Do These Cornish Hills Hide A Buried Iron Age City? | Time Team | Odyssey

Time Team delves into the earth to uncover the horrifying practices of the ancient inhabitants. From human sacrifices and evidence of cannibalism, this cave outside Bristol is brimming with ancient horrors.
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[@MsJohnWickWannaBe]

I find it’s amazing how I can really relate to this. I’m Native American. And a lot of stuff that are in this I still use today in our culture. It’s amazing how we’ve gone a long way, and still keeping our tradition strong

[@tgbluewolf]

And it's amazing, despite some differences and the attempts we see at distancing us (not literal distance, but the whole race/culture issue that's such a divisive topic in media), that we're really more similar than we might think.

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

I am too

[@1969kodiakbear]

This is gear in Cornwall right by the lizard peninsula. By the way, I have difficulty communicating because I had a stroke in Broca’s area, the part of the brain that controls speech. 2/8/2021 but I lived again. (My wife helped me compose this.)

[@durthang1000]

Beautiful, I commend your efforts

[@iggie1439]

@@durthang1000 You have a good wife, look after her.

[@1969kodiakbear]

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[@garyminick1050]

Amazing story ,live the rest of this thing called life !

[@1969kodiakbear]

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[@timdyer5903]

I grew up in Cornwall in the 70s and 80s and have been away from home for 25 years. This episode is lovely for me, looking at the heritage of my homeland. The team here are great people who really care about showing and preserving history.

[@shri081]

Heyyy…John and the Geophys team getting some much needed love and appreciation…another awesome Time Team episode…

[@nevillemignot1681]

I just love this series, the knowledge displayed and the whole premise of these shows........

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

Wow, Hosking was my mother's grandmother's maiden name. Her father was from Cornwall, Falmouth and came to the USA around 1840. He used to go back and forth from New York to Plymouth for one of his businesses back in the 19th century. Small world sometimes. Great show, with great pros! That said, this was obviously a place that was made to defend from attack if need be.

[@naricewoolon3248]

68 and still learning about my heritage. More on CORNWELL❤❤

[@garyminick1050]

I love this kind of history

[@thisisrenren3657]

love the eps where we get to see his little ear stud

[@layalabi1667]

Absolutely amazing! Thank you!

[@costrio]

The geomapping process covered such a large area. What an interesting treasure map, IMO.

[@katecallier1933]

Anyone else think Rex is the low key hero? Thanks Rex.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting.

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

So good. Everyone has their favorites this is one of mine.

[@Mimzie-Arizona]

What a wonderful episode! Imagine finding Iron age dwellings. These people were very smart to build a berm. I can't imagine how barbaric they fought

[@handyhippie6548]

it's a neolithic mall/event center, that has enough security to protect the vendors at market time, or during the solstice festival, but not enough to sustain a lengthy siege defense.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thank you.

[@adamsjerome1839]

Finally, a sensible person from English Heritage.

[@michaelbelisle8930]

This must have been one of phils favorite digs

[@deborahparham3783]

Phil was having so much fun slinging those stones. Also lots of lovely flint to play with.

[@ranamcmahon7653]

A weekend is just not long enough ‼️

[@benediktmorak4409]

wonder what more the local geological society and Heritage found and dug out?

[@lisaart5301]

Youre at the internet. Google it.

[@mistydawnoliver6717]

Ahhh, Phil in his hot shorts. I love this entire team

[@greghelms4458]

Who picked three days? I could watch these if they took a month.

[@jvsaints3028]

The geophys team certainly worked hard. I'm surprised so much was done. I'm sure the local person was happy to have it done but it left little time to really dig. Maybe a compromise next time.

