own theory of why it was built. About 4,500 years ago a very powerful chief lived in the area and one day he summoned all his warriors and other men to a gathering where he addressed them. "Right lads, we've got a big project that has to be tackled. The wife wants a garden folly.......!"
Great video Dan, my dad did his training in Wiltshire and used to paint Stonehenge. Certainly a magical place. Love your books, yours videos and what a lovely voice you have : ) X
This was awesome thanks, loving these bronze age videos. Its my favorite time in history and you tell a great story. I know you are an author and will hate to hear this but, I rarely read. Personally, I like listening. I learn better through watching and listening. Always have and I'm now 42 so I wanted to say thank you. I appreciate what you do and always look forward to your vids. Cheers from Seattle Dan.
I love the way you speculate about this man’s life using the items in their grave, such a great video and such a wonderful way to bring Bronze Age Britain to life.
Great video. The ending made me emotional somehow hahaha 10/10. I've been reading your Godborn book too, am at around page 100 when Holkis first escapes his uncle's clan and the story shifts to his mother. I'm greatly hooked the progress of the story is neither too fast nor slow it's perfect
Always a great day when a new video drops! What a fascinating time, i desperately wish we knew more about how on earth a 90% population turnover happened in the absence of signs of a violent conquest. I believe that study also showed that the remaining 10% neolithic farmer DNA was primarily isolated to Scotland. There are so many new technologies that coincide with the bronze age beyond metal working. Like wool production, horse riding, the wheel, the rotary quern, and beer drinking culture. If those things were also brought by BBF its hard to imagine local women not seeing the benefit of these new people with their new ways and choosing mates accordingly.
Thank you. The 10% surviving Neolithic genes were not limited to Scotland but were spread throughout the population throughout the bronze age. There is a paper that argues the 10% EEF ancestry in middle and late bronze age Britain actually came from higher-EEF ancestry gene exchange with people from Continental Europe (along with Celtic languages and culture) around 1000 BC but that's debated. Anyway there were some British Neolithic people who passed on their genes into the later gene pool but exactly how it happened isn't clear. Perhaps the initial contact with Bell Beaker people did spread some kind of plague that wiped out much of the population - similar to the European colonisation of the New World - that helped the Bell Beaker colonisation.
Fascinating how the Amesbury Archer continues the Stone Age fighting style of using a bow then closing to finish off wounded opponents with axe or knife. Amazing how long this fighting style persisted, as some of the earliest depictions of human conflict painted on cave walls show this exact style of combat. Makes one wonder how much of an archetype it became since so many heroes in mythology are prominently archers, even later on in cultures that are not necessarily known for their archery in those later times. Hercules, Hayk, and Odysseus come to mind, as well as the duel in the Tale of Sinuhe from Egypt. David and Goliath is also similar, though obviously substituting a sling. And it might also just be a really effective way to fight for people who have the time to train with such a technical weapon. So much we don't know. Obviously the simplest explaination is the most likely, but it def gives the mind lots to ponder.
Lovely video. I've always found transitional periods (and transitional periods in general) deeply fascinating. I also really appreciate your including your sources in the description!
Thank you again for putting in so much work to give us an entertaining and educational experience. I listened to a Neil Oliver podcast on this subject a couple of days ago so I was very excited to see video of the artifacts.
Great vid as usual - I always look forward to the Bronze Age docs more than the others. I wonder if a short doc on bronze age medical practices might be interesting.
Imagine these ancient people not only just surviving and hanging on but instead thriving, traveling and dealing with their kind. Hunting gear found in so many places means that there was still a lot of wildlife, wilderness and dangerous forests. I bet they used the many rivers in Europe back in time to move fast.
It would be intresting to see a video about other "Henges" (inside and outside Britain) their differences and their possible connections. Like the "woodhenge" in Pömmelte etc.
@@DanDavisHistory yes!! I would love to see both a general "henge" video like the one described above, as well ... *but* that made me think about the wooden henge just up (down?) the way from Stonehenge and the recent finds, and the emerging theories (like the idea that the wood henge was for the living, so to speak, and Stonehenge for the dead). Might just be something that would fall under a general henge video, but I think it could maybe make a good standalone episode, especially if you bring in the large amounts of domestic finds near the wood henge that points to it being where the people who built &/or celebrated at Stonehenge lived (or at least stayed during ritual season)!
