@@ghomerhust Absolutely agree. All the more interesting is the tongue in cheek way the Time Team used to lambast John mercilessly. Great humour mixed in with the archaeology.
This is a wonderful addition to the time team programming. It’s such a treat to discover all the amazing work being done in the world. Being in the US, it was great to learn about the dig in Oregon! I had no idea this was going on. Amazing to discover evidence of such an ancient culture here in the US. Thanks ever so much for all you folks are doing. I’m proud to be a supporter!
The Univ. of Oregon came out and mapped the rock shelter at my place in Oregon. Most of what they found was from Indigenous occupation, hunting, and camas harvesting. It was fascinating to learn about!
TIME team suggestion. I’d enjoy a full episode discussing the advancements in geophysics. How the technology and resolution has changed. Limitations, ideal use situations etc. With some technical explanation slightly dumbed down for us non-PhDs. To think the very first TT episode when the biggest success was Geophysics revealing of the building layout or the water bottle counter weight on researchers back for balance
We absolutely loved seeing Orkney in May. I am in love with the Stenness site. We were there too early to visit the Ness site, but we were thrilled about it all the same. Someone please hug John Gater and buy him all the ale he wants, in gratitude and kudos from a couple of American fans. Well done!
As an Oregonian and a Native. I love the digs here that are broadening and deepening our understanding of our ancestors. I can't wait to see the full report when it is ready.
WWAAAHHH I'M SO EXCITED!! You guys mentioned the Rimrock Draw Archaeological site that's in my region! I actually had the privilege of going to a local community talk by Patrick O'Grady where he explained what they had found at the site. At the time the carbon dates hadn't come back yet so actually hearing the dates is new information to me. Thank you so much for including Rimrock Draw in today's news!
Great to see John rightly being proud of the Ness of Brodgbar-The Orkneys must surely be the Northern Stonehenge and the source of legends about mystical isles across an impassable sea full of mists, wild currents and deadly whirlpools. There is a rich history of pre-colonial North America that I am pleased is being investigated to hopefully further research into humankinds ventures out of Africa. Great bulletin and more full TT please!
I notice your tomatoes in the background, Dani, and as a keen gardener myself, I'd love to know more about what archaeology can tell us about gardening, rather than agriculture. The mention of the cloister garden in this episode, and then the repurposed 'plant pot ' fascinated me, but we don't often hear about evidence of gardens. What might have grown in those plant pots? Where and how did people grow herbs and flowers in the past? What do we know about the tools people used? How have advances in environmental archaeology opened new doors in this area?
Yea! I showed up multiple times in the background on the Abby segment! It was a fantastic dig and everyone was fascinated as the in situ floor was revealed and Hugh realized what had been found. I was inspired to join Hugh’s dig last year in Crowland and this year in Cerne Abbas after watching every Time Team episode on TH-cam during COVID lockdowns. I am looking forward to joining Hugh and his great team next year, and will of course keep following Time Team.
I live in Titusville Florida, and in the early 1980's, an ancient burial ground was uncovered during construction of a subdivision. The bodies were buried in a bog, and date back to, I believe, about 7000 BC. It would be fascinating to see you cover and share this. Originally, they reported the DNA was European, but have since changed their minds. It's called the Windover Dig
I really enjoy the opportunity to catch up with the latest archaeological news via this format. Discoverer of the Ness of Brodgar . . . John Gater rocks!!!
I went to college with Patrick O'Grady back in the 90s. He was a grad student and I was undergrad. He's a great person and a great archeologist. I'm glad to see his work recognized.
Ah, our Dani Saturday. Love your reporting Dani, and your enthusiasm for the past. Good to see John. Fifty years of geophys? I’m in awe! The northern settlements like Brodnar are fascinating. Why did people decide to live in such hard areas for survival?
A brilliant effort. The "Team" I am certain is going from strength to strength which gives me great joy. I am certain Mic would be proud. I share John's achievement in part from what little I have done in my profession in roughly the same time. Please keep on keeping on. The Time Team have done a great deal in boosting my moral during difficult times over many years. Knowing Tony is now involved has pleased me greatly.
