Sussex Ups and Downs (Full Episode!) | S13 EP9 | Time Team (Blackpatch, West Sussex)

The team travels to what could be a Neolithic settlement in the Sussex Downs.
Initially discovered by John Pull in 1923, the site is littered with remains of 6000-year-old flint mines. But Pull claimed to have discovered a second site nearby, which has so far eluded other diggers. The team are joined by archaeologist Miles Russell, pottery expert Sue Hamilton and wood specialist Maisie Taylor. Neolithic lifestyle specialist Jacqui Wood makes some elderflower tea and threatens to make a new hat for Phil. Phil and Francis demonstrate the relative merits of mesolithic and neolithic axes.

Series 13, Episode 09

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[jennybroad]

It's strange....even if I don't watch, I find it so relaxing just listening to Tony! Soothing on a soul level.

[jodylarson]

things are rough going in my world right now, and i am binge watching Tony Robinson everything - he has the most calming effect for me 💖

[madmick]

R.I.P John Paul. I am so pleased that you have been validated for your work. Also, your unquestioned talent. You were self taught and that is true talent. I raise my glass to you.

[moogiealways]

I love Phil -- the excitement, the joy -- years can not dampen the thrill for a real archeologist.

[themysticnavigator]

These time team episodes have gotten me through a lot of healing times. Wish the crew knew how much it means to so many of us. ❤❤❤

[jayrennie]

This episode is utter joy - Phil's new hat, the elderflowers, that an amateur archaeologist was better than a "professional" one of their day. one of my favourites

[PtolemyJones]

I love the episodes with the human touch and the people who are involved, and Mr. Pull's daughter is a true gem.

[lizzy]

I suffer with severe M.E and can only lie flat in my bed in the dark(coming up for 2 years now).
Time team is my connection to the outside world now and keeps me from going insane.
maybe in my next life I can come back as an archeologist.that is my wish❤️.
please can you upload more old episodes?

[discostu]

Hi folks. Ditto ditto ditto. Time Team has kept me sane for many years, and I often start my day watching/listening to long-repeated episodes. In a world of many problems at the moment, I also marvel at the constant positive messages attached to these episodes, from people just like you lot: as calming as the episodes themselves.

[victoriaeads]

This particular TT is quite significant. Not only do Raksha and Matt make appearances, but the idea that amateur archeology as real archeology is rather beautifully exemplified. They don't, of course, condone souvenir diggers, but they do see actual amateur archaeologists as important.

[manaboutit]

I enjoy the experimental archeology segments.
How the folks lived back in the day is so very interesting.

[bradlong]

I'm so glad Time team is planning on coming back and showing old episodes, I was off sick for 7 weeks once, I watched every single episode. I can't wait to watch them all again.

[Geraint]

Victor's drawings were so wonderful I always thought it was a shame they didn't feature them more - just a 2 second flash and that was it.

[mikespehar]

It is possible that what they found in this episode is a bank for the most valuable stuff around in the neolithic age. The people worked terribly hard to extract flint from deep pits. But they couldn't have used it all at once. Having extracted the flint, they needed some place to store and safeguard it from the neolithic equivalent of claim jumpers. Hence, the need for a bank, of sorts. They weren't worshiping stuff they had dug from the ground. They were protecting their "goods, " as in the Treasure of Sierra Madre film.

[elizabethmencia]

The color of that grass is amazing💚💚it's so yellow green!!💚💚

[wonderbubbles]

Logically, it looks like a cache. When they had enough people to mine, they did. Then they went back to their primary food and security place, but couldn't haul the full weight of what they'd dug up. Burying it shallowly made it much easier to retrieve later and kept it from drying out, keeping it easier to work. The "barrow" is (in my purely practical opinion) a cache for future need. Three to five people could make a quick trip to get enough flint for a village to use for a winter, leaving the rest for next time they needed it. They would only have to get all the way to the bottom of the mines once every few years, making it more efficient and safer for everyone in the long run.

[jakubj_]

I remember this episode from way back but always nice to re-watch. The series inspired me to work with archeologists for a time as a volunteer - a period that was one of the best in my life.

[skivvy]

This really is one of my favorite episodes. Such a compelling story from the archaeologist let alone the mining colony

[richardprice]

What a fantastic TV show Time Team was.

[FromaTwistedMind]

Excellent post. I'm so lucky to live in this area. TT could spend 7 days a week for 10 years up on the wonderful SouthDowns with neolithic, bronze age, Celtic, Roman, Romano British, early to late Saxon archaeology and modern history including a WW2 tank, folklore, tales of Saxon ghosts, Fairies, Knucker holes EVERYWHERE within a 10 mile radius of BlackPatch.