Whenever i see a new vid from this chanel, i leave anything aside, put my airpods and go gor a walk. I always press the like video before watching it. Never been disapointed. Thanks for your work
Your videos seem like they are the result of an amazing amount of research as well as looking at the work of archaeologists like the "time team" guys and girls.... There are many people who comment on old episodes of time team that they wish they could find out what happens aftee the dig is filmed... Now I know where to point people to see what can come from digs.. The stories you tell, the possibilities you detail are really fascinating. As an author you can speculate or interpret so much more than the archaeology community. I guess because they have to be very careful about what they say or it becomes a game of speculation. I don't mean to be offensive but rather they do their jobs of gathering and recording the evidence and information while you do your job of helping the everyday person see what history may have looked like, personalising it so we can see people, community and their environment through their eyes as they lived. Thankyou for your faithful gathering of all the information and the way you present it. I wish we could have this sort of information available to explain the history, culture, environment and interactions of the Aboriginal people of my country. There does seem to exist pockets of cultural information but it's not as connected or explored as the UK. Blessings from South Eastern Australia, Dot
I don't know why but I didn't get a notification the other day but maybe it was meant to be because I got to get off work and relax and learn..thank you Dan so much...I'm gonna go grab a book here in a minute
I love the clarity and simplicity with which you deliver this information. I found this video fascinating. It makes me want to look more into how the Neolithic age transformed into the bronze age. Thank you so much for your research.
I just had the opportunity to see his bones and grave goods at the Salisbury Museum today. The museum has a fantastic collection, and the displays are very well designed. I highly recommend visiting it, just by the cathedral.
Brilliant video thanks. I like that you presented different theories that may explain the findings before you divulge information from other excavations. It lets the viewer think themselves and consider which theories paint the likeliest picture of what happened.
Extremely interesting treatise! I can see "hunter gatherers" Constructing places like Stonehenge, dolmens and Gobekli Tepi although who knows how they transported such heavy stones and so far in many cases. But those temples do not show precision cuts and fitting like many sites around the world - sometimed huge stones and sometimes small - I believe those were much older - often in good condition due to "recently" eroding out from under the soil moved in a prior devastating deluge. Places like Puma Punku...
Over 50 years ago as a young adult I read "The Golden Strangers" a novel by by Henry Treece. It read as if you were entering a dream world, a most unsettling, haunting narrative, taking you inside the neolithic mind where the boundaries between nature, the mind and superstition were non existent. It appeared to be about this very intersection of cultures, highly recommended.
Thank you for giving a well informed history of my path. It's extremely enlightened and still performed and digested by this ancestral recreationalist andvpractitioners. Much thanks brother
The tarsal conjunction both the Archer and Companion had is NOT unnoticeable. I had/have the same condition, discovered when I was about 9 and any extended walking was excruciating. I had surgery to separate the bones, but they wouldn't have had that opportunity, and had some pain most of their lives.
You may have experienced symptomatic tarsal coalition but analysis of the Archer and the Companion show that their non-osseous cases were most likely asymptomatic. "... neither individual here shows the osteophyte formation on the head of the talus often associated with the pathological condition..." from the report by Jacqueline I. McKinley.
Thank you for the excellent presentation. As much as I have studied about ancient cultures, I had not heard about the Amesbury Archer. I wonder if it has ever been considered that Stonehenge might have been made with a roof to cover it. Now that archaeologists agree that the stone circles at Gobekli Tepe and other tepes had roofs and were entered from above, it seems like something to consider. I realize there is a huge time difference between the tepes in Turkey and Stonehenge, but I've never heard it discussed.
Hey Dan, Great video! Did you by chance read Bernard Cornwell's novel 'Stonehenge'? And if so, what did you think about it? Both on a historical accuracy/plausibility perspective and an enjoyment of the interpretation perspective.
