Could These Oxford Hills Hide Generations Of Ancient Treasure? | Time Team

Could These Oxford Hills Hide Generations Of Ancient Treasure? | Time Team | Odyssey

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2 жыл бұрын

Iron Age, Roman Forts and more! These Hills in Oxford have it all. Time Team investigate the iconic Wittenham clumps and the multiple eras of archaeology hidden within. The digs prove to be one of the largest ever undertaken by Time Team, if they're able to avoid any problems with the local newts that is.
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@Art4ArtsSakeVideo Жыл бұрын

We used to go picnicking up on Wittenham Clumps. Brilliant view. But here are Four Thoughts from this episode that demonstrate Time Team is reliably brilliant viewing: 1. Whenever you get a rainbow over an archaeologists' conflab (31:18), things are going to take a turn for the better. 2. Whenever you have John Gater give Tony a "calm down, old chap" noise (34:30), you can reckon cold water is about to be doused. 3. Whenever Stewart Ainsworth is willing to risk his limbs (and falling out of the helicopter 35:28) to point out crop marks, you know landscape archaeology is going to give geophys some help. 4. And mostly, whenever you hear Phil Harding say 'oo-arr,' things are going to get interesting.

@charisanna4914 10 ай бұрын

I love how enthusiastic Francis is. And I miss Mick so much!! I didn't even know him, but i do. I can't watch the new time team 😭😭😭

@bethbartlett5692 2 жыл бұрын

... and Stewart offered some of the most valuable insight, routinely. His eye for Historical Landscapes, his learned knowledge, and his Expierence, combined for a true expert among his peers and speciality. Love watching his work and listening to his descriptions. He absolutely Rocks, ... no pun intended. Beth Sociologist USA

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 3 ай бұрын

So, a watcher of your neighbor in a semi viewable neighborhood . Nice

@neilfleming2787 Жыл бұрын

lol, I know Wittenham area very well. I was actually on a team that excavated at the base of the hill alongside the road and I remember the de-newting very well. We also had a large trench on the other side of the road that had a burial in the top of a round pit (we didn't have time to lift it and go down but there were many pits on the site some intersected by later ditches) Was a great site to work on. Tim Allen (he of the majestic moustache) was great to work for...full of energy every day.

@JessicaStinson-og1rq 5 ай бұрын

A lot of my friends who have lost babies that were almost full-term or some that were very young got permission to bury them in their backyard and then planted trees over them, thinking that they would own their homes forever and their baby would be with them forever in an area that would not be dug up Could it be that people along time ago maybe buried there precious family members under a foundation they thought would last forever.

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 2 ай бұрын

It's been my sad experience you look where you placed them and ask why you're older and watching them rot now. Excuse the rot part if you wish but is true 😊

@nevillemignot1681 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for uploading this, i've not seen this episode before, it's all newt to me......

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 2 ай бұрын

Welcome home for 20 season or so.😊

@bethbartlett5692 2 жыл бұрын

Mick's Soul Soars the World's Archaeological Digs, but he already knows the Story. ... and he's no longer of a "Mainstream Academia Mind", he is Fully of an "Authentic Academia Mind Energy" ... and, I suspect, he's big on Quantum Physics. Mick gave such fabulous energies to this Show and *"the digs"* 💫

@willisgemutlich2608 2 жыл бұрын

how many places do I have to find to pay my respects to the great mic? I can't even see right now so please edit. tell me where he's buried and it's on my bucket list. I'll have to read it when I finish crying.

@gerardmartin6448 Жыл бұрын

Mick Aston was the greatest. 😊

@peterpan9408 Жыл бұрын

He will live on forever..on video..n in our hearts. Blessing to him he's n a beautiful place..and thank u mic for all u gave us. .x

@thomasevans5467 11 ай бұрын

I think I remember reading that his ashes were scattered try the Wikipedia page.

@claudiaradusch6696 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂…“a selfrespecting newt…“ This is so Phil.

@Sk8Bettty 8 ай бұрын

“No newts is good newts,” is the punniest thing Tony’s said!

@patwithers1448 2 жыл бұрын

Love from the old lady in Texas God bless you❤ always and forever

@marjane4344 Жыл бұрын

Stewart and Phil shared amazing insights.

