sounds like long and tedious hard days , I'm so grateful I can buy cloth already woven and I don't have to grind my own wheat to have bread !
@andysandroidiosgaming79717 күн бұрын
I wish I was born in those times to be honest
@lisawillis822715 күн бұрын
Not me, I'm grateful for clean water, antibiotics, and sewers. It was grueling hard work. A scratch could get infected and turn septic and kill you. Colds would turn into pneumonia. Any kind of GI issue, cholera, dysentery. Its all very romantic from our time, but I'm thankful for modern conveniences.
@ah572111 күн бұрын
so you can die of dysentery?
@ah572111 күн бұрын
@@lisawillis8227 same ! I've woven belts with a rigged heddle. for a 5' long belt it took me 5 days in between my working and cleaning house and taking care of children. I like running water and my washing machine , having had to wash my clothes by hand out of necessity . I also wouldn't like to get digestional worms , or get an infectious disease ! I could survive but I wouldn't like it !
@shunyabinduinteriors21 күн бұрын
Beautifully explained 👍🇮🇳
@wmanad847921 күн бұрын
Excellent
@YeshuaKingMessiah23 күн бұрын
They never just cooked grain porridges? Seems much less work all around. The Scots fermented theirs for even more nutrition and a handy snack (kept well) They discovered soaking grains gave more nutrition and lessened cooking time/fuel needed too
@gdfreeman195022 күн бұрын
@YeshuaKingMessiah The Scots only did it with oats, which are a very poor grain, and the only one that has a short enough growing season to be raised that far north. Further south, barley and wheat were brewed into a thick unfiltered beer that was very nutritious.
@ah572111 күн бұрын
@@gdfreeman1950 small beer right ? for daily carbohydrates ?
@gdfreeman195011 күн бұрын
@@ah5721 yes, spot on.
@Riposte82124 күн бұрын
Very cool!
@user-ei2nr1qg5g24 күн бұрын
Brilliant.
@Robofussin2324 күн бұрын
Man, you’ve got a great teaching cadence, immediately subscribed. Great way to learn about the Iron Age.
@gdfreeman195024 күн бұрын
@@Robofussin23 Thank you!
@mr.briton36527 күн бұрын
Brilliant
@jonc291428 күн бұрын
Im in the process of building my own round house and love your videos. I took your advice in the video and put the door facing east.
@patricknorton578828 күн бұрын
Wonderful. Our family had the opportunity to visit Durrington Walls in June. We walked over from Stonehenge. Not much to see there if you don't know what to look for, but once you see the enclosure, and realize it was constructed without metal tools, it is quite astounding. The reconstructed house is much more relatable. I can imagine living in it.
@gdfreeman195028 күн бұрын
@@patricknorton5788 Thank you.
@carolhutchinson56629 күн бұрын
Great speaker- more of him, please.
@stumccabeАй бұрын
Fascinating - thank you.
@mollygardens6646Ай бұрын
No tomatoes!
@gdfreeman195028 күн бұрын
@mollygardens6646 Thank you. The edit with the tomatoes was done by the museum. I have a re-edit :D
@gdfreeman19508 күн бұрын
@@mollygardens6646 find the re-edit.
@jonc2914Ай бұрын
Wish you posted more roundhouse videos. I'm trying to build one
@gdfreeman1950Ай бұрын
@@jonc2914 please explore my channel. There are lots of round house builds.
@VampireNewl5 ай бұрын
I think there's a type-o in the video title
@barriesansom20708 ай бұрын
Knowlton church and site.. a place of peace... imo
@user-ei2nr1qg5g8 ай бұрын
This is my purpose to build these in britain....
@gdfreeman195010 ай бұрын
This is my copyright, and I withdraw my permission for you to have it on your channel.
@KernowekTim11 ай бұрын
And then Rome got here. Damn them!
@KernowekTim11 ай бұрын
Excellent! I thoroughly enjoyed this fascinating video.
@gdfreeman195028 күн бұрын
@@KernowekTim Thank you
@Ousvec Жыл бұрын
This person looks 100% like a Celt. That's how I imagine them.
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
Wow! I've never seen one made with the oak before. That's a lot of skilled splitting to get that material. Iron nails too. Expensive compared to the wattle and daub ones. Still, how much would all of that cordage cost in the iron age? You could start making cordage in the fall and have enough ready by spring, ha ha. The ladies making yarn and thread and the men making cordage. MUCH better than TV.
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
That’s fantastic! I have made cordage, but not enough to get that good at it. Also, I need to figure out all of the different plants that I can use. Gathering materials can be what slows me down. Thanks for the perspective.
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic little hut!