Fascinating, my father found a broken beaker in a lake in Switzerland ( 1930) and I still have it , I shall brush off the cobwebs and dust and wonder at the story it could tell me 👍🦘
I remember reading an old archaeology book that stated that unlike continental Europe the Chalcolithic era bypassed Britain entirely and the island shifted from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. Clearly this was written before the discovery of the Amesbury Archer. On another note, I recall reading that evidence of people making flint tools survived into the Iron Age. Apparently in areas that were lowly populated or impoverished they were reliant on travelling metalsmiths for some of their tools. When they were not available the tribe sometimes resorted to using stone or wooden tools instead. I can't verify the accuracy of this statement though.
Yeah the terminology for Britain was always Neolithic to Bronze Age or Neolithic to Beaker period. But there's been a move away from "culture history" so they would rather say Chalcolithic now. The use of arsenical bronze in this period lasts until about 2150 or so and Britain actually embraced "bronzization" before much of the rest of Europe, probably because of the tin that was here. Although the history of tin exploitation at that time is hard to assess - there was so much extraction since then. And yeah people kept flint working for ages. The flint work of the early bronze age here is excellent but as bronze becomes ever more ubiquitous the quality of the flint work reduces. By the iron age the flint working is really rubbish but yeah there's some still about.
On the South Downs where flint is plentiful I once lived in a 19C cottage built from knapped flint bricks, approx 6" cubes. The flint knappers of the period were well known and there are pictures of them wearing heavy leather protective clothing. The 'bricks' were accurately made and surely these knappers were quite capable of making other objects. Perhaps, such things if found now would not be dateable and assigned to an earlier time. Information on these flint knappers is in local museums but I could not Google it quickly which instead throws up info on knappers making flints for muskets (aka flintlocks) from this period. Obviously skills were not lost just because bronze and iron became common.
hi Dan - could the 'Oera Linda' book explain this period of UK / European history - watching your videos brings this book to life visually for me for this pre celtic period of europe. Would be awesome if you could do a video on this book
Ive been hooked on Godborn. I was afraid it wouldnt be as good as your youtube channel but I was wrong. I kept imagining the songs from the Disney Hercules in my head as I read.
Maybe the artefacts around his legs were part of the brace for his damaged knee? It makes sense that there WOULD have been cultural links between Wales and Stonehenge; the stones were shipped from there, so there must have been some degree of cultural contact just to arrange the purchase and delivery.
I wonder this man’s philosophy was in life, given how hard yet very easy some things were back then. I’ve always felt a strong connection to the Beaker folk. Low & behold, took a few dna test I’m half English, I range between 45%-60% depending on the test. Although I lack the beaker Haplo 😂. I’m N1c (N-L550). 50% English the other 50% is Norwegian, German, & Polish, typical Ameramutt 😆. On G25 I always score between 0.029 & 0.045 with the Beaker folk, & Score 50.4% Corded Ware Pure Steppe. Love your videos, btw.
His life philosophy was probably something like, "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women." Yeah....
@@captainfury497 N1c is found in Finland & peaks in Finland, but my Subclade N-L550 peaks in places like Estonia with the rest of the Baltic states & Parts of Sweden then Finland. Haplogroups have nothing to do with your atDNA (autosomal dna ) L550 has even been found in Scotland. My Haplogroup has nothing to do with me being half English & the rest of me being Norwegian, German, & Polish. Why do you ask?
Thank you Dan for such an interesting and in depth study of the past @3:24 - - I wonder if the gold pieces were decoration tips on the ends of the bow? They say the wood of the bow did not survive the ages and rotted away ... Were these gold pieces found close to that location??
Thank you. They're so tiny and they aren't shaped like a tip, narrowed to a point. Also they seem to be part of a wider tradition and a handful of these kinds of things are found in Iberia where they look more like earrings, with larger ovoid pieces and the long tang part.
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Why does it look like a fkn arab in the thumbnail lol.
Why not use an european in the thumbnail, of a video of northwest european history, rather then this turk or whatever?
Why not be historically accurate rather then antiwhite?
Never seen a Victorian era Englishman huh? Never seen WG Grace?
@@DanDavisHistory Yes I have, but neither of those have black beard and black eyes and a south european phenotype...... Can you really not tell apart an englishman with a blondish beard, from this turk/albanian with black hair on his arms and black facial hair and clearly non-north-european-features? How? And the question remains, when theres this teeny tiny part of the world where the norm is NOT black eyes and black hair, why wouldnt you respect that and show that, instead of this? Its like showing a blue eyed girl on a thumbnail about cameroon or thailand, just strange.
