The Race To Uncover The Mysteries Of Scotland's Bronze Age Cemetery | Time Team | Odyssey
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- It's a race against time to uncover a mysterious Bronze Age cemetery in Fife before the whole site is lost forever under a new housing development. These graves hold secrets all of their own- why are many of them empty and where are the grave goods?
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I love Phil reacts to the presence of flint. He's like a kid who's unexpectedly been taken into a lolly shop.
Phil's reverence and respect for the Graves and the bodies they find never ceases to move
A young Dr. Alice Roberts, eventually to become Professor Alice Roberts is on this dig. Her books and TV programs reignited my passion for anthropology and archeology. I rank her up there with Mary Beard as the very best of the best in their fields. ✌️🇨🇦
Her books are brilliant 👍
Amazing how this group of graves and the people buried here 4.000 years ago brings home the fact that these people were (with due consideration that they most likely were more resilient, capable, thoughtful and humane) just like us. I am in awe of this small window into our shared history. All I can say is wow.
The local archeologists are so gracious to the Time Team. The locals have been laboring away, and here come the TT! Im sure they are grateful for the help and exposure, but there was obviously a bunch of back ground done.
TT never showed up unless they already knew there likely was something to dig out. It's just the nature of a TV show. But when you have an archaeological site to dig under time pressure it's normal to invite whoever's willing to help. And especially on construction sites, if the archaeological is not deemed super important the work will only be stopped for certain amount of time, but if they find something essential the work may be shut down until the archaeologists are done - but the legislation about this differs between countries
No grave goods in the kist?
I guess the rats carrying them off
would be a good theory.
Rats are attracted to shiny things
and baubles.
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They have an official channel as well
I love this cbannel. It's very good. If you like ancient history check out "North 02" and Stefan Milo's channel. There's some youtubers out here doing some really good work.
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@ 20:14 the single cuppole stone is called or considered a nutter or nutting stone over in North America Mid and Eastern woodlands.Found in profusion in forested areas with Oaks- Acorns Chestnut & other nut baring trees. along creeks & in farmers fields The rotten stone Phil was talking about in the kirst could be mudstone, not quite stone or rock just very old & hard compressed mud in thin layers found in formations, put in water it will get like slick wet clay & will break apart & dissolve rather easily. Another great show chaps, The British Isles long time line of archeology has always fascinated me, Ive always dreamed of riding a small motorbike around the Isles exploring your countries. I have really enjoyed your Odyessey & Timeline series during these past 2 years of Covid lockdown especially in the landscape of southwest desert isolation where i live, thankfully we now have decent internet connection which we did not have 12 years ago.. Cheers from Craig Harald, an old Acheulean fanboy in Death Valley California.
Here in the Netherlands stone slabs like that that were part of a kist would be treasured, over there in Scotland stone really isnt all that important and thus get chucked away. Such a difference.
I realize that as humans we must always be existing and living on top of our ancestors but it seems incredibly sad to build those shitty cheap houses on top of buried bodies.
Our ancestors deserve more respect.
Here's an interesting thought: In Australia, the Aboriginal people's lifestyle has left very little trace, so in -tune were/are they with nature. So, we rarely find any evidence. There are cave paintings many thousands of years old and middens which are strictly respected.
Those ancestors descendants need places to live now. So what else can they do?
The idea of 'Rats nesting inside a human skull' is the most unexpectedly disturbing thing I've heard in a long time.
😂😂😂😂
That's what nature does. It's not neat and clean, it's messy and sometimes brutal. Try reading C J Box or Rita Mae Brown.
@ Elevers. Well, the human animal didn't need it anymore, so the smaller animal moved in. Elegant recycling by Nature.
Funny, a kistgrave is quite common in the Netherlands.
It's literally a chestgrave, chest/kest/kist. Theire mostly build of glacialrocks deposited in the Netherlands lands during the ice age. Guess finding rocks or slabs isn't difficult in Scotland, makes me wonder how this al fits together cultural and all.
Look up doggerland, I have a feeling our prehistoric ancestors were closer connected than we know.
Tony did a nice job hitting his mark when it was only a single plank to walk on.