[@maggiecamp5369]

It's weird to think that hill forts didn't provide any protection. They were multi purposed. With the slingshot stones, it proves that the people were capable of defending themselves. It wouldn't of course be like the large battles and wars that we think of in our minds but the hill enclosures DID provide protection from other small communities that were intent on claiming the hill or stealing goods.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Not unbelievable that was settled almost continuously from the neolithic to the early bronze age. Jericho is settled for over 10 000 years. Cologne and London are settled since roman times. Our modern sports arenas use the same design as the roman coliseum, which in turn is two greek theatres put together. So not unbelievable that this size was used for a couple thousand years. And so the neolithic axe and the iron age pottery can be in the same spot, because it's both a neolithic and iron age site.

[@ashleysmith3106]

Agreed ! If a ditch was created in the Bronze Age, and was still open and in use in the Iron Age; finding Iron Age pottery in it, even two inches from the bottom, surely doesn't PROVE that the ditch was created in the Iron Age !! And flint tools would still have been used in the Bronze Age (and perhaps even iron Age) by those not wealthy enough to afford the new wonder metals ! These "Ages" all overlap .

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@ashleysmith3106 and not just stone -> copper/ bronze, but bronze -> iron as well. Just because the new tool is better doesn't mean the old tool is useless.

[@JohhnyB82]

Defensive fortifications aren't necessarily for human threats. Think aurochs, wild boar,wolves,etc...

[@zanderrobertson5138]

Aurochs were gone before the iron age and wolves aren't dangerous to humans. Fortifications are for status and/or protection from humans. Not worth throwing up massive earth works to keep cows and deer at bay I wouldn't have thought.

[@lisaart5301]

​@@zanderrobertson5138 True. I think about farmers living in longhouses without these defenses... they weren't eaten by wolves 😂

[@larryzigler6812]

@@zanderrobertson5138 Just where did you get your info about these non dangerous wolves during the iron age in Britian ?

[@lisaart5301]

@@larryzigler6812 They had dogs this times so... i think the've come along?! Just google, you're at the internet?!?! 😅

[@larryzigler6812]

@@lisaart5301 You and Zander need to Google it 🤡

[@christinem3914]

Wrong description of this episode Odyssey…not an underground excavation or evidence of cannabalism in this one. It is Caer Vallach and Gear field in Cornwall.

[@heidalwave8897]

28:50 🤣🤣🤣

[@John.Flower.Productions]

History Hits is finally using a different advertisement, sans the -Netflix- references/comparisons. Decent.

[@lisatempleton987]

Wow, the guy running the machine looks like a young John Lennon.

[@janicehill5605]

You could have used me on your crew!😅

[@AsTheWheelsTurn]

the pot with the bottom cut off might have been used as a toilet seat. when I go camping I take a bucket with the bottom cut out, dig a hole and put it over it. then you can comfortably sit, shit and when its time to move on you take the bucket away and fill in the hole. Just my 2 cents! might have been used for something of that nature.if it was a small pot maybe it was used as a funnel of some sort.

[@user-to6rp1nl4c]

can the soil beneath the partial pot inset in the round house be analyzed for human protein after so many years? perhaps they were wealthy enough to have a pot to piss in. ;)

[@Vladviking]

Are any Corn's around still? Or did they disappear like the Stonehanger's.

[@deborahparham3783]

The Cornish people are still very much alive. What seems somewhat unfair is that Wales is still considered a separate country while Cornwall has been reduced to a county. It was always a separate country with it's own distinctive language. Give Cornwall back to the Cornish, Wales back to the Welsh, Scotland back to the Scots and Northern Ireland back to the Irish!

[@ashleysmith3106]

@@deborahparham3783 Éirinn go Brách ! ! !

[@classicambo9781]

15:12

[@jcortese3300]

"Brimming with ancient horrors?"

[@thirdrockjul2224]

👍

[@1madmaxx80]

Never in my life did I think that I could learn something from Baldrick, and yet here we are LoL

[@FreejackVesa]

I was watching this show one day and it dawned on me that was baldrick. A cunning plan indeed.

[@blackwell61a]

Would love to get these on dvd, but as usual bbc wants an arm and a leg for each.