I'm really enjoying the Time Team News and thrilled for John Gater. I hope there will be a bit more in depth look at the Ness of Brodgar in the future.
I first found out about Orkney via a children's book called Boy with the Bronze Axe. The story was based in Skara Brae. My then 6 or 7 yr old son read that book to pieces, literally.
The Ness of Brodgar is indeed fascinating. The artefacts display a remarkable level of sophistication, I was wondering about the carved stone balls. The shaping of these would require a level of craft and expense of time which would preclude the possibility of thier being used for anything but a very necessary purpose. The carved axehead, using the natural striations of the stone (knapping) is truly wonderful. Perhaps the knobbly balls were used medicinally or as chiropractic technology. Interesting! Great stuff, Team! ⭐👍
This was a really interesting programme. Such variety! I especially liked the piece about the footwear. I am so pleased you are also including information about what is going on in other countries. Even for those not directly involved in archaeology, it certainly expands our knowledge and understanding. My thanks to you all - and I look forward to the next one.
while i do adore Phil immensely, he is getting up in age, and i think he's decided to hang up his boots and hat. this kind of work is NOT easy, much harder than what Stuart and John do, especially with the knees and back! he's given us many years of wonderful entertainment and insight, i think maybe we can let the old fellow relax with a pint and kick his feet up from here on out!
@@ghomerhust hes younger than Tony and we got him back, i know digging in a trench might be a bit much for him but he could come back as some sort of walking archaeology encyclopedia lol. maybe work with Tony on the bits hes doing, thats a double act i could watch all day....
Phil's done a number of videos for the Wessex Archaeology TH-cam channel but after decades of digging his back and knees are pretty shot. There's a wonderful life size sculpture of him in the Salisbury museum if you ever get to go visit there. But yes he's mostly done now.
“Balls” in Orkney are probably weights used in weaving. Making fabric had to be done constantly. Loom weights are found all over in different materials, shapes and sizes.
The 1st segment was so interesting in its own right of course, but also because I am re reading the Brother Cadfael books and a look at a monastery, especially Benedictine is really a treat. And, living in Oregon it's a treat to see this segment. Well done to the entire team. Oops, can't forget the finds. How interesting and what a huge amount of work.
I'm from Oregon too. I loved the Brother Cadfael books. I went to college with Patrick O'Grady and helped with the zooarcheology on the site he did for his dissertation. I love this new show and really love Time Team.
I'm excited to have heard about the dig in Oregon. Beautiful state. I'll have to do some research. Thanks, Time Team. So happy to hear of John's work. I didn't realize he discovered the site.
My 5 penceworth on those carved stone balls is they are to do with loom weights and yarn. Wound with yarn, in figures of 8 for example, preserves a skein of essential cloth threads, especially wool in northern Scottish Islands, prevents unwitting, and allows for a much longer bolt of cloth to be made than a looms height. Also the oils and waterproofing of the yarn would be preserved. Essential in inclement weather or sea faring. And the oils would polish these stones beautifully, helping preserve their beauty for all those years before being found. The Orkney peoples extracted the most out of little, and often made everyday objects beautiful as we would desire today. Its our loss time, sand and tides have left us so little remains of the colour and artistry they made of their world.
Orkney looks so amazing, I hope to visit one day and enjoy some of the wonderful archaeology. Thanks for the link to the donation page, I'm happy to support this fascinating new discovery!
I thing the stone balls are part of a game. My guess is it had some sort of tossing and/or rolling envolved. There were probably levels to the game needing more and more elaborate made balls.
Yes, my immediate idea was some sort of gaming piece too, and that quite independently. They look like knuckle-bones, probably ‘standardised’ so that they roll more evenly. Perhaps used for divination, or for an early form of boules? If there were varying numbers of dots on each of the external knobs, I suspect the archeologists wouldn’t need to ask what they were for!
Archaeological news from precolumbian America is always very welcome information. Hopefully we'll hear someday that someone has found a cache of birchbark Mayan codices... 🤞🏼🙏🏼
Fantastic help! Thank you Dani (and team)! FYI, had the bug for Archaeology pretty much since the first ever Time Team episode. My late wife was a professional Archaeologist too, so you can perhaps understand my addiction, lol.