@stephanieyee9784 8 ай бұрын

What a fabulous episode this was. All our favourites plus an amazing hidden-in-plain-sight ancient landscape. ❤️

@frankj.artino2203 2 жыл бұрын

Very well done. Thank you for the hard work you are well known for. ☆☆☆☆

@peterpan9408 Жыл бұрын

Thank u for all these programmes..on ur channel. I do not have TV anymore n have missed all these n our old cities all over the world n the finds..thank u.. blessings..

@rogerdevries7090 8 ай бұрын

Fond memorys of the clumps picnicing with my kids so thouroughly enjoyed this episode with DPS making an appearence !!!

@readMEinkbooks 3 ай бұрын

'chucking a baby away with the rubbish...people have never been like that'. People have always been like that. All over the world, even today, there are babies found in rubbish pits or garbage bins, long-drop toilets, in plastic bags dumped on the side of the road etc.

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 2 ай бұрын

Yes we are after all just an animal 😊

@jonathaneffemey944 9 ай бұрын

thanks for posting

@pieternoordenbos Жыл бұрын

If you look with lidar finder, you can actually see a square on top of Wittenham Clumps!

@jimkennedy7050 Жыл бұрын

one of the best episodes

@loricarter2394 Жыл бұрын

10:51 Tony has puns for days lol 😂

@gerardmartin6448 Жыл бұрын

Isn't the wee newt the loveliest wee thing . Cute newt .😄

@wagon9082 2 жыл бұрын

Good video

@promiscuous5761 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@Bareego Жыл бұрын

I wished you guys would put in the title which season and episode this is

@gahennahonda8964 7 күн бұрын

The newts just wanted to do archaeology too!

@NH_RSA__ 11 ай бұрын

Didn't John Cleese have a bit of difficulty with newts as well?

@krisbest6405 2 ай бұрын

How lucky to have centuries of history..Here in Australia we barely have ruins.

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 12 күн бұрын

But you got snakes 😮

@ffilchtaeh Жыл бұрын

Great show but the only three days thing drives me crazy. Locations worthy of so much time for study get a rush through. Other restrictions at times. Glad they make a go of it but three days…

@therecordholder Жыл бұрын

they turn the digs over to universes, historical societies, civic groups, and so on etc that really benefit from the geo phis and heavy machinery prep work and can take all the time they need, it costs a lot of money to run a tv show, we're really lucky time team is profitable as is🗿

@Pavewy 2 жыл бұрын

Coordinates if anyone is interested: 51.627914°N 1.180515°W

@slava_ukraini5830 4 ай бұрын

Before 8 min, they get to trech on the mount, there were 2 triangular red dirt spots. Red spots in loose dirt/clay means BURNING??

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 2 ай бұрын

Could be an anomaly 😊

@frankkolton1780 2 жыл бұрын

Watching this made a song pop into my mind, actually an old hymn, but I always think of the ELP version. "And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen?" "And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark satanic mills?" "Bring me my bow of burning gold! Bring me my arrows of desire! Bring me my spear: O clouds unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire!" "I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant land"

@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739 2 жыл бұрын

That's wonderful. Thanks for sharing that.

@mercedes523 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely!

@helmuttholen6053 2 жыл бұрын

The banging noise in the signature tune reminds me of an ancient habit, banging the spears on the shields and shouting Zeeto Ζητω! - I am raising my battlecry!

@Happyheretic2308 Жыл бұрын

God bless William Blake.

@theomnisthour6400 Жыл бұрын

They turned archaeologists into newt hunters to place areas off limits? I don't think that's going to get better! 🤣

@scooby6742 Ай бұрын

Wouldn't mowing have been just as dangerous as digging? 😮😢

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 12 күн бұрын

Now one I detriy your home the other I totally remove it from your world. First one you got something to go back to 😮

@lindaheyl3537 5 ай бұрын

Where to put the two new trenches (two newt trenches?). 😊

@kerriefearby9542 6 ай бұрын

So finger tip searches for the newts but nobody considers possible/probable harm to them from all the pedestrian and vehicular traffic through long the grass. Go figure. Loved this show.

@frankj.artino2203 2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps. Perhaps not. Lets watch and see !

@lowspark68 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like a grove of Astarte

@notyours6209 Жыл бұрын

Question for anyone who knows... if they find human remains, what is done with them? Are they left on site? Or are they sent to a museum?

