Seven Buckets and a Buckle, Breamore, Hampshire | S09E13 | Time Team

Time Team returns to a cemetery they excavated in 2001 'Live', a dig that opened an important new window onto the so-called Dark Ages. Double burials on the mound. Byzantine buckets, Anglo-Saxon spear heads.
Series 9, Episode 13
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[@rubyloveii3828]

Who needs Indiana Jones when you have Phil in cut off shorts.

[@mick7even]

Only Phil could play himself in the TimeTeam movie.🤣

[@phoule76]

Wessex Jones

[@l7846]

🥴😉

[@donaldchadwick9767]

and Helen Geake as the sweet Princess Leah...

[@nline2blast722]

Yeah that Phil

[@terrycunningham8118]

When Stewart looks at the landscape he's like the kid in The Sixth Sense - he sees dead villages.

[@nevillemignot1681]

I just love it when he discovers a new set of 'Lumps and Bumps' he can enthuse over.

[@ErnestoBrausewind]

Wow, just noticed - Jenni is a Dr. already in this episode - As far as I remember she appeared first in Season 3 as a Student. From Student to PHD in 6 years, that's not shabby, chapeau!

[@Invictus13666]

She was in the PhD program the whole time she was on TT. Started in 95, finished in 2000, became Dr Bicycle in 2001. She didn’t go through 8 years in 3 🙄

[@ErnestoBrausewind]

@@Invictus13666 Ok ok - guess I was thrown off because back then we had a different system of academic titles in Austria - there would have been a "Magister" between Student and phd which people in a phd program would already have...

[@ErnestoBrausewind]

although I said that 6 years was fast, not that she made 8 ind 3 - from 95 to 2k are 5 so I wasnt too far off

[@Invictus13666]

@@ErnestoBrausewind she was 5 years getting her PhD. She was student because she was in a PhD program. Jesus, learn to read.

[@nevillemignot1681]

@@Invictus13666 One of the things that i really take away from the whole series, is how many learned and talented people were in the very early early episodes, people like Prof Alice Roberts was a humble digger in one of these episodes as i remember.

[@gailhowes9398]

I must say, to me this show was far more educational than the other shows in the past. Even Tony was running around less and asking less questions!

[@Thirdbase9]

Carenza: Somebody has sat here making flint tools on this