Thanks for covering international finds. As a North American, we have theories about early migration and settlement, but they are being undermined by archaeology - thank goodness!
All of this show was fantastic!!!! Love watching it! The finds in Oregon were of particular interest....in America, archaeology is a non-starter with too many people. Bulldozing is a enforced norm...sigh.
Excellent work, more please! One thing I've realised - archeological digs (and in another way analysis) is BLOODY HARD WORK! And thanks for inspiration - last month I walked the Cotswold Way keeping my eyes open for finds. Nothing much. A piece of orange Roman thermal tile, too big to pocket! I then did the Peddars Way and Day 1 - A (circa) 5,000 year old flint arrow head. Absolutely pristine, absolutely beautiful!
This show is absolutely fantastic and such a great initiative. I hope Dani eventually puts some more distance between herself and the camera, since such a close shot is very in your face. Regardless, keep it up and thank you for making this available for those of us unable to support on patreon!
Fantastic stuff! I would like to suggest that the unknown polished stones from Orkney could be gaming pieces. They look like jacks to me. Thanks for another interesting episode.
Catch up on the first episode of this brand new feature here: th-cam.com/video/Az5CN3gHcXs/w-d-xo.html
noice xxx
More more more!!!!
Maybe make this a patreon member feature, starting to wonder why I pay my fee as everything is free on TH-cam
Wow! I never knew John Gater discovered the Ness of Brodgar. Absolutely brilliant work. Much respect.
there's a reason John stays on the team, he's damn good at what he does!
@@ghomerhust Absolutely agree. All the more interesting is the tongue in cheek way the Time Team used to lambast John mercilessly. Great humour mixed in with the archaeology.
I had no idea it was John either. What a catch for the guy who taught us all what geophys is and does.
Seeing John is like seeing an old friend! What a light he’s been in his field.
Many fields..........
I'm really enjoying Time Team News. Dani is a wonderful presenter!
This is a wonderful addition to the time team programming. It’s such a treat to discover all the amazing work being done in the world. Being in the US, it was great to learn about the dig in Oregon! I had no idea this was going on. Amazing to discover evidence of such an ancient culture here in the US. Thanks ever so much for all you folks are doing. I’m proud to be a supporter!
The Univ. of Oregon came out and mapped the rock shelter at my place in Oregon. Most of what they found was from Indigenous occupation, hunting, and camas harvesting. It was fascinating to learn about!
I was featured in the intro! OMG guys I'm so freaking flattered that you would include me that way. Thank you so much it means the absolute world!
TIME team suggestion. I’d enjoy a full episode discussing the advancements in geophysics. How the technology and resolution has changed. Limitations, ideal use situations etc.
With some technical explanation slightly dumbed down for us non-PhDs.
To think the very first TT episode when the biggest success was Geophysics revealing of the building layout or the water bottle counter weight on researchers back for balance
That scene where they were the first to see the floor plan of athelney Abbey in centuries is something I'll never forget.
Definitely!
I’ve watched Time Team for years and was sad when it finished. Now I am so glad it’s back
So glad to hear of John rightly blowing his trumpet…..that’s a real legacy we are all grateful for
We absolutely loved seeing Orkney in May. I am in love with the Stenness site. We were there too early to visit the Ness site, but we were thrilled about it all the same.
Someone please hug John Gater and buy him all the ale he wants, in gratitude and kudos from a couple of American fans. Well done!
Oregonian here, so glad to hear you guys mention this! There are so many incredible finds here
Love and Husband and I are so proud to be a supporting members of Time Team! This NEW Time Team News is awesome! More please!!
Let's remember that Time Team is a global phenomenon, not just in the UK, as the type of news articles exemplifies.
Really love the archaeology news from around the world!
I’m loving this format and proud to be a Patreon right from the start - please consider joining, it’s dead cheap and you get so much more content!
John you’re the best ! Favorite cast member from way back.
As an Oregonian and a Native. I love the digs here that are broadening and deepening our understanding of our ancestors. I can't wait to see the full report when it is ready.
