Archaeologists Uncover A Massive Anglo-Saxon And Bronze Age Cemetery | Time Team | Chronicle

The team investigates reports of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery lost in the ground in Lincolnshire. All they find on day one is two teeth, but on the next morning, they begin to discover a wealth of finds very, very quickly.

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[stonner]

R.I.P. Victor R.I.P Mick you are missed

[kingquad]

The moment he pry'd up the spine & set in her Was ABSOLUTELY RIP Saxon warrior RIP

[kevinmccarthy]

I look at Phil and shake my head at just how tuned into THE LOOK of a ditch he is.. One time he hears the girl say to shut things down and Phil, looked into the hole and 30 feet away he spots some Neolithic pottery that really looks closer to a semi burnt brownie, Amazing guy under that Cornishmans hat,

[flamingogirl]

I am seriously hooked on this series!! Fascinating finds.

[alanatolstad]

So much history. Wish America had a show like this.

[annazaman]

My favorite episode. I've been waiting for this one to be uploaded as it's not available on YouTube like the rest are

[hectorpascal]

Love the way Maggie Darling looked at 2 small battered pieces of pot found separately and confidently said: "Oh come on, this is definitely the same pot... you've actually got a form 31! That's true expertise.

[QuizVortex.]

I'm thoroughly enjoying this video, thanks to the hardworking creator.

[princessofthecape]

The Anglo-Saxons were so fascinating. In the span of about 40 years at the beginning of the 5th Century, England went from Roman rule (a standing army, domestic industry, coinage, trade, rural villas, etc.) to reverting to the Bronze Age (no coinage, no industry, almost no trade, no army, no real upper class). It was the wholesale destruction of civilization.

[GodsOath_com]

Has anyone ever looked at the Conqueror's burn pattern? He burned out all villages and monasteries that didn't comply. While he was later than this site in 1066, surely his burning down the towns resulted in many evacuations of older sites when they were left uninhabitable.

[NotChar]

I love how much beef these dudes always have with each other

[cosmicgoatlady]

Feels like a mass grave from battle carnage.

[archerbyrne]

Not sure it's the right niche but if anyone's interested in in-depth Anglo-Saxon history I hotly recommend Schwerpunkt's dedicated playlist

[katsuyaki]

It seems like there isn't a square foot of British soil without a bone or two just a little ways under the surface.

[TheNaturalLawInstitute]

(The buried woman without goods was most likely a slave. check her knees, shoulders, and hips for wear - especially for wear from grain processing)

[sekhmetsaes]

I wonder if the skeleton that appeared to have been thrown in the pile of rubble was perhaps killed when the building fell?

[amandapittar]

I sometimes wonder what the folk who used to be the skeletons would make of all the fuss about the dig. They lived quiet rural lives. Hard, but they just thought it was the way life was. The people would find it incomprehensible the fuss and bother the archaeological excavation of their remains entailed. I wonder a couple of things, when do remains become archaeological and not remains, or are they always treated as human remains? Also is it possible ( £££aside) to extract DNA from the remains and are descendants living nearby, or anywhere? Can they build a profile of the person? I suppose as the technology improves and becomes cheaper, it will become a reality. I LOVE TimeTeam, I’m a huge fan. Long may it reign. 😊

[clownkidcentral]

i think its funny that one of the people wearing a necklace freaked them out so much

[guyplachy]

I'm wondering if Phil's skeleton, the "tossed in" one, was a slave. Slavery was commonplace during this period & the posibility of a young slave girl dying in childbirth or through disease should not be overlooked. As this is a rather aged episode I assume some further investigation has been carried out somewhere (although I note that there are lots of recent discoveries being made by looking at finds from 80 years ago that haven't been looked at since they were uncovered).

[KingDuumb]

My question is. Why after living with and alongside the Romans for hundreds of years did the Saxons go back to living in basically squaller and not living in the homes left behind?