@czgator9000 Жыл бұрын

They typically remove them and send them to a university or heritage preservation research/museum storage site.

@Ashannon888 Жыл бұрын

If they are thought to be Christian they tend to re-bury them with rites. Especially if found on Christian sites.

@henriklind8423 2 жыл бұрын

Y Love U Lads! 👍 Arkeologi, Beer, Brittish Cider and a Little big man, Running Around seeking Clues! 💯

@patrickwentz8413 2 жыл бұрын

No newts are good newts.

@JenBriSeth 10 ай бұрын

Did Tony write "No newts is good newts" himself? 😂

@balderii7340 7 ай бұрын

If you put up a fence high enough to keep out attackers, you wouldn’t be able to look over the fence to see them coming. The fences might’ve been put up exactly why we put up fences today: so no one can accidentally fall down the ditch, like playing children.

@BarrySuridge Жыл бұрын

Those poor Newts. 😅😂🤣

@staninjapan07 2 жыл бұрын

Can anyone explain to me the relationship / arrangement between the producers of Time Team, Odyssey and Ancient history Documentaries? I do not want to falsely accuse anyone of anything, but it seems to me that someone, somewhere along the line, is signing a name to a product he / his company does not own. OK this is KZfaq and most videos can reasonably be said to be "stolen" or "posted without permission", but I am curious about this arrangement. Thank you anyone who can help me to understand this.

@theaxe6198 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know the legal relationship/licensure between whomever owns the rights to the Time Team episodes and Odyssey, but it appears legit because KZfaq will respond to copyright take downs.

@staninjapan07 2 жыл бұрын

@@theaxe6198 seems fair, thanks

@judewilson6879 2 жыл бұрын

Also how can it be two weeks ago when we can easily see that it’s probably ten plus years old. I wish each one was dated so watching can be organised.

@Jay.Z Жыл бұрын

I think Odyssey has a deal with Tony 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Jay.Z Жыл бұрын

@@judewilson6879 it’s probably some sort of vault deal. Kind of like Disney used to do. Hell maybe they still do lol

@ahbushnell1 2 жыл бұрын

field crawl

@jimmorrison7417 2 жыл бұрын

We’ve already got one.

@peggylindenthaler6169 9 ай бұрын

Why do they only get three days? It's ALWAYS three days.

@user-us1ft3go3m 4 ай бұрын

Don't touch my favorite animal, the great crested newt. Each one of them is worth more than your whole damned human history.

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 2 ай бұрын

That's why we really are there to tickle them with our greedy fingers 👉 👈

@robertbowers9856 Жыл бұрын

Did the Iron Age peoples worry about the Newt? They must have, because you've still got the little weasels. Or maybe they don't need protection!

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 3 ай бұрын

Ate them, that's why they are endangered now, maybe....

@phoule76 Жыл бұрын

"no newts is good newts"

@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739 2 жыл бұрын

I never understood why they never sent geo phys out the week before. Just go in knowing your targets. All those targets that popped the last day with no time left. Uggh

@mercedes523 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I agree. The time restraints are so frustrating!

@larryzigler6812 Жыл бұрын

Because they are not smart like you.

@raeperonneau4941 4 ай бұрын

They all have other jobs. 😂

@frankj.artino2203 2 жыл бұрын

No newt is good newt. (Sorry) lol.

@carlabraenne3469 Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣Phill come out come out where ever you are !!

@bethbartlett5692 2 жыл бұрын

@robroy6804 2 жыл бұрын

preserve wildlife pickle a greeni

@triciaabrams8848 Жыл бұрын

You meant the two "newt" trenches didn't you Tony ??? 🤣

@silverhooligan1256 4 ай бұрын

The guy who said they didn’t think of babies as important-I only have rude words to say. It’s a misconception that because there was a high mortality rate in the past that people cared less or felt less for the loss of a child. Unless you’ve carried a child for 9 months you’re in no position to make such a cavalier comment.

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 2 ай бұрын

I'll have to agree there's a sense of loss I'm sure. Hopefully 😊

@robroy6804 2 жыл бұрын

IT was really nice 2 see the coal fired power stations in the background need more of them

@fluffywaffles 2 жыл бұрын

Two hillforts are better than one?

@jimfisher2451 10 ай бұрын

"No newts is good newts???" Oy.

@whotknots Жыл бұрын

Great Crested Newt? Seriously?