Same here up in Washington State.
WWAAAHHH I'M SO EXCITED!! You guys mentioned the Rimrock Draw Archaeological site that's in my region! I actually had the privilege of going to a local community talk by Patrick O'Grady where he explained what they had found at the site. At the time the carbon dates hadn't come back yet so actually hearing the dates is new information to me. Thank you so much for including Rimrock Draw in today's news!
Great to see John rightly being proud of the Ness of Brodgbar-The Orkneys must surely be the Northern Stonehenge and the source of legends about mystical isles across an impassable sea full of mists, wild currents and deadly whirlpools. There is a rich history of pre-colonial North America that I am pleased is being investigated to hopefully further research into humankinds ventures out of Africa. Great bulletin and more full TT please!
I notice your tomatoes in the background, Dani, and as a keen gardener myself, I'd love to know more about what archaeology can tell us about gardening, rather than agriculture. The mention of the cloister garden in this episode, and then the repurposed 'plant pot ' fascinated me, but we don't often hear about evidence of gardens. What might have grown in those plant pots? Where and how did people grow herbs and flowers in the past? What do we know about the tools people used? How have advances in environmental archaeology opened new doors in this area?
What a delight! Wonderful presentation by Dr. Wooten. By Jove I missed Time Team!
I'm really looking forward to this episode👍 Norway and Orkney have always been close friends 🙂
Me too. It is all exciting!
@@TheInternationalist01 In the words of Monty Python, let's not bicker and argue about who killed who! A new Time Team is a happy occasion! 🎉😂
Yea! I showed up multiple times in the background on the Abby segment! It was a fantastic dig and everyone was fascinated as the in situ floor was revealed and Hugh realized what had been found. I was inspired to join Hugh’s dig last year in Crowland and this year in Cerne Abbas after watching every Time Team episode on TH-cam during COVID lockdowns. I am looking forward to joining Hugh and his great team next year, and will of course keep following Time Team.
I live in Titusville Florida, and in the early 1980's, an ancient burial ground was uncovered during construction of a subdivision. The bodies were buried in a bog, and date back to, I believe, about 7000 BC. It would be fascinating to see you cover and share this. Originally, they reported the DNA was European, but have since changed their minds. It's called the Windover Dig
Well, I can die happy now.
So glad to see the Ness featured!
I really enjoy the opportunity to catch up with the latest archaeological news via this format. Discoverer of the Ness of Brodgar . . . John Gater rocks!!!
This is so great! Just what we need to help us follow world archaeology!
Love the '99 Problems but a Ditch Ain't One' shirts.
I went to college with Patrick O'Grady back in the 90s. He was a grad student and I was undergrad. He's a great person and a great archeologist. I'm glad to see his work recognized.
Oh, this is wonderful!! Thank you so much for making this available!
Well done Dani, as always. This is a great addition to Time Team, enjoyed both so far and looking forward to more.
I love this new format-I think it will be broadly popular as well.
Exciting to see the new format, building upon the great Time Team legacy. Thank you, all.
Loving the monthly news. Perfect!
Thank you all for another wonderful episode. Prehistoric findings from outside Eurasia are always so fascinating to hear about.
Thanks for letting us all be a little part of this amazing work.
Ah, our Dani Saturday. Love your reporting Dani, and your enthusiasm for the past.
Good to see John. Fifty years of geophys? I’m in awe!
The northern settlements like Brodnar are fascinating. Why did people decide to live in such hard areas for survival?
Fantastic! Thank you Dani for pronouncing Or e gun (Oregon) correctly!
A brilliant effort. The "Team" I am certain is going from strength to strength which gives me great joy. I am certain Mic would be proud. I share John's achievement in part from what little I have done in my profession in roughly the same time. Please keep on keeping on. The Time Team have done a great deal in boosting my moral during difficult times over many years. Knowing Tony is now involved has pleased me greatly.
I really love the Time Team News 😀 ! Please keep it.
I'm really enjoying the Time Team News and thrilled for John Gater. I hope there will be a bit more in depth look at the Ness of Brodgar in the future.