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Always ready to listen to you. I find Bronze Age history the most exciting - so many unknowns, invites imaginative speculation and makes for excellent fictional storytelling.
I often think of how privileged we are to receive such outstanding content for free in our time. Not even a hundred years ago such knowledge would be prohibitively expensive to acquire and now I can eat noodles while being given a lecture on par with any university. Your work will be remembered, Sir, for the work of education shapes the future more than any other.
inb4 amazon race and sex swaps the Amesbury Archer to boost the ratings
@@longpinkytoes it certainly would boost ratings since bigoted troglodytes like you would watch it just to feel some kind of emotion for once in your life, even if that emotion is anger
We're all fancy bastards now
@@fvefve12 sadly, despite the abundance of knowledge, the best stuff is sitting behind paywalls and/or antagonist search algorithms
It's not free. Never has been and never will be.
I actually live very close to where amesbury archer 's burial place was discovered. Beautiful sky, beautiful sunsets. I sometimes feel in touch with those of long ago who must have also watched the wonderfully beautiful sunsets. what a great privilege for me.
Stella is the archer still in the Salisbury museum?
Yes he is still at Salisbury Museum along wiith all the items found with him.
@@stellaclarke-hx7bq thank you. We are in Wiltshire so will pop and see him again . I stare at him and think of his life
It's kinda sad the archer is still on display with same respect given old pots .... its actually illegal to display " christian" bodies in uk ... I think pagans deserve same respect .
It would be fun to test the DNA of it and the local people , I'll bet someone around there is closely related.
I live in a part of the Great Plains where several different Native American tribes have predominated over the centuries (most recently the Sioux/Lakota). It is illuminating to realize that it wasn't necessarily grand invasions (or genocides) that explain many of the changes on the historical maps, but the gradual introductions of new technologies, languages, and cultural practices being adopted by the existing populations.
Your documentaries are so deeply engaging, Dan, thank you! The narration, the detailed graphics - just exceptional! Happy to be a Patreon.
Thank you very much for your support 🙏
Always a great day when Dan posts a new video! It's such a blessing to live in the times we do now, free to explore the past in ways out ancestors could only dream of.
I wanna say thank you, I had pneumonia over Christmas and into February and in the time I was awake I watched lots of your content it is fascinating. I'm lucky to be based in Dover at the moment and as you know there's many historical sites locally and I can look at it all with a greater knowledge thanks to you. TH-cam is something else mate, thanks again.
Thank you very much. I hope you are fully recovered now. Thanks for watching.
I might make a trip to Dover soon. I need to make a video about prehistoric boats and there's one at the museum.
@@DanDavisHistory ooh, prehistoric boats? yes, please!
Thanks Dan for yet another absolutely fascinating video. You brilliantly capture the humanity within the history.
I do love the insightful, open minded and lightly humorous way you cover these very distant nuggets of our history.
All my drinking is strictly ritual.
The ritual being Friday night??
Same breh, same
that's the uniting bond of all descendants of the bell beaker people
Ave Marination 🙏🏼😂
There is a ritual for every day!
Another great documentary, thanks so much Dan! Well explained, right amount of caution, and engaged with the current research.
What a fascinating video again Dan. I love how you tell a story, you bring history alive!
I really love Dan's videos, and the best thing about his scripts for me, is how he alwasy gives a bunch of cool but very plausible hypotesis about the use, function or history of artifacts we can't know about for sure. It's like tens of little stories in one.
A wonderful piece of work. You never cease to amaze . Optics, narration and information simply fantastic. Thank you so much Dan . 🇮🇪
Lovely editing, footage and narration as always.
I'm definitely looking forward to watching the documentary fully after work.
Respect from Germany! 💪
Excellent video. And, appreciate the look into the world this man lived in. It can, even thousands of years later reveal how human we are.
The fact that he was so highly esteemed despite his disability implies that he was either a hereditary ruler or performed some truly impressive feats in his youth, quite possibly both. But then he may have taken an arrow to his knee, cutting short his adventures.