It feels like 3 days really isnt enough for a site like this, very interesting though!
as we know by now, 2 days is done only for the show. people also have other jobs, besides the -Time team-. and as everytime, it is also a money factor. waht we see here is only a small part of the whole team. what about the support, the caterers, the helpers and so forth. all these people also have to be housed for 3 days. out in the -sticks - a little village inn or B&B will have a hard time to do that for a prolonged time? and the local archeological societies for sure are doing the -before - prep work. and will carry on after the time Team and their cameras have gone. Though one thing the 3 days for sure do. they bring out the interest to come and look for more people. and in the end it also shows in more $$ taken in at the local museum or - heritage sites - .
and still, though it is not fair to the new episodes and the new team, i like this ones with Sor Tony better...
Living in North America, .. our family immigrated from different parts of Europe but most specially England during the 1600s. Whenever I see archaeology like this it is fascinating. Another 1600 to 1700 years before my relatives. Are they finding members of our own family? Possibly not but it is still intriguing :-) love the history of England Scotland and Ireland
🍀 me too
Same here and my DNA had all of UK and even went back to Norway (Vikings I suppose), France (Normandy), and Germanic (I forget what they are called when they invaded the UK) yes it's so interesting to me also. And I thought our local NC USA 1777cemetery was old! 😂😂😂💙💙💙
@@joyceanderson3165 .. absolutely. I spent six years in Europe in the military, traveled to pretty much every country over there and into the Black Sea area. The Germanic tribes you spoke of.. these would be the jutes angles and the Saxons. They are what would eventually be known as the Anglo-Saxons. I was looking for my great-great-grandmother for 18 years.. they came from New York and headed to Michigan, when it was only log cabins and rough territory. Little did I know I would find her and her husband less than 7 miles from my house. In a tiny little Cemetery out on a country dirt road. Right behind their stones, were the burial stones of my great-great-great-grandparents. It was quite a moment. History is wonderful. I was stationed in Virginia and made it into North Carolina and South Carolina during those years... beautiful country. I returned to our farm out on a dead-end gravel road where I've been for a long time. But I always think of those places that I seen all over the world and the history behind them
@@70stunes71 I have a similar story as yours. I haven't traveled the world or been in the military. Btw thanks for your service. But I recently did some genealogy and traced my families name all the way to the battle of Hastings in 1066. Also during my research I found a cemetery that is packed w my family. 2 great great grandfather's buried there and many more. I was super excited when I found that little country cemetery in the middle of nowhere. Thanks for sharing.
@@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739 awesome...thanks to you also!!!
That’s too bad that they’re allowed to just build on top of historical spots like that.
Agreed
It’s probably because pretty much everything there is potentially a historical spot so they have to do something or they couldn’t build anywhere. But I was thinking the same thing myself
@@megannason3649 Money is more important than honoring the dead.
Everywhere is a historical spot.
The whole country is littered with this kind of stuff. Americans arent used to anything like it because the wh
Great uncovering of Scotland's Bronze Age Cemetery. Interesting to watch. Tnx4sharing 🙋
This was an excellent bit of archeology. I enjoyed watching this episode. It was very exciting.
All I can think about for those who ultimately live in a new home over this ancient burial location is the Movie "POLTERGEIST" !
"They're Here" !
Former archaeologist here- You'd be surprised how many homes are built on graves. The funny part is those people never report their homes as haunted. It's the people who have nothing under their homes that worry about poltergeist situations and call the local archaeology chapter.
And if you are living in an aerea which has been densely populated for millenia, everywhere somebody is buried or died there...
The one rock with the hole on the top was used to start fires with. First Nations in Canada would put dry material like hay than use a stick between the hands. They would then rotate stick back and forth heating the stone and dried material till it ignited.
Yes, I was wondering why they didn't consider that.
Phil did something very similar in one of the Time Signs videos. He uses a bow to rotate the stick to get the fire started.
Same in Australia
such a wonderful episode. from Mummy to Ian … so informative about the forest. love it all
Sir Francis ,no offence,but you can garantuee that the word ritual will come up
Absolutely infuriating that the building wouldn’t just be postponed
Amazing work from everyone 😊 My mother was from Scotland, Glasgow and I'm just wondering if those purple flowers are heather? 😊❤ love your program past and present ❤
I'm watching the Time Team and Odyssey program from all the way down under from Mount Gambier in the State Of South Australian and I am watching and sharing with my eldest daughter to watch YEAH Mate Bye 🥇🇦🇺🦘⚜️👑⚜️🏴🇬🇧
Thank tou..
