Is There A Buried Ice Age Mammoth Beneath Oxford | Time Team | Odyssey

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[@patriciahadley2374]

Tony was really in his element here. I absolutely adore him. He brought the whole programme to life with his dashing around bringing everybody together and asking intelligent questions. I do miss this exceptional team.

[@RatelHBadger]

The new hosts have their own presenting style, and will come into their own in time. Tony was a brilliant combination of enthusiastic host and everyman asking good questions that allowed the experts their moments to shine. He wasn't an expert presenting a documentary, he was just passionate about what they were doing and glad to have experts fill in the details for him, and us.

[@lapetitechatmere6749]

Phil was pretty dishy back in the day! 🔥 It's so fun to see how young they were and the how rudimentary the technology was. How amazing that they worked together, respected each other, and were able to produce so many episodes of this show for us to enjoy.

[@lizd85018]

I agree with you

[@omarra6781]

Glad to know there are others out there who think this.

[@eboracum2012]

And how young we were, as well...

[@polgara1573]

they are making more they have already put out 2 more digs go to time team offical

[@meganlawson4575]

Phil!?! You're easily pleased.

[@8888Rik]

I'm an American, and a retired evolutionary biologist, and I worked for several years on an archaeology survey team as their osteology consultant and field crewmember. I've been watching TT episodes for abut 3 years now on KZbin, and I love them. and once in a while, I stumble on an older one, and and the original cast is there. It's like running into a group of old friends. Watching TT makes me really miss my archaeology days, even though the world was grueling.

[@TVeldhorst]

Why was it grueling?

[@8888Rik]

@@TVeldhorst It was physically extremely difficult and taxing, and the work days were long. And I was in very good or even excellent physical condition.

[@Frank-qs3pe]

I love how all of these people get along so well and respect each other trade.

[@uptoolate2793]

They are indeed British. To a fault.

[@granthurlburt4062]

Yes indeed. I love the humour and jibing. You can only have that with a team who know each other. Alice Roberts almost certainly has a sense of humour but it humour cant be used when the presenter is visiting dig after dig for a day or two, and interviewing an exhausted dig leader for whom enthusiasm has long worn off after a month or two. the Time Team knew each other and benefiitted from "early days" excitement. Their work revealed what would repay digs lasting months

[@jrmckim]

​@@uptoolate2793hmm I'm guessing you've never seen the British debate politics 😏

[@guinevere4365]

I’ve been watching Time Team for as long as I can remember- sometime in the 90s I think. I discovered British crop circles at some point then too and it certainly provided me with intelligent fascinating investigations I could never do myself. Now at 76 I still watch every Time Team I can, no matter how many times I’ve seen it. ❤ Thanks Mick, Phil, John and a cast of thousands for brilliant work that is timeless.

[@BoyProdigyX]

That's great! I'm so very lucky to have found this show recently, so even though I've binged every episode that's crossed my path, they're still _new-ish._ I even still find one I haven't seen every now and then. It's fascinating how the show's evolved over the years!

[@kasie680]

Every time Phil says “innit” I just smile like a goon! Lol 😂

[@chickenlampbrent]

I like seeing them all young again.

[@HelloIAmJo]

I love watching Phil do flint napping. It's always amazing to see this dude who just rediscovered the methods for making functional stone tools just shooting the shit while strategically banging two rocks together to make something cool.

[@MrSnead-vp1ll]

Then you must learn one thing, " bu!b of percussion

[@BoyProdigyX]

Even some of the ancient stone tools they find aren't as quality as what he can do. And they did it, presumably almost every day, for every year they had the motor skills to do so during their whole lives. I'm always impressed... I wanna see him try some obsidian!.

[@susanpallister8037]

Watching Phil teach Tony about knapping is wonderful. His classes must be great. What a nice gentle, patient man.

[@DOTTYTIME]

I am always impressed with Victors art work

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

One of my favorite episodes of TT. Look how young they are. Phil was the man back then too...

[@larryzigler6812]

Tony was the man back then too...

[@kennethknoppik5408]

What year was this?.

[@kennethknoppik5408]

@@larryzigler6812 he had hair back then hahaha

[@larryzigler6812]

@@kennethknoppik5408 Possibly 1998 . Back when the divine TARJA was with her first band ☮☮💘💘

[@larryzigler6812]

@@kennethknoppik5408 So did I .

[@Bloomcycle]

We found a beautiful mammoth tusk fishing on a small island in northern Ontario Canada and donated it to our local highschool back in 1985 . It was in my daughter's history class 30 years later

[@65stang98]

how big? they go for abt 10-100k sometimes more than that nowadays depending on size and condition

[@kennethknoppik5408]

Wow that's pretty cool and now it's in your daughter's history class? Wow

[@Wonderwhoopin]

Should have sold it

[@brettwilson3142]

I'm in Southern Ontario on the escarpment. I would love to find something like that here.. Very difficult in this area. But not unheard of

[@Iluvatar402]

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Mick in the dirt digging, I knew then this was a old episode aside from Tony's hair lol

[@SN-sz7kw]

I see Mick & click. RIP dear, dear gent. You are missed.