Indeed! The bones of his back and shoulders are formed in a way that suggests he was a lifelong archer. Not as much as a medieval longbowman's skeleton but then the bronze age bows had much lighter draws. Enough to make a difference in his bones as they grew though. So we can be fairly sure he had a proficiency there at least.
@@DanDavisHistory That is a super interesting detail! I have been always fascinated how you can read the occupation of the person from their bones, even thousands of years ago! It brings the person alive in my mind!
@@DanDavisHistory Very interesting and makes perfect sense cosidering that most of his archery was possibly not done in battles but rather while hunting. Looking at the way some african tribes hunt with bows nowadays (or did so until quite recently) he wouldn't have to be an incredibly fast runner since they often walk up on the animals in a rather slow and casual manner.
@@DanDavisHistoryI have been looking for some sources on how bows developed from neolithic to high middle. Or at least how the prefered drawweights changed and varied over time / region. Because if they had bronze armour woukd they not need similar draw as they did in the 14th?
@@DanDavisHistory Brilliant video. Excellent quality on many levels. One question: Cleary his status and rank were high. But how stratified was the society in the bronze age? The travelling evidence is super fascinating, which makes me think of diplomatic status or merchant or exchange of knowledge of some kind. Thanks.
Living near Stonehenge and seeing it often as well as visiting I have my own theory of why it was built. About 4,500 years ago a very powerful chief lived in the area and one day he summoned all his warriors and other men to a gathering where he addressed them. "Right lads, we've got a big project that has to be tackled. The wife wants a garden folly.......!"
I love how clearly you explain things. So glad to have found your channel. Fellow Brit here
An enjoyable lunchtime video. A great video about the Amesbury Archer. Thanks Dan.
I'm an R1b and love the way you convey the early history of Britain.
Me too 👍
The sheep shagging was brought in by the Anatolian farmers
@user-rq7el8nh6q I can verify that! My time in the Middle East gave me a full education.
Great video Dan, my dad did his training in Wiltshire and used to paint Stonehenge. Certainly a magical place. Love your books, yours videos and what a lovely voice you have : ) X
Thank you so much 🙏
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This was awesome thanks, loving these bronze age videos. Its my favorite time in history and you tell a great story. I know you are an author and will hate to hear this but, I rarely read. Personally, I like listening. I learn better through watching and listening. Always have and I'm now 42 so I wanted to say thank you. I appreciate what you do and always look forward to your vids. Cheers from Seattle Dan.
Just as I finished watching all your previous videos, ha! Thank you for all your work Dan!
I love the way you speculate about this man’s life using the items in their grave, such a great video and such a wonderful way to bring Bronze Age Britain to life.
Great video. The ending made me emotional somehow hahaha 10/10. I've been reading your Godborn book too, am at around page 100 when Holkis first escapes his uncle's clan and the story shifts to his mother. I'm greatly hooked the progress of the story is neither too fast nor slow it's perfect
Always a great day when a new video drops! What a fascinating time, i desperately wish we knew more about how on earth a 90% population turnover happened in the absence of signs of a violent conquest. I believe that study also showed that the remaining 10% neolithic farmer DNA was primarily isolated to Scotland. There are so many new technologies that coincide with the bronze age beyond metal working. Like wool production, horse riding, the wheel, the rotary quern, and beer drinking culture. If those things were also brought by BBF its hard to imagine local women not seeing the benefit of these new people with their new ways and choosing mates accordingly.
Thank you. The 10% surviving Neolithic genes were not limited to Scotland but were spread throughout the population throughout the bronze age. There is a paper that argues the 10% EEF ancestry in middle and late bronze age Britain actually came from higher-EEF ancestry gene exchange with people from Continental Europe (along with Celtic languages and culture) around 1000 BC but that's debated. Anyway there were some British Neolithic people who passed on their genes into the later gene pool but exactly how it happened isn't clear.
Perhaps the initial contact with Bell Beaker people did spread some kind of plague that wiped out much of the population - similar to the European colonisation of the New World - that helped the Bell Beaker colonisation.
