New Podcast: Moats, masonry, and drone archaeology
Added 2024-12-10 10:14:15 +0000 UTCListen to the latest podcast here: https://podfollow.com/time-team/episode/d89d64636bd21f8f26cfa933f36a81b73cc33519/view
In this episode youβll find out about the discovery of a medieval moat around an ancient farm site near Tewkesbury with Jon Hart from Cotswold Archaeology.
Youβll meet Time Teamβs buildings archaeologist, Richard Parker. He explains how analysing architecture can shed light on the way people used to live.
Harry Manley demonstrates how getting up high above the landscape with a drone can benefit the archaeology being done on the ground.
Plus, your archaeology questions, submitted on our Patreon site, get answers.
Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams guide you through the world beneath your feet.
The Time Team podcast will return on Christmas eve with a special Christmas quiz episode! Helen Geake and Derek Pitman will battle it out, answering questions submitted by you, the members of the Time Team family.
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Comments
A great question, thanks!
Martyn Williams
2024-12-16 13:44:59 +0000 UTCInteresting question, thanks!
Martyn Williams
2024-12-16 13:44:07 +0000 UTCLooking forward to the Christmas edition ...my moneys on Helen winning!
KL Sweet
2024-12-14 20:05:29 +0000 UTCHi there, thank you very interesting podcast once more i really enjoy them thank you very much. I have a question . . What were dry moats used for /what was their purpose? I can see the multiple uses of a moat with water in particularly if fed by a leat (soz cant spell) from a river)brook but i dont see the point of digging a moat and leaving it dry. Because even defensively it woukd have to be done so it didnt discintegrate with the weather and it is more likely to be breached surely than one full of water and you would still need a way if the inhabitants in the middle of it to get out/in. It seems a lot of work when a ring ditch comolex would surely be better? Also it wouldnt necessarliy be on much higher ground in the centre so i would have thought it would leave them much more vulnerable than if they built a high fence or wall around them instead unless done in conjunction?
KL Sweet
2024-12-14 20:03:11 +0000 UTCThank you for this new podcast. Really interesting how new technologies can be applied to archaeology. I do have a question. How do you now you have reached the "natural"?
CCZ
2024-12-14 18:32:01 +0000 UTCI should have figured this out after all my binge watching, however I am still wondering how you determine where to dig for burials? Is it always based on where there were detectorist finds or a previous found burial or does more go into the determination of a site?
Shannon
2024-12-14 03:47:08 +0000 UTCAn interesting question, thanks Tracey!
Martyn Williams
2024-12-12 14:00:05 +0000 UTCYou'll have to let us know, Maria!
Martyn Williams
2024-12-12 13:57:06 +0000 UTCLove the new Time Team. A question...why, when you embrace so many new technologies, don't you embrace visual reconstruction of faces, when you find skulls?
Tracey Hales
2024-12-12 08:17:24 +0000 UTCVery interesting to hear how much cheaper and more efficient drones are compared with having to use helicopters. Also fascinating information about of all things cement. Whoβd have thought π²
Rosemary Cormack
2024-12-12 02:12:49 +0000 UTCEach podcast gets better and better. I look forward to them coming out each fortnight. I wish they were weekly. Well done and thank you! My daughter has bought me a gift from the Time Team shop for Christmas, but I don't know what it is yet!
Maria
2024-12-11 17:52:37 +0000 UTCyet another great podcast :) Thanks
Neil
2024-12-11 15:22:37 +0000 UTCGreat episode. Thanks!!!
Tanis Sugden
2024-12-11 04:48:42 +0000 UTCAnother winner π
Kerry Hennigan
2024-12-11 01:49:22 +0000 UTCI think itβs mentioned in this episode of Time Team News: https://youtu.be/Vuu5Dxv-Yeg?feature=shared
Julianne Ture
2024-12-11 00:30:50 +0000 UTCThere's a reference to a programme about a recent dig on Rousay, but I can't find it. Can you put up a link somewhere please?
Alan
2024-12-10 14:36:19 +0000 UTCWonderful Time Team podcast. Greatly enjoyed listening and look forward to the Christmas edition...
Steve Mikre
2024-12-10 12:31:12 +0000 UTCI love listening to the podcast episodes, always interesting topics and guests. Keep it up!
Julied123
2024-12-10 11:52:21 +0000 UTCThanks so much for this. Really glad Richard's appearance on the podcast has brought you closer to your Mum's interest in environment psychology!
Martyn Williams
2024-12-10 11:23:43 +0000 UTCI always love to hear Richard's contributions! Thank you for having him, and thank you, Richard, for being on the podcast! I've grown up in the US, but my mum got her masters and PhD in environmental psychology at the University of Surrey. I often feel like we're very different people whose interests are quite far apart, but hearing Richard talk about those connections between people and their spaces, just like she talks about, but in relation to topics I have more interest in (like history and archaeology!) always makes me feel like I can understand her a bit more. So truly, thank you! Richard is always a favorite of mine.
L. Sterling
2024-12-10 11:00:31 +0000 UTC