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
I'd really like to see how you get those rods in the wattle when you get closer to the top. I tried slowing the video down and still didn't see it. Do you just slide them in horizontally? Also, do you notch the small roof rods at the wall or are you just tying them?
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
Such a great teacher!
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if they used that straw as mulch on their gardens. That's what I'd use it for. Any other great uses?
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
This one lasted 19 years. Long enough for all of the trees used to grow back. How long do you think one of these could possibly last in this climate? I'd be interested in hearing about what people did when it came time to rebuild anew. Did they build right next door and take the old one down? Did they just move in with other families while they were rebuilding? Id love to know what the archaeological research showed. Like if we found 7 on a hill fort, were there really only 6 families and that odd excavation was always one that was being replaced? So, when we find a 10 family iron age excavation, was it really 9 families? Is it even possible to know? I'm being super geeky here, sorry, but these things itch my brain, Ha ha. Any info would be so appreciated!
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
David "The Man on the Ladder" Freeman! Great stuff!
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
What a great appearance David! Fantastic show, Time Team. You've introduced me to Dr. Peter Reynolds with your videos and I'm off to find more of him :) Forever immortalized!
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
Even though I understand that sometimes the project needs to move or the structure is no longer considered safe, it's tough to watch one of these beautiful building burn. Great KZbin channel, Mr. Freeman!
@gdfreeman1950 Жыл бұрын
This one was built to be fired. I got paid to do it..
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
@@gdfreeman1950 Wow! That's good to hear :)
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
Great videos! Thanks for going to all the trouble to share this stuff. It's fantastic!
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
Great job on that roundhouse! It must have taken a month to make. Also, I love Francis' Iron Age work. He's such a great guy!
@Whaaat2008 Жыл бұрын
This video is a treasure! Thank you!!!
@anachibi Жыл бұрын
The view of the top of the roof from inside is really cool!
@gdfreeman1950 Жыл бұрын
Please remove this video. It is my copyright, Butser management have ignored my requests to remove my footage from this channel.
@mickplayfile Жыл бұрын
There's no wall plate. How could that wattle wall with just 25mm uprights support the weight of the roof?
@englishdog1234 Жыл бұрын
too much string.
@gdfreeman1950 Жыл бұрын
Plenty of evidence of string, little evidence of carpentry, no evidence of splitting hazel.
@englishdog1234 Жыл бұрын
will not last as long as the old one ( twenty years volunteer dave the mower).
@anachibi Жыл бұрын
I love these videos! I can't really explain my intense interest in the western European Iron Age beyond possible heritage since I live in the US and never went to university, much less studied archaeology. But even since high school over 15 years ago when that interest was about the nebulous "Celts," I have enjoyed learning everything I could about these peoples and how they lived. I am so glad youtube can be a place where such experienced experts as yourself can share your knowledge with laypeople like me. Thank you!
@carolegarland8050 Жыл бұрын
Wassail to you and Butser.
@starrcitizenalpha7847 Жыл бұрын
Ƿes þu hal, freond. Remarkable! One can imagine what a game changer it would have been for our ancestors to discover and utilise that technology. How effective was the bone "chisel" in removing material from the interior of the log? I recently made a Spangenhelm and made a "dishing stump" (a dished form carved into a wooden stump) to form the curves in the quarter panels that fit into the banded frame. I watched a few videos courtesy of KZbin for basic instructions on how to make the helm, however, watching other people's videos can only get one so far. Ultimately, I was presented with a number of technical challenges that were never covered in the aforementioned videos, and at some point, it dawned on me that I was solving problems that our ancestors had had to solve some two or three thousand years ago! It was a truly strange and unusual experience, feeling somehow connected across a vast expanse of time, knowing that, like me, somebody had squatted in the dirt, next to a wooden stump, trying to predict how a hammer blow will move the sheet of Iron, to look for patterns in the blows, the direction and the force of the impact, etc. We in the modern world take so much for granted and forget that we stand on the shoulders of giants. Be well.
@carolegarland8050 Жыл бұрын
Seems to steer well, but did they use keels in those times?
@carolegarland8050 Жыл бұрын
Great trip - I envy you both. The music was just right too.
@carolegarland8050 Жыл бұрын
Music is too modern, David.
@gdfreeman1950 Жыл бұрын
Thats the fun of copyright free music, choice is limited..
@carolegarland8050 Жыл бұрын
@@gdfreeman1950 Curses! I wonder if you could have your own intro music. I know many folkies would be happy with the odd acknowledgement. You post clips fairly regularly either knocking things up or burning them down, so quite compatible. Blessings.
@TheWracked Жыл бұрын
Looks great - if I lived closer I would bring the old Delphic coracle down to join in.
@whitedruid2122 Жыл бұрын
What stone was used for the rotary querns?, the only readily available stone where I live is sandstone or limestone.