The antler looks like button production. I love this monthly news update! Thank you Dani and Time Team!
Love this new series!
Absolutely another great episode!
Lovely to see John Gater, one of my favourites, and looking so well. Many thanks
I first found out about Orkney via a children's book called Boy with the Bronze Axe. The story was based in Skara Brae. My then 6 or 7 yr old son read that book to pieces, literally.
the more info the better! love these, please keep these going!
The Ness of Brodgar is indeed fascinating. The artefacts display a remarkable level of sophistication, I was wondering about the carved stone balls. The shaping of these would require a level of craft and expense of time which would preclude the possibility of thier being used for anything but a very necessary purpose. The carved axehead, using the natural striations of the stone (knapping) is truly wonderful. Perhaps the knobbly balls were used medicinally or as chiropractic technology. Interesting! Great stuff, Team! ⭐👍
This was a really interesting programme. Such variety! I especially liked the piece about the footwear. I am so pleased you are also including information about what is going on in other countries. Even for those not directly involved in archaeology, it certainly expands our knowledge and understanding. My thanks to you all - and I look forward to the next one.
Wow! Excellent news from around the world.
Love time team. Bring back Phil! A national treasure.
I think he is retired. :-) He deserves some peace and quiet if he decided to not be part of the digs this time around.
while i do adore Phil immensely, he is getting up in age, and i think he's decided to hang up his boots and hat. this kind of work is NOT easy, much harder than what Stuart and John do, especially with the knees and back! he's given us many years of wonderful entertainment and insight, i think maybe we can let the old fellow relax with a pint and kick his feet up from here on out!
@@ghomerhust hes younger than Tony and we got him back, i know digging in a trench might be a bit much for him but he could come back as some sort of walking archaeology encyclopedia lol. maybe work with Tony on the bits hes doing, thats a double act i could watch all day....
That's what I said. I think he's retired and deserves some peace and quiet.:-)@@ghomerhust
Phil's done a number of videos for the Wessex Archaeology TH-cam channel but after decades of digging his back and knees are pretty shot. There's a wonderful life size sculpture of him in the Salisbury museum if you ever get to go visit there. But yes he's mostly done now.
I haven't seen Episode 1 yet, but I'm already hooked. Old friends and new friends, what could be better.
First of all, Yay Oregon! My home state ❤️. Obviously, that is a famous Orkney massage ball! 😅 Love these news stories! 🎉
“Balls” in Orkney are probably weights used in weaving. Making fabric had to be done constantly. Loom weights are found all over in different materials, shapes and sizes.
The 1st segment was so interesting in its own right of course, but also because I am re reading the Brother Cadfael books and a look at a monastery, especially Benedictine is really a treat. And, living in Oregon it's a treat to see this segment. Well done to the entire team. Oops, can't forget the finds. How interesting and what a huge amount of work.
I read a couple Cadfael in HS, but remember little about them.
I'm from Oregon too. I loved the Brother Cadfael books. I went to college with Patrick O'Grady and helped with the zooarcheology on the site he did for his dissertation. I love this new show and really love Time Team.
Just loving this new feature.
Like I commented on Episode #1, I really enjoy the new “Time Team News”. Thanks Dani and crew!
Excellent to see news from N. America. I love this format. Thank you!
This was excellent! Thank you. Proud to be a Patreon member. Go Time Team!
Thanks for that. Been a Time Team fan for many many years
Dani is such a good presenter! ❤
Brilliant format Dani, lovely to see how it is developing, kudos to you all!
I remember getting covered with Mt St Helens ash too, but I'm not quite prehistoric yet, lol. Thanks for all the great stories.
Way go john gater! Thats a beautiful site up there.
Thanks for the great job as always Dani see you next month
Brilliant. Thank you. Hopefully it get some more support for you.
Brilliant! More please....
so excited at new show thank you
thhis to me is one of the most important programs
I'm excited to have heard about the dig in Oregon. Beautiful state. I'll have to do some research. Thanks, Time Team. So happy to hear of John's work. I didn't realize he discovered the site.
Such an excellent coverage of archeological discoveries all over the globe. It was great to see Jon at the site he discovered.