@rubywarrior1 Жыл бұрын

so,,, is no newt good newt?

@JeffWusch Жыл бұрын

Arent you doing copyright infringement by stealing stuff from @TimeTeamClassics, and at a lower quality?

@jtmcgee 2 жыл бұрын

Francis Francis Francis. Im sure he is a delightful guy but everything is either super ceremonial and spiritual or meh.

@bethbartlett5692 2 жыл бұрын

Oh I know, you're most correct. It so brings to mind an idea of: some of the Mainstream Archaeologists having a reaction to the Fundamentalist Dogmatic Restraints due to their "19th Century Theory based Paradigm", allowing only for, "what can't be defined within their Paradigm, being the option of: Temples and/or the Ancients having a Superstitious Spiritual Practices". (I have to admit, "it just pleases me so when Quantum Physics prove the values of understanding "energies" and validating what Mainstream so arrogantly judges".) They were our equals in capabilities and intelligence, and they likely outshines us, due to their handling their Ego Minds and our living from the Ego Mind = we are Adolescent compared to them.

@BlackwaterBronn 2 жыл бұрын

Sad but true. Bless him though.

@paulaeller5456 2 жыл бұрын

He's a dead nice guy he died about 5 years sgo

@1968jitbag 2 жыл бұрын

@@paulaeller5456 Mick Aston died; Francis Pryor is still alive

@eilrobichaud 2 жыл бұрын

@@1968jitbag I believe you are correct. Mick died in June 2013.

@lorq3370 2 жыл бұрын

Going from the Iron Age on this hill to the Nuclear Age in the distance.

@michaelwright2986 4 ай бұрын

No newts is good newts.

@aubreymellor1293 Жыл бұрын

why is it always "three days". either tell us or please stop mentioning it

@ramirorguerrero 2 жыл бұрын

growing corn? pre Hernan Cortez exploring Mexico? come on now.

@rhondakhageman1428 2 жыл бұрын

LOL. This is not an American TV program. In British English, the word "corn" means grain. 🌾 Period. Any kind of grain: wheat, barley, rye, whatever. It does NOT mean maize, Zea mais. ("Corn" only means maize 🌽 on this side of the Atlantic. In American English.)

@helmuttholen6053 2 жыл бұрын

So when US troops asked freshly occupied Germans what they might urgently need, the answer was "Korn" (grain). That is what to our horrors we got. Corn - maize - Mais. An aunt almost to her death would relate to the awful maize bread which let the brown syrup through......as nobody knew how to properly use maize

@dotmurphy7279 Жыл бұрын

From what I've read English people referred to any grain fed to live stock as corn. When actual corn was sent to Ireland from USA from some of the Indian tribes in particular it was called Indian corn. This was during the famine when the potato crop failed.

@theaxe6198 2 жыл бұрын

Dude needs to clip their nails!

@mercedes523 2 жыл бұрын

He is a guitar 🎸 player.

@katerinakemp5701 2 жыл бұрын

Uncle has had long nails since his Time Sign days and no he won't cut his nails for you or anyone else, live with it.

@deborahbaker4770 Жыл бұрын

The picture’s that are made when the go across the land to find something look’s like not the bar code thing’s but the other thing’s you can scan to find information about a item you might want it’s a square and inside the square is black thing’s that look like their picture’s.

@bethbartlett5692 2 жыл бұрын

As good as Tony absolutely was in establishing a Successful Rhythm for these shows, his descriptions of *"digs w/o artifacts"* were truly overly dramatically negative, to the whining degree.

@_Silence_Dogood 2 жыл бұрын

Meh.

@larryzigler6812 Жыл бұрын

Meh

@mcanta2898 Жыл бұрын

i feel like he's emulating the viewer that knows little and expects grand finds. having the archeologists explain what they have and why it's important and just as great as a find in explaining what happened and fulfilling the set goal makes it easier for the viewer to understand without an archeological background but also sets expectations. of course, that's my personal view.

@AndyJarman Жыл бұрын

I always feel these investigations are quite flippant. There's very little reflection around who these people were, their way of life, and who they might have thought they were. A lot of conjecture would be involved in pondering this, and it would be likely to be inaccurate, but the act of considering these things would make these people more real, people whose descendants are now watching their ancient relative's endeavours being poked and measured by their offspring, now in strange garb, uttering words they would find unintelligible.