Fascinating how the Amesbury Archer continues the Stone Age fighting style of using a bow then closing to finish off wounded opponents with axe or knife. Amazing how long this fighting style persisted, as some of the earliest depictions of human conflict painted on cave walls show this exact style of combat. Makes one wonder how much of an archetype it became since so many heroes in mythology are prominently archers, even later on in cultures that are not necessarily known for their archery in those later times. Hercules, Hayk, and Odysseus come to mind, as well as the duel in the Tale of Sinuhe from Egypt. David and Goliath is also similar, though obviously substituting a sling. And it might also just be a really effective way to fight for people who have the time to train with such a technical weapon. So much we don't know. Obviously the simplest explaination is the most likely, but it def gives the mind lots to ponder.
Very interesting
Lovely video. I've always found transitional periods (and transitional periods in general) deeply fascinating. I also really appreciate your including your sources in the description!
Thank you again for putting in so much work to give us an entertaining and educational experience. I listened to a Neil Oliver podcast on this subject a couple of days ago so I was very excited to see video of the artifacts.
Love your work Dan! It always gives rise to interesting reflections on the nature of humanity
Great vid as usual - I always look forward to the Bronze Age docs more than the others. I wonder if a short doc on bronze age medical practices might be interesting.
wonderful combination of story and packed full of information. Thank You for all your wisdom and talent. I really enjoy your videos
Imagine these ancient people not only just surviving and hanging on but instead thriving, traveling and dealing with their kind. Hunting gear found in so many places means that there was still a lot of wildlife, wilderness and dangerous forests. I bet they used the many rivers in Europe back in time to move fast.
What a thoroughly fascinating video. Dan you are a legend. Blown away by genetic research.
It would be intresting to see a video about other "Henges" (inside and outside Britain) their differences and their possible connections. Like the "woodhenge" in Pömmelte etc.
Yes, that would be interesting. I'll do that.
@@DanDavisHistory yes!! I would love to see both a general "henge" video like the one described above, as well ... *but* that made me think about the wooden henge just up (down?) the way from Stonehenge and the recent finds, and the emerging theories (like the idea that the wood henge was for the living, so to speak, and Stonehenge for the dead). Might just be something that would fall under a general henge video, but I think it could maybe make a good standalone episode, especially if you bring in the large amounts of domestic finds near the wood henge that points to it being where the people who built &/or celebrated at Stonehenge lived (or at least stayed during ritual season)!
Wonderful as usual, you are educating us for free !
Another belter, thanks Dan.
Really excellent documentary - both very Interesting & highly informative & a superb history lesson as always. Very many thanks.
Wonderful episode as always! Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much, AA.
Thank you for this video (among the best I've seen on the subject) and for your channel. Top quality content.
Whenever i see a new vid from this chanel, i leave anything aside, put my airpods and go gor a walk. I always press the like video before watching it. Never been disapointed. Thanks for your work
Thank you very much 🙏
Your videos seem like they are the result of an amazing amount of research as well as looking at the work of archaeologists like the "time team" guys and girls.... There are many people who comment on old episodes of time team that they wish they could find out what happens aftee the dig is filmed... Now I know where to point people to see what can come from digs.. The stories you tell, the possibilities you detail are really fascinating. As an author you can speculate or interpret so much more than the archaeology community. I guess because they have to be very careful about what they say or it becomes a game of speculation. I don't mean to be offensive but rather they do their jobs of gathering and recording the evidence and information while you do your job of helping the everyday person see what history may have looked like, personalising it so we can see people, community and their environment through their eyes as they lived.
Thankyou for your faithful gathering of all the information and the way you present it. I wish we could have this sort of information available to explain the history, culture, environment and interactions of the Aboriginal people of my country. There does seem to exist pockets of cultural information but it's not as connected or explored as the UK. Blessings from South Eastern Australia, Dot
I don't know why but I didn't get a notification the other day but maybe it was meant to be because I got to get off work and relax and learn..thank you Dan so much...I'm gonna go grab a book here in a minute
Wonderful content and narration, thanks!
I love the clarity and simplicity with which you deliver this information. I found this video fascinating. It makes me want to look more into how the Neolithic age transformed into the bronze age. Thank you so much for your research.
If I remember correctly, Bernard Cornewll wrote a novel about this find. Stonehenge was the title, if I'm not wrong.