Side note- I love the flower elastics on the red haired archeologist 14:47 Anyone know where I can get them? 🌸
Watching Phil with that cling film was doing my head in 😂
is there a way to test the baby soil to see if it contained more calcium than the rest or would the acid destroy all traces of the bone mineral calcium?
love the exprorations. sad that they cannot build some place else besides on top of a cemetary.
in my opinion it is better to build in the mountains rather than down on the farm land.
God bless
Funny I noticed that right away, but thought it was too perfect more unreal with that strait edge. To me, in my ammiture? perspective but really beautifully shaped. HEY,, What about the poor little rodents houses just kidding, they went through and did not notice the barrowing holes? I guess you got to be there. Love the show.
Could the stone with the groove in it have been used to round off hard leather edges for example? It kind of reminds me of a burnishing tool.
Seeing the all rain there is refreshing. Here in the desert southwest area of California the last significant rain shower we had was in 2005, though we usually average 1-2 inches a year we literally had only 1 winter with some rain and a spring wildflower bloom in 17 years.. talk about a drought .Enjoy the April showers and May flowers.. Your ginger digger is beautiful, just sayin.. Craig Harald, Death Valley California
Why do some people persist to live in dreadful places like yours is beyond me...
O, and I think the standing stone is a road sign. Archeologists, instead of holding on to their own ideas, finally listened to local folklore round the Easter Island and moved a replica statue around. Effortlessly! I believe it only took 1 person on either side. So as far as Francis goes with his endless mystique: getting the stone standing there probably didn’t take as much effort as he thinks. And some things were done for visitors, or angry neighbours.
What is the difference between this and the burial site the guy found under his shed where he wanted to build an in law apartment...he was not allowed to and could have the burials moved....it bankrupt him . Is it just who has more money can desecrate a burial site
They always seem surprised by a child's burial. Most deaths would have been children. Archaeologists seem to forget that forr some reason,.
No, it's more likely because the bones of children are not as mineralized as the bones of adults, they dissolve faster in acidic grounds. So finding an intact child's grave is rarer than an adult. Besides, children were not taken as seriously as adults for a long time, so burying them in the same way as adults also is kind of special.
Dr. Francis Pryor is
My Favorite on Time Team!!
Kist in vikings men box. love this tv.
Am I the only one who wonders why only three days? There may be more graves and they’re going to build on top of them? They should work it until it’s cleared respectfully.
the whole premise of Time Team was 3-days. Normally, local archeologists would continue the work. If more people watch there might be more attention to preserving these sights. Sadly, it still comes down to budgets and money.
It's wrong that they don't turn it into a tourist attraction instead of a housing estate.
The rock art that yall were talking about ,we have rocks that we find over here in the US but they call them Nutting stones often they have multiple recesses....
Loving the Idea of Building Houses over Grave yards. Probably plant Trees over the site instead. I seen that that Movie 🤣
Seams to me if we find a grave yard at a construction site you stop the construction to preserve the graves. Not you got a month then we are building. We are judged how we treat our dead all dead.
All the precautions for Tony just to sit on top of the cracked lid
Life goes on.
The reason for no, or few, grave goods……it’s Scotland!!??
Have you seen that house under scaffold, in the background? It looks a bit familiar. Is it another Time Team site? What are the chances that this land is part of some old estate which is being divvied up and sold? Perhaps the estate has been purchased by the National Trust. Clare, Sydney
I’m sure I’m not the only person of Scots descent imagining that the adult male buried in that grave could have been their own ancestor.
I find myself getting aggravated by the way the dig gets scattered in so many different directions that none seems to be able to be adequately finished in the 3 day timeframe.
It would be nice to know When this was shot or even what season and episode
I think that Time Team has its own set of episodes on CZcams which would answer your questions. - Just checked and there is a playlist of 20 seasons and 215 episodes on CZcams. Just type 'Time Team' into the search and there you are. And season 21 has started with new episodes. 🙂
I don't understand the huge rush in these programs to rush it as fast as possible. To come across something like this is a treasure and one would want to do it right and not rush through.
