What an intelligent colorful character Phil is! He makes what is ancient come alive!

This is honestly one of my favorite Phil videos. I could watch it over and over again - and have! I just love Phil's "teaching mode". His calm way of instructing and storytelling is so different from his louder, 'bigger' "character" persona that Time Team likes to highlight - and while Phil certainly IS that character, and it's very real (and I love it) - I love this side of him even more. What he knows, how he thinks about it, and the quiet way he conveys it...it's utterly compelling, and I can't get enough.

If Phil Harding knew any more about flints, he'd be able to name the man who made it ! I had no idea that a bit of flint could be so interesting. 😀

I just love to listen to Phil. My favorite Time Teamer.

Raksha proved to be more than a helping hand in digging trenches. Have seen her in other videos, where she find stuff, and reports to the seniors. Polite, and eager to learn, she could werry well take on Time Team 2.0

He's one of a kind ❤

This is TT+! Great detail!

Having watched a lot of time team episodes, I have still never seen this clip. I hope Phil is as charming and endearing in real life as he seems on the show.

This is the difference between a man who only learnt stuff from reading a book, and one who's also learnt how to do stuff himself. It's clear that Phil knows what's he's talking about from first-hand experience making his own stone tools.

Most interesting description of that blade though i have never seen one before but massively interested in historical find.

In Ohio, that would be considered a “bladelet,”most often associated with the Hopewell culture of the Middle Woodland period-approximately 2-3 thousand years ago. I have many cores and small bladelets in my collection, mostly of very colorful Flint Ridge flint, the huge “quarry” or outcropping of this highly desirable material is about 40 miles east of my home and has been in use for at least 10 thousand years. The scalpel-like, delicate bladeletes can be anywhere from a half inch to three or four inches long-with rare examples even longer-and archaeologists have proffered many possible uses for them but, in my opinion, they could have been used for anything that people would use a razor blade or extremely sharp, thin, knife blade for today. Finding long, intact bladelets is a rarity these days since they don’t stand-up well against modern farm machinery-or for that matter, a horse-drawn plow!

"They were also hunters as well. They didn't just give up ..." Like they were to wake up one morning, punch their sleeping skins, and go "Right, lads! Now we're farmers! Throw all your hunting equipment on the bonfire and let's go sow some grain!".^^

I hope Raksha will be a part of the new Time Team- she’s a part of the family and also very good 😊

Oy!No need to be patronising to Raksha. I wish she was on the new shows…😊

Can't believe how that man chastised Raksha. She must of felt really belittled. I didn't think she'd done anything wrong.

Best comedy on KZfaq. Laugh and learn!

as an archaology student myself, it's absolutely stunning to listen to phil revealing his thoughts on that blade. however, @camera man, please keep the camera centered towards the blade, and not just phil ffs! 4:04 I'm able to spot a bulbus there on the ventral side of the blade! very nice hit indeed by the origin knapper. not too hard, not too soft, at the right angle onto a perfectly prepared core edge.

just wow, Phil really knows his flints. He should do some vids about flint snapping and stuff. Or if he has already, pass me a link, why dont ya?

Raksha

Didnt like the ehiteman handling of Rakshar but love Phil's response to his interruption ; and then that lovely laugh.

quartzite?

"Twice as long as it is long." It is a phallic symbol!

oops my apologies; my sound was muted at one of three places.

Tim Taylor was so nasty to Raksha

Really bad camera man. Phil is talking about and pointing on the blade but we can only see Phils face.

Great video except the eggy bit at the start where the condescending chap asks the Woman to “restrain herself.” No need for anybody to speak to anybody like that.

sometimes i find Tim a bit pushy, "stop giggling & ask him a question " could have put it nicer Tim....

this a a time tram episode scene, not a straightforward as you may think, Phils mumbling was edited out and the final edit was about 60 seconds long, probably involving many retakes

Why can't people point the camera at the thing that is being talked about?

This really shows , how they artificially made all the women look like leaders in last few seasons, who bark commands to all the actual pros. When in reality....

who's the twat telling raksha off ?

no sound and th "CC" mode made no sense.