[@lesleyfitzpatrick1711]

The best thing is Phil chipping out a handaxe and the usability of the left over flint flakes to do many things

[@kmanyrivers]

Well this is an oldie! Phil is looking quite fit, if I do say so. Is that the same hat he always wears but just back when it was new with the spiffy feather?!?! The technology of geo-phys really did revolutionize the field and I love how excited and intelligent and quirky the whole team is...and it is funny that pre-drone era how they had to get an overview of the site.

[@RatelHBadger]

I always laugh when Phil or Carenza go up in the helicopter to look over the landscape... Now everyday people can use Google Earth to do the same job, or like you say, send up a drone and take aerial photos.

[@jrmckim]

This is before he hurt his back and he could actually walk completely upright back then.

[@reginaromsey]

I love Phil Harding, last saw him on a dig at Waterloo where he has matured nicely. My one piece of confusion is how he keeps his hair from constantly getting in his face! Same with the long haired Time Team ladies. I have hair that length and it requires severe clips and braiding for gardening. Digging for archeology is just gardening for bones and rocks?

[@donnadees7031]

lol, I have that problem, too.

[@kennethknoppik5408]

Me as well hahaha

[@deborahparham3783]

Have you tried extra hold pump hair spray?

[@suecastillo4056]

Love this!!! Love these guys!!! Best series ever!!!

[@an-tm3250]

Tony's narration & the musical selections are great production features. Love & admire the talents of each team member. Amazed at their 3 day accomplishments.

[@BoyProdigyX]

Agreed... Have you seen what the Timeline channel did to these episodes? The editing is done well, but they changed the music to the most _bizarre_ pieces. Sounds like something you'd hear waiting in line at the Harry Potter ride. haha

[@jrmckim]

​@@BoyProdigyXsome of the original music had to be replaced. Why they choose sparkling goth music I don't know. 😅

[@cargilekm]

I really enjoy rewatching this one. But they all do look so young. Cheers

[@k8eekatt]

Mammoths 🦣 are often found while doing construction in Oregon USA too. The current climate here is very similar to that in London as well.

[@patriciajob7829]

Thank you very much for the pleasur we can feel with this team working toghether for a réal knowledge and not a "etablishement truth". Thanks very much it's a real pleasur to start the day with such a happy team.

[@TJ_Beam]

Look how new Phil’s hat is 😂 I love these old eps…❤

[@czgator9000]

He is on some new archaeology program and got a brand new hat finally! All the other TT crew who are still with us are on the new Time Team.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@ajsbpelq]

I would recognize Mick's sweater anywhere 😊

[@themysteriousone]

Yup, the only man on tv to make his wife's knitting famous and proud to wear every one of them

[@sward0483]

This brings back memories, not the show but the tech. Lol I remember when that stuff came out and was like, revolutionary compared to the computers etc that we were all using

[@claytonbouldin9381]

Wow! They were so young here. I really enjoyed this episode. Personally, I would have kept on the Mammoth tusk myself :P

[@Aemirys]

This has got to be one of the first episodes!

[@raehughes6465]

My GOd!! How young they were!!! Episode stilll stands up

[@reginaromsey]

Nostalgic look at the old CRT monitors.

[@cobrabite1963]

6.24 two men needed to carry a computer monitor 🤣🤣

[@RM-yw6xe]

How could I have never heard of this wonderful show?

[@phoule76]

I like the intimate close-up shots in this early one.

[@frankj.artino2203]

I agree. One of my favorite episodes ♡♡♡

[@patrickwentz8413]

First scoop of the excavator and they find a mammoth tusk. Unbelievable.

[@tennillepatterson5500]

The Team is so young here.

[@katherinecooper6159]

I like Phil and Mick - so intelligent!

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thank yu.

[@jrmckim]

Wow they introduced everyone back then, even Mr Victor. 🎉

[@annettesmith472]

100 years down the track another bunch of archeologists come along and are excited to find his new flint tool and think it’s Neolithic 😋

[@donnadees7031]

Interstate 40 in ARKAnsas uncovered a mammoth while being built. Everyone in DES ARC & Hazen AR gathered to witness digging. wow. Year 1965, I think.

[@relicrecoveryspecialist16]

Yep, I remember seeing it at the U of A when studying archeology, and history

[@mariashelly6392]

OMG he's Baldrick again! ❤

[@benediktmorak4409]

Tony with long hair and Phil harding still with a -new -hat. must be a very early episode?

[@brianjohnson8918]

Tony was channeling his inner John Lennon biker look in the intro!

[@peter4210]

my psychologist: "don't worry, tony with long hair does not exist" me right now : *Cartoonish hearth pounding out of my chest

[@katherinecooper6159]

I have done an excavation with Earth Watch - a great experience. I did one in Arizona and another in England

[@dbaider9467]

The soda can at 15:13...35p!

[@carolynhoffman9757]

Phil’s hat looks brand new!

[@TheGoldbaxter]

It would be helpful if the date when the program aired

[@davidpayne8413]

Try Wikipedia

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Half way through Phil was exposing a Mammoth head and tusks, next he was out of there on his own hitting Flint with a sullen voice -even Tony had a temperate conversation with him. See what you think ?