Take your time and you come back in the morning to find construction digging someone's basement
no .the item at28:33 is a shaft scraper
Grave Robbers!!
I certainly wouldn’t want to live on top of it!
why?
Er rock art no! that stone with the depression was used to start fires
Amazing to read there are still so many superstitious people.
Leven is the Dutch and Frisian word for life. Kist is the word for casket.
The rare opportunity to excavate hahahaha what a humble little baldrick
These house are built on a bronze age burial site **ghost stories ensue**
Sounds almost like a father, and the children he lost from some plague, natural disaster. Kinda strange how some graves had remains and such, but others were empty.
When someone asks where you are and you say you’re in a grave.
I thought that no building is allowed to take place on or over ancient grounds?
More should be done to alert metal detector it’s after all they comply with the UK’s antiquities scheme so there is no harm done
The worst part of this programme is the time limit.
It's obvious. He was there to protect them
And off goes flintman😂😅
700th like!
Well, at least you can say you found St. Germaine.
Fernando Alonso
After doing all of that DNA testing stuff I now watch these types of programs wondering if they are digging up my relatives.Shoutout to McGrandad
You might be my cousin because I have a McGrandad!
There's a strong possibility the relatives of these people were wiped out by invading Celts.
The Celtic invasion was quite violent.
@@lazer2365 recent DNA testing has shown that the Celts didn’t really invade Britain. They traded heavily with the native Britons and since the Celt traders were wealthy compared to the natives, and their art and culture was so rich and beautiful the natives who traded with them on the coasts adopted their language and art and it spread through out Britain. While there is Celtic DNA in Britain it is not at the level you would see with an invasion.
What Celtic DNA??? Celts inhabited areas in what is known today as Spain, France, the Alpine region, Northern Italy, the British Isles and even Anatolia. It was a group of people with similar social systems, not a genetic group. So your DNA results are a hoax
can't hear you
I've got a crush on Alice....
My opnion. It's a cemetery. Leave it be. Mark it off and don't build on it.
My friend, that decision was made almost 20 years ago now. The future houses are probably aging nicely now.
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Maybe haunted...
There would be no where to build if we didn’t build on a patch of ground a human was buried in at some point. Especially in Britain!
Pleas get merch! Tshirts with busts of Caesar, Nefertiti etc I woul love a hoodie or Long sleeve T or even a Beach towel!
I'm Dan Snow! Oh wait, no I'm not.
Too many ads!
Have you tried installing an "adblocker"?
It started out with a cist how did it end up like this, it was only a cist it was only a cist!
Do you mean Cyst? Ewww 🤢
@@maryblushes7189 It's actually Kyst,, a type of stone lined grave.
@@barto6577 ah ha! Thank you!
@@barto6577 No. Cist, sic.
Wonder if they rationalized that they got sick or ill next to body graves but not at all with cremated graves ? Makes one wonder. Many peoples burned their dead. Was the shaped 'fertility' stone or is it a bobbin that fishing line or sewing line is wound. Other women here seems logical. Might be a man was a fisherman ?
Everything is rush rush with this show, time team, more like not enough time team , geez.
They all had jobs during the week. This was just the initial look, a full dig was usually done after.
Fun fact:
The host of this show is also the singer of the British metal band Iron Maiden.
No he's not
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Yes. And his stage name is Dick-in-son! 😄 It's true!
@@chrissibersky4617 its actually Baldrick
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He's got a lot of strings on his lyre. Jet pilot, actor, singer, world class fencer, tv host...
jeez archaeologists talk utter tripe.
1:28
This three days horseshit is getting old.
You must be a zoomer who hasn't watched time team, licences say they could only film for the first three days but it inspired more archeology research. You must love being a bellend everywhere
Then you probably shouldnt watch this show. Theyre all 3 days.
This was an extremely disappointing documentary. He found a few tiny bit of grave good but taxpayers put a crap load of these people out there that makes sense.
Never going to subscribe-- way too many ad interruptions and it's free elsewhere.
Digging up the graves of children.
Disgusting.
Better to let everything to be lost as they tear up the site with bulldozers to build developments on top, then?