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  • Is there a dark side of metal detecting?

    Is there a dark side of metal detecting?
    May 6 2025
    It's another episode of the Time Team podcast devoted to answering your questions. Dr Helen Geake responds to what you've been asking on Patreon.
    You'll find out about the dark side of metal detecting, whether our ancestors were buried or cremated and why farmers can continue to plough the soil at scheduled monuments.

    Plus, Helen's find this week is a spindle whorl. You can find out about one from a Time Team dig at Codnor Castle here:
    https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/our-work/codnor-castle
    And here's a link to one that's illustrated on the Portable Antiquities Scheme:
    https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/641637

    Join us on Patreon to get loads more from Time Team and to ask your question in a future episode. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial for all the details.
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    39 min
  • Francis Pryor on the threat facing Flag Fen

    Francis Pryor on the threat facing Flag Fen
    Apr 29 2025
    Time Team's Francis Pryor discovered Flag Fen, a Bronze Age site of world importance, in 1982. The remarkable preservation of a wooden causeway, over a kilometre long, along with ancient roundhouses, gave us unique insight into how people lived thousands of years ago. Now, decades after Francis' discovery, Flag Fen is under threat and the archaeology is at risk of being lost forever. Time Team takes Francis back to find out what can be done to save this hugely important site.

    Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams speak to self-proclaimed 'word nerd' Rob Watts from the etymology YouTube channel RobWords. He explains how studing language can reveal secrets about our past which could shed more light on archaeological discoveries.

    Dani Wootton brings you archaeology stories from around the world in Time Team News and Helen will answer more questions from Patreon supporters.

    Join our community on Patreon to get even more from Time Team, including an extended version of our interview with RobWords. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out more.
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    39 min
  • Did Vikings really wear horned helmets?

    Did Vikings really wear horned helmets?
    Apr 22 2025
    Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake answers more of your questions in this episode of the Time Team podcast. From whether Vikings really wore horned helmets to why the police aren't called in every time a skeleton is discovered at a site.

    There's also another edition of Helen's Find, which you can see at the following links:
    https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/477426/recordtype/artefacts
    https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/18704

    You can submit your question for a future episode on Patreon, where you'll find even more content from Time Team. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial for all the details.
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    38 min
  • Britain's lost underwater Kingdom

    Britain's lost underwater Kingdom
    Apr 15 2025
    In this week's episode of the Time Team podcast with Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams, Professor Vincent Gaffney, chair in landscape archaeology at The University of Bradford, discusses Doggerland, an area of land now submerged under the North Sea off the coast of Britain.

    Professor Caroline Wilkinson, a world-leading expert in facial reconstruction, explains how new techniques allow you to look into the eyes of people from the past and metal detectorist Keith Wescott takes Martyn to the place where he discovered a huge Roman villa.

    There's also answers to more of your questions on Patreon.

    Join our Patreon community now to ask your question and to get loads of extra content from Time Team. You'll have access to extended interviews, masterclasses, early releases and behind the scenes videos. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial.
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    40 min
  • The Bronze Age object nobody can explain

    The Bronze Age object nobody can explain
    Apr 8 2025
    Archaeologist Dr Helen Geake and co-host Martyn Williams are joined by Gus Casely-Hayford OBE to answer your archaeology questions. You’ll learn the difference between coring and flotation, find out what commercial archaeology units do, debate the benefits of using plaster casts over a more technological solution and there’s another theory on Roman stairs to ponder.

    Helen’s find this episode is a penannular ring, which you can have a look at here:
    https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/978770. You’ll find out how it’s been baffling historians for decades!

    Plus, Gus shares exciting updates on a brand new V&A museum coming to London soon.

    Don’t forget you can ask your question on Patreon, as well as get loads more from Time Team. We bring you behind the scenes exclusives, extended interviews and previews of our biggest episodes of the year. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out more.
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    38 min
  • Stewart Ainsworth's remarkable discovery at Iron Age landmark

    Stewart Ainsworth's remarkable discovery at Iron Age landmark
    Apr 1 2025
    On this episode of the Time Team podcast; landscape archaeologist Stewart Ainsworth takes Martyn Williams to Bodbury Ring in Shropshire where he's made an astonishing new discovery which could completely change the way we think about the Iron Age site.

    Dr Helen Geake's delving deeper into witchcraft as she investigates curious witch bottles with Nigel Jeffries from Museum of London Archaeology and Dani Wootton is back with the latest Time Team news.

    All that plus answers to the questions you've been asking on Patreon. To put your own question to Helen or get loads more from Time Team, visit patreon.com/timeteamofficial and join our community.
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    35 min
  • Do people really let archaeologists dig up their garden?

    Do people really let archaeologists dig up their garden?
    Mar 25 2025
    It's our first Patreon questions episode! Dr Helen Geake brings you answers to some of the things you've always wondered about archaeology. From how to get involved in digs to whether people are really ok with dozens of archaeologists digging huge holes in their lawns, we've got the answers to your questions.
    Plus, Helen tells Martyn about a historical object and discusses its importance.

    You can ask a question too by joining us on Patreon. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to join our community of archaeology and history enthusiasts.
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    33 min
  • What life was really like in Ancient Egypt

    What life was really like in Ancient Egypt
    Mar 18 2025
    Dr Helen Geake and Martyn Williams are joined by this year's winner of The Archaeologist of the Year award. Joyce Tyldesley OBE is Professor of Egyptology, she's poised to reveal some of the civilisation's secrets.

    Also, Lawrence Shaw gets you excited about this weekend's Time Team expedition crew YouTube video and Naomi Sewpaul demonstrates an archaeological technique called floatation.

    Plus, Helen and Martyn have an exciting announcement about the future of the podcast.

    Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to watch the full interview with Joyce Tyldesley and learn even more about Ancient Egypt.
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    39 min