[@deborahparham3783]

He isn't sullen. He's just concentrating on the flint knapping. You have to pay attention while you work the flint or you will wreck it.

[@jonerlandson1956]

that is what i like about this show... they get around...

[@The_Bookman]

Oh, Phil.

[@The_Bookman]

Also, wasn't having hair nice? Back in the day...

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

Just a well put together series. Newer productions could take a few tips from these guys. Well done. A+

[@nigelparrott6944]

Interesting that they were talking about ice ages and very warm ages ?

[@rosannaschiaffino5796]

tony looks so cute with long hair

[@chrisbassett8996]

phil would have fitted in really well to the medieval life

[@jasonhare8540]

Gravel pit , The UK ... Look out for a BBC camera crew and a big blue box 🤣

[@cleverfitz779]

Good evening everyone

[@promiscuous5761]

Thank you.

[@williamfindspeople4341]

Oh my goodness Tony with hair lol...these early episodes are cool. Everyone is younger or alive.

[@Oh-hardy-har-har]

I once found a flint arrowhead on Bex Hill. I was only a child, and I was very disappointed that one side was broken. At the time, it challenged my need to find a perfect one. It was discarded because it had failed in the maker's hand.

[@unowen9668]

Phil's hat was new!!!

[@danacallanan2922]

OMG ... Phil's hat looks almost new ! I didn't know Baldrac was a baseball fan !

[@charleneblake1146]

Very interesting!!!

[@candismith4779]

Tony! Your HAIR!

[@davewalker8630]

baldrick

[@watcher171]

Tony catches Carenza

[@frankj.artino2203]

A Mammoth accomplishment. (Sorry)

[@WilliamDuckett]

Anybody know what kind of camera they we're using?!? The auto focus is fantastic, the quality is great for the time swing as this surly isn't shot on film

[@emilyc8958]

The way i KNOW this must be season 1 or close when they're saying "let's not get distracted by a mammoth, we need to look for seeds"... no! I want to see the mammoth!!

[@sheilahperry-rosales8748]

Love the old clunky computers!

[@dwaynegalvin8799]

Probably a few ox buried at the fjord!

[@alexisdespland4939]

is it one single river or a location of a past junction of two or more water courses.

[@georgecoates2079]

Ohh Sue!!

[@North_West1]

Tony with shoulder length hair. 🎉

[@brucebird133]

Any chance of including in the description the Season and Episode :) think this is S3 E2

[@Mark-ej4uf]

The documentary was extraordinary, until too much crowd gathered on my watch.

[@Val.Kyrie.]

In thousands of years, there’s going to be a lot of confused archaeologists finding the places phil has been with his flints.

[@hudsonfrank1121]

Must be an old archive upload.

[@lesleywest5719]

It's amazing that the same species of fish are so easily identifiable after all that time 😂

[@davidbodeker6752]

Does anyone know what series this is?

[@muss8587]

Who are these upcoming longhaired newcomers in Time Team??? 😂😂😎👍

[@jomon723]

What year was this made ...New?

[@Chibob55]

I think I saw a Commodore 64 in the tent.

[@emilyc8958]

LOOK AT HOW NEW PHIL'S HAT IS 😊😊😊😊

[@jari2018]

so uk had a native mammut -so where are the herds gonna be at when they are ressurected

[@WhatsCookingTime]

If they actually do Siberia

[@ordiekelleher2641]

Cool beans!

[@geraldinesera8915]

In the long, deep, trench. Some of the finds obviously (bones, teeth) are ancient... but I truly question any significant value/importance of the wood PLANKS... !!!!!????

[@VikingReacts]

So the temperature was higher? Must have had mammoth riding V8's pumping CO2 in the air ;)

[@aura1298]

The hair! 😏

[@neilfleming2787]

Wow Stewart is hardly recognisable

[@klondo]

they change the title to make it reappear, wish they wouldnt so i know which ones ive seen already

[@lizzy66125]

seems this episode :alot of people standing around not really understanding what they're supposed to be doing.

[@lesleyfitzpatrick1711]

These people have no concept of fluvial geomorphology. Over 200,000 years, that river has changed path many, many times. Unless a river is confined by non-erodible rocks. The natural floodplain is demarcated by the high ground flanking it. If where you are has been deprived of it's natural floodplain width by channelization, you really cannot know what is going on.

[@debrahugo7123]

Why didn't you try out the clay? Novice

[@tomchittum8726]

No, it's Prince Andrew. He was going out for some "fresh pizza" last week, tripped and fell into a snow bank and has been there ever sknce.

[@suebarner8364]

They have apparently used flint flakes to perform scarless plastic surgery.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

obsidian

[@TheJxvi]

1998?

[@shojinryori]

1996

[@debrahugo7123]

Pottery ¿

[@annahkurtin5345]

No. That's Tony Blair.

[@clintonsmith9931]

Give or take a couple hundred thousand

[@homesteadhermits8467]

200000 years and they keep talking about early man, sounding a little like looking for early human, not genus homo. Wondering if this predates us narrowing out of Africa to 70k (well the out of Africa that survived)