[@nicolawebb6025]

Hardly surprising as it was made by Channel 4

[@lisaart5301]

Welcome to 2023. You can watch so much for free on YT and are complaining 'bout a DVD. Boomer 😂

[@CathodeRayNipplez]

What is it with the random wearing of hard hats in the middle of nowhere for no apparent reason? 🤣

[@2pugman]

When is Phil going to clip his fingernails ?

[@soletey832]

@@2pugman I was just going to say the best thing about being a field archeologist is not having to clip your fingernails.

[@CaptainCed]

​@@2pugman never, he plays the guitar with them.

[@flitsertheo]

I think the presence of the digger has something to do with it.

[@harbourdogNL]

@@CaptainCed They also come in handy as cutting implements when there's no flint handy.

[@DavidSmith-yx7kn]

Like a boot sale.😆

[@susanroutt6690]

I wonder if the banks and ditches were for keeping slaves in as well as keeping others out.

[@lisaart5301]

Not at that time i think... these people haven't a lot by their own.

[@cyndybutler7330]

That sounds tough lol getting their stones back with tongs

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Not too different from how the first bullets were removed. Usually with two shots of whiskey, one for the liver and one for the wound.

[@ktloz2246]

This show is not very well done. First u should send the Geophysics people out to survey the land like a week before the diggings start. In this episode we get the full Geo data at the last hour, that's totally garbage, that's what they should of started with. Second Micks (RIP) idea of making it only 3 days worth of digging sucks. I mean it would be ok, but some sites deserve more time and why not carry it over to the next week so there will be 6 days instead of just 3. But overall it's a great show i'm hooked on.

[@hollandsemum1]

This was designed to introduce archeology to the general public and serve as a quick assessment. For that purpose it is very well done. Time team was made up of people with different archeological specialties (Mick in medieval and Phil in lithic w flint knapping, etc) so they could collectively handle whatever turned up. All of them had regular archeological work to do for their regular jobs. Some of these sites that clearly indicated much more in situ were followed up by others in that specialty later (look them up on line) though not shown on TV.

[@ktloz2246]

@@hollandsemum1 I understand all that, i'm just saying it would of been better if they done the radar the week before so they can have that info at the start of the show. And that on some sites they should spend more time, like 2 weeks = 6 days. Also as an introduction to archeology it's not very good, since archeologist do not move from site to site in 3 days but stay in one place for a long time.

[@FreejackVesa]

I think you are taking it a little bit too strictly. The gimmick, in as many of the episodes that I have seen is they've got three (3) days to tackle a potential site. I say potential because they are typically unknown sites that aren't necessarily great archaeological sites to begin with - it's kind of "the working man's archaeology" in that they could be digging in your neighbor's backyard. I suspect their team is composed of university students and volunteers, aside from some of the main players. Sure - it would be nice for a 100% optimized process, but part of the charm is its rag-tag team effort under a time crunch. They could strive to make *tv entertainment* as sterile and organized as possible, but that's not the point really, is it?

[@rougerorschach621]

Phil needs to clip his disgusting finger nails…asap.

[@bernieozzie7480]

A little petty, perhaps.

[@stanbrown1151]

Absolutely agree. Love this series but every time they do a shot of his hands and those long nails is just cringy.

[@dotcassilles1488]

Phil has long fingernails because he is a musician and he uses them to play guitar (other instruments as well I think). I think it's great he had (during the years time team was filmed) natural fingernails that were strong enough to use to pluck or strum a guitar. Many guitarists would be jealous of him for their durability and length. Maybe you should listen to his music. The small samples I've heard of him playing are sweet. Also he manages to keep them clean and tidy even though his hands get covered in dirt and mud all the time on these digs. I don't think I've ever seen them nasty with grot. I think you have opened your mouth just wide enough to insert your foot. Blessings, Dot

[@rougerorschach621]

@@dotcassilles1488 I know plenty of musicians that trim their nails to anti-gross levels. Lame excuse. Maybe he does a lot of coke.

[@Mimzie-Arizona]

​@@dotcassilles1488I haven't found any information about him. I think he is a bachelor and doesn't have a wife to nag him.