I am not an archeologist so have no expertise so i would like to ask, what are the clues or examples that would classify this as a tomb? I am doing my best to not interpret what I'm seeing on a video as anything other than what the experts claim. Thank you.
@kevinmurphy655 ай бұрын
Those stone balls...well there were many prominent features in their world representing the Circle such as the sun and moon, the ever-present horizon and natural shapes such as birds nests. The Cycles of the Seasons also maybe? Or...toys created for kids and while they were playing with them...rolled into the tomb, made another ball, and then lost it too...dang too bad for Pebbles and Bam Bam. And despite silly assertions to the contrary, yes, it's a tomb.
@kevinmurphy655 ай бұрын
if a way to just scoop out the entire site and move it...
@jontompkins18446 ай бұрын
How old do graves have to be before you can rob them?
@MSeanMcManus7 ай бұрын
It strikes me (pun intended) that these rounded stones described as "weapons" or even ritual items would make great boiling stones. Hot ash might be easier to brush or shake off a polished stone as smooth as those before dropping it in your food. Food or tea debris might also be easier to clean off a polished boiling stone.
@eustachiouslong52257 ай бұрын
no bones hearth stone tools polished balls domestic pot? doesn't sound like a tomb.
@pirie5557 ай бұрын
This was a very interesting video. I can trace my ancestors (Muir & Pirie) back to the Orkney's so I do enjoy seeing what life was like living there. Thank you for sharing. LG Canada.
@GreatCityAttractions7 ай бұрын
orkney - eternally fascinating.
@AWilson-wo5kr8 ай бұрын
Love that woman. What an inspiration.
@gerihuginn9 ай бұрын
They’re not going to try to preserve it?
@Tom_Wolf_9 ай бұрын
How about digging in South Wales?
@terrancetexan580511 ай бұрын
BBC GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF OUR HERITAGE.
@wilfbentley673811 ай бұрын
Why didn't you commission a protective breakwater or dyke to conserve the site until the next digging season??
@AndrewHendry-t8q Жыл бұрын
The architecture of the building is very clearly that of a Neolithic stalled tomb.
@MrTorleon Жыл бұрын
Mmm, it seems rather uncertain that this is, in fact a tomb. The evidence ( to date ) is unclear and conflicting, stone tools, a cooking site and worked objects could suggest a more domestic use, at some point. To make a definitive statement that this is a tomb demands closer scrutiny and far more research of this intriguing site - weather permitting. Fascinating though, undoubtedly :)
@michaelkamradt4700 Жыл бұрын
Neolithic bocci?
@susanmyers1899 Жыл бұрын
Why not try to protect it??
@bigbasil1908 Жыл бұрын
It's the BBC. Exploit it, don't protect it. Lol
@kevinroche3334 Жыл бұрын
With no evidence that it is a tomb, we carry on with our narrative that it must be a tomb and all these non-funereal items we found must be related to the dead somehow because we assume it is a tomb. But maybe it isn't?
@kevinroche3334 Жыл бұрын
Perhaps petanque is an older game than we think?
@patrickevans3797 Жыл бұрын
Native Americans would encase a polished stone ball in rawhide and attach to a strong stick to make a stone headed war club
@bigbasil1908 Жыл бұрын
That's a very possible answer to what they are
@charlestheodoreheissman8418 Жыл бұрын
Maybe, it's not a tomb.
@lindsaybrown7357 Жыл бұрын
True, or even a tomb repurposed for domestic occupation.
@charlestheodoreheissman8418 Жыл бұрын
It's not a tomb.
@theastronomer5800 Жыл бұрын
Hoping to visit a bit of Orkney one day, the beaches and archaeological sites look amazing. Love from Canada!
@themysteriousone2 жыл бұрын
Id love to work on a dig, but because im a history degree and not archeology, I cant find anywhere that will let me volunteer 😪
@uclanresearchcentreforfiel91342 жыл бұрын
The Council for British Archaeology is a really good place to look for fieldwork volunteer opportunities www.archaeologyuk.org/get-involved/fieldwork-opportunities.html
@davidbradshaw15822 жыл бұрын
Where did they come from and why so far north?
@stephennicolay19402 жыл бұрын
Who knows! But I am beginning to look at Hebrew people coming out of the Mediterranean by boat. As a field archaeologist (excavator) of many decades of experience, I am interested in this concept.
@Lucien234-i2z7 ай бұрын
They are Pictish people like the people in Aberdeenshire mainland Scotland. Ancient British Celts to keep it simple.
@tazkrebbeks33912 жыл бұрын
Ok. I'm being silly but I love redheads. And here's 2! Unfortunately this video is too short. Extremely interesting though.
@GayorgVonTrapp2 жыл бұрын
That woman is BOSS.
@smoothrocky1847 Жыл бұрын
Prof. Vicki Cummings, Prof. Jane Downes or the presenter Prof. Alice Roberts?
@GayorgVonTrapp Жыл бұрын
Oohhhhh Alice. 😅
@paganlife13732 жыл бұрын
So does this mean I didn't come from a monkey?
@essexginge91672 жыл бұрын
im sorry to say its monkeys all the way back
@starriderkittykat90643 жыл бұрын
My 25 Great Grandfather was the Earl of Orkney,now Saint Ronald in 1148 Knights Templar,wrote part of the Viking Saga..
@sirdudleynightshade87473 жыл бұрын
Must have been much warmer in those days....wonder if their leaders consulted a half-mad schoolgirl as to where and what they could do - the CO2 levels must have been dangerously high.
@terencebarrett28972 жыл бұрын
Dudley at last' a wonderful sense of normality and wisdom,,but dudley we all know it's a plan,, everything in this once normal life is' upside down' oh oh to go back when black was black,and white was white, now
@bigglesbiggles49992 жыл бұрын
Derhhhh you div......the time they were talking about was only a couple of thousand years after the last ice age .....the reason the archaeological team were have to make the dig in haste is due to the scientifically proven man made global warming...over 90%of scientists world wide agree on that fact !
@sirdudleynightshade87472 жыл бұрын
@@bigglesbiggles4999 Did you ask all of the 90%+ scientists or did you pluck that 'statistic' out of a magazine? Remember, the more times a lie is repeated the more often it is believed and then becomes a "fact". I, for one, don't believe in much of the hype surrounding this topic.....it's a great and lucrative bandwagon for shysters and charlatans.
@sirdudleynightshade87472 жыл бұрын
@@bigglesbiggles4999 ps....stay polite in future....der you div.
@bigglesbiggles49992 жыл бұрын
@@sirdudleynightshade8747 as a scientist I can vouch unequivocally that the science speaks for its self ....facts and evidence!!! ...your lack of belief in the sciencw is purely your lack of understanding
@zapfanzapfan3 жыл бұрын
Nice bit of rescue archaeology.
@Rikard_A3 жыл бұрын
Orkney öarna tillhör Norge.
@zapfanzapfan3 жыл бұрын
Om Skottland blir självständiga så kanske Orkney röstar för att bli en del av Norge igen :-)
@billm84423 жыл бұрын
Should have paid the dowry then
@tomdip20942 жыл бұрын
I imagine Norway would own a much larger proportion of North Sea oil fields if they owned Shetland and Orkney.