12,000 Years: The Story of Dartmoor's Archaeology Part 1

[@thra5herxb12s]

I lived on the moor for 6 years. On one of my local dog walks I was always intrigued by a granite outcrop near Blackingstone, that was highly polished in a small area about 10 feet from the ground. One morning a lady walking her dog enlightened me by telling me it was where Woolly Mammoths scratched their muddy backsides over a period of thousands of years, which caused the polishing to just one spot on the giant boulder.

[@Hyoscyamus369]

Wow thank you , this is really interesting information , I will have to check it out sometime

[@suefountain2119]

So very informative. I wish I had watched something like this during the 70’s or 80’s when think about how much time I spent hiking Dartmoor and not having a clue what was literally under my feet.

[@biffa1234100]

23;01 top left Down Tor . Love this channel just found it . Dartmoor (Horrabridge) ex-pat back home in Medway Towns again sadly.

[@GR-sg2lv]

Very thorough and well considered, pre history has many possible situations that you have presented well. I like the view of stone rows being a way of recording a lineage, like an ancestory tree - this feels possible in my view.

[@GWAYGWAY1]

At 31.19, Northwest is midsummer sunset direction, southeast is midwinter sunrise direction.

[@andywaring12]

Excellent. Thank you. Looking forward to part 2.

[@EmmaSmith-nn1ui]

Great talk. Thank you.

[@nicolahobbs4028]

Absolutely love this! Thank you☺

[@gregaldworth1200]

MARVELOUS!

[@jelkel25]

Yes, if you look at every culture that lived in an environment that got cold they pretty much all figured out trousers or some sort of leg coverings and a shirt/coat type arrangement. It is a bit odd there are bone/wooden needles and awls found way back all over the planet but pictures of "cavemen" nearly all have the thrown on bits of fur/hide and loin cloth look.

[@gunaywerner2677]

THERE'S A VILLAGE IN TURKEY "GÖBEKLİ TEPE" 12. YEARS OLD GOOD PRESERVED 🇹🇷A TURKISH LADY

[@HerewardtheWake23]

Top stone circle at 23:57 looks like Hingston Hill

[@artieash6671]

one of many descrepancies

[@artieash6671]

Why so many discrepancies? The images give one set of dates, speaker say another. Photo is said to be of Wistman Woods, but it is clearly not.

[@artieash6671]

The speaker keeps saying "I can't remember..." about various facts and dates. Did he not prepare his notes before speaking? This is very interesting but also amateur in its delivery.

[@Hyoscyamus369]

⁠@@artieash6671I don’t think he has a clue really

[@helenhunter4540]

Among other things, archeologists have a lot of trouble thinking of women as typical members of any group of people, judging by the overwhelming majority of illustrations on archeology channels being men. If there's a woman shown, she's sitting cooking in the background. Come on, guys, make an effort. Show women building houses, gathering, sitting around talking with no men around. Pretty please?

[@Hyoscyamus369]

Also they would have dark brown skin too in this part of the world