What a great update! Fascinating and well presented!
Honestly so chuffed I found this channel. I'm having such a good time 👍👍
My 5 penceworth on those carved stone balls is they are to do with loom weights and yarn. Wound with yarn, in figures of 8 for example, preserves a skein of essential cloth threads, especially wool in northern Scottish Islands, prevents unwitting, and allows for a much longer bolt of cloth to be made than a looms height. Also the oils and waterproofing of the yarn would be preserved. Essential in inclement weather or sea faring. And the oils would polish these stones beautifully, helping preserve their beauty for all those years before being found.
The Orkney peoples extracted the most out of little, and often made everyday objects beautiful as we would desire today. Its our loss time, sand and tides have left us so little remains of the colour and artistry they made of their world.
Wow those sandals were fabulous I hope mine look as good in 10.000 years. Ha,ha!
Yep loving these updates!
Orkney looks so amazing, I hope to visit one day and enjoy some of the wonderful archaeology. Thanks for the link to the donation page, I'm happy to support this fascinating new discovery!
It is an extremely interesting place. I had five days there about fifteen years ago and have wished ever since, I had spent more time there.
Great episode! And wonderful to see Miles Russell again.
Enjoyed the updates and learning familiar voices from Time Team.
I thing the stone balls are part of a game. My guess is it had some sort of tossing and/or rolling envolved. There were probably levels to the game needing more and more elaborate made balls.
I thought it may have been a sort of dice or knuckles that were tossed up.
Yes, my immediate idea was some sort of gaming piece too, and that quite independently. They look like knuckle-bones, probably ‘standardised’ so that they roll more evenly. Perhaps used for divination, or for an early form of boules? If there were varying numbers of dots on each of the external knobs, I suspect the archeologists wouldn’t need to ask what they were for!
Greetings from Oregon! So glad you covered RimRock draw site and our museum!
Is John Gater's full interview available? I'd love to see more of his talk about the Ness of Brodgar project, it obviously means a lot to him!
Archaeological news from precolumbian America is always very welcome information. Hopefully we'll hear someday that someone has found a cache of birchbark Mayan codices...
🤞🏼🙏🏼
Love this News format. Mike 🇦🇺
Soooo exciting!
Slingshot came to mind of those polished stone balls, always loved Time Team, keep digging 👍❤️
Fantastic help! Thank you Dani (and team)! FYI, had the bug for Archaeology pretty much since the first ever Time Team episode. My late wife was a professional Archaeologist too, so you can perhaps understand my addiction, lol.
Thanks for covering international finds. As a North American, we have theories about early migration and settlement, but they are being undermined by archaeology - thank goodness!
I love this feature!
Thank you for pronouncing “Oregon” correctly. Many in the US fail to do so and it tends to make people from the region cringe.
All of this show was fantastic!!!! Love watching it! The finds in Oregon were of particular interest....in America, archaeology is a non-starter with too many people. Bulldozing is a enforced norm...sigh.
Time Team is awesome!
Love these news episodes!!!!!!
Excellent work, more please! One thing I've realised - archeological digs (and in another way analysis) is BLOODY HARD WORK! And thanks for inspiration - last month I walked the Cotswold Way keeping my eyes open for finds. Nothing much. A piece of orange Roman thermal tile, too big to pocket! I then did the Peddars Way and Day 1 - A (circa) 5,000 year old flint arrow head. Absolutely pristine, absolutely beautiful!
The Oregon site looks really interesting to me.
This show is absolutely fantastic and such a great initiative. I hope Dani eventually puts some more distance between herself and the camera, since such a close shot is very in your face. Regardless, keep it up and thank you for making this available for those of us unable to support on patreon!
Fantastic stuff! I would like to suggest that the unknown polished stones from Orkney could be gaming pieces. They look like jacks to me. Thanks for another interesting episode.
Great how overseas digs are also included.
I have a growing fascination for medieval floor tiles. Too bad we don't have any here in California.
Love it! Fascinating stuff.
Woot for Dani!!!!
So well presented! Proud to remain a member.
Another great video.