He did. It's one of his least loved books. I'm glad he made the effort though.
As always big thank you Dan! Your work is the best and love it! Especially bronze age videos
i love this period of history, so fascinating!
Me too.
Quality stuff and insights as always Dan Davis.
Excellent production. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it.
This was an excellent video. Thank you Dan Davis
I just had the opportunity to see his bones and grave goods at the Salisbury Museum today. The museum has a fantastic collection, and the displays are very well designed. I highly recommend visiting it, just by the cathedral.
Brilliant video thanks. I like that you presented different theories that may explain the findings before you divulge information from other excavations. It lets the viewer think themselves and consider which theories paint the likeliest picture of what happened.
Man these shows are really good.
Very interesting vid again 👍
Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱, T.
Lovely video, as always! Great topic!
great video once again, can't wait to see how all this research plays part of the gods of bronze series
Excellent presentation.
Extremely interesting treatise! I can see "hunter gatherers" Constructing places like Stonehenge, dolmens and Gobekli Tepi although who knows how they transported such heavy stones and so far in many cases. But those temples do not show precision cuts and fitting like many sites around the world - sometimed huge stones and sometimes small - I believe those were much older - often in good condition due to "recently" eroding out from under the soil moved in a prior devastating deluge. Places like Puma Punku...
Over 50 years ago as a young adult I read "The Golden Strangers" a novel by by Henry Treece.
It read as if you were entering a dream world, a most unsettling, haunting narrative, taking you inside the neolithic mind where the boundaries between nature, the mind and superstition were non existent.
It appeared to be about this very intersection of cultures, highly recommended.
As a geologist I cannot avoid connecting geologic maps, related mineral outcrops and the regions where these cultures lived.
Wow! Wonderful and gripping presentation and truly informative! A great historian like Mark Felton.
Thank you for giving a well informed history of my path. It's extremely enlightened and still performed and digested by this ancestral recreationalist andvpractitioners. Much thanks brother
i really enjoyed this, well presented and produced. subed
Great footage! It really adds to these kind of docs. Even the excavation photos!
Simply fantastic.
The tarsal conjunction both the Archer and Companion had is NOT unnoticeable. I had/have the same condition, discovered when I was about 9 and any extended walking was excruciating. I had surgery to separate the bones, but they wouldn't have had that opportunity, and had some pain most of their lives.
Fascinating, so what do you think he did in life? Smithing?
You may have experienced symptomatic tarsal coalition but analysis of the Archer and the Companion show that their non-osseous cases were most likely asymptomatic.
"... neither individual here shows the osteophyte formation on the head of the talus often associated with the pathological condition..." from the report by Jacqueline I. McKinley.
Thank you for the excellent presentation. As much as I have studied about ancient cultures, I had not heard about the Amesbury Archer. I wonder if it has ever been considered that Stonehenge might have been made with a roof to cover it. Now that archaeologists agree that the stone circles at Gobekli Tepe and other tepes had roofs and were entered from above, it seems like something to consider. I realize there is a huge time difference between the tepes in Turkey and Stonehenge, but I've never heard it discussed.
The books you wrote look very interesting. Thank you for the educational programs you have developed
Hey Dan, Great video! Did you by chance read Bernard Cornwell's novel 'Stonehenge'? And if so, what did you think about it? Both on a historical accuracy/plausibility perspective and an enjoyment of the interpretation perspective.
Thoughtful and challenging on the previously perceived.
Always super excited to see your new video.. just perfect
Fascinating, my father found a broken beaker in a lake in Switzerland ( 1930) and I still have it , I shall brush off the cobwebs and dust and wonder at the story it could tell me 👍🦘
Amazing, archaeology is amazing, I love it.
I envision the "Beaker" people all saying "Meep-meep-meep"
Great stuff!! as always Sir
I remember reading an old archaeology book that stated that unlike continental Europe the Chalcolithic era bypassed Britain entirely and the island shifted from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. Clearly this was written before the discovery of the Amesbury Archer.
On another note, I recall reading that evidence of people making flint tools survived into the Iron Age. Apparently in areas that were lowly populated or impoverished they were reliant on travelling metalsmiths for some of their tools. When they were not available the tribe sometimes resorted to using stone or wooden tools instead. I can't verify the accuracy of this statement though.
Yeah the terminology for Britain was always Neolithic to Bronze Age or Neolithic to Beaker period. But there's been a move away from "culture history" so they would rather say Chalcolithic now. The use of arsenical bronze in this period lasts until about 2150 or so and Britain actually embraced "bronzization" before much of the rest of Europe, probably because of the tin that was here. Although the history of tin exploitation at that time is hard to assess - there was so much extraction since then.
And yeah people kept flint working for ages. The flint work of the early bronze age here is excellent but as bronze becomes ever more ubiquitous the quality of the flint work reduces. By the iron age the flint working is really rubbish but yeah there's some still about.
On the South Downs where flint is plentiful I once lived in a 19C cottage built from knapped flint bricks, approx 6" cubes. The flint knappers of the period were well known and there are pictures of them wearing heavy leather protective clothing. The 'bricks' were accurately made and surely these knappers were quite capable of making other objects. Perhaps, such things if found now would not be dateable and assigned to an earlier time.
Information on these flint knappers is in local museums but I could not Google it quickly which instead throws up info on knappers making flints for muskets (aka flintlocks) from this period. Obviously skills were not lost just because bronze and iron became common.
hi Dan - could the 'Oera Linda' book explain this period of UK / European history - watching your videos brings this book to life visually for me for this pre celtic period of europe. Would be awesome if you could do a video on this book
Late to the party but I think the gold bands were formed around the bow string as a device to deaden the vibration of the bowstring after firing it.
Ive been hooked on Godborn. I was afraid it wouldnt be as good as your youtube channel but I was wrong. I kept imagining the songs from the Disney Hercules in my head as I read.
Well presented
Thank you.
Brilliant, thank you!
Fantastic video. Congrats.
12:55 the time and craftsmanship required to make a shield like that!! It looks amazing
Maybe the artefacts around his legs were part of the brace for his damaged knee?
It makes sense that there WOULD have been cultural links between Wales and Stonehenge; the stones were shipped from there, so there must have been some degree of cultural contact just to arrange the purchase and delivery.
Great video keep up the good work.
great video man! exciting stuff, and presented so well, too
Fascinating video!
I have been thinking about what grave goods I want to be buried with 😃
I love your videos. Every one is such an experience
Thanks again for the video cheers to you and my Bell beaker folks
I wonder this man’s philosophy was in life, given how hard yet very easy some things were back then.
I’ve always felt a strong connection to the Beaker folk. Low & behold, took a few dna test I’m half English, I range between 45%-60% depending on the test. Although I lack the beaker Haplo 😂. I’m N1c (N-L550). 50% English the other 50% is Norwegian, German, & Polish, typical Ameramutt 😆. On G25 I always score between 0.029 & 0.045 with the Beaker folk, & Score 50.4% Corded Ware Pure Steppe.
Love your videos, btw.
His life philosophy was probably something like, "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women." Yeah....
@@Winterascent I almost made that joke 😆
@@barfturd1607 lol
isn't N1c Finnish?
@@captainfury497 N1c is found in Finland & peaks in Finland, but my Subclade N-L550 peaks in places like Estonia with the rest of the Baltic states & Parts of Sweden then Finland. Haplogroups have nothing to do with your atDNA (autosomal dna ) L550 has even been found in Scotland. My Haplogroup has nothing to do with me being half English & the rest of me being Norwegian, German, & Polish.
Why do you ask?
Fantastic work. Really appreciate this. Bless up 👊
Very interesting, thanks.
Absolutely fascinating... Huzzah!! 😊
How interesting. I can't wait to see what future research reveals.
Fascinating as always.
Thank you Dan for such an interesting and in depth study of the past
@3:24 - - I wonder if the gold pieces were decoration tips on the ends of the bow? They say the wood of the bow did not survive the ages and rotted away ... Were these gold pieces found close to that location??
Thank you. They're so tiny and they aren't shaped like a tip, narrowed to a point. Also they seem to be part of a wider tradition and a handful of these kinds of things are found in Iberia where they look more like earrings, with larger ovoid pieces and the long tang part.
You never make a bad video. Every one is truly A+ content.
Thanks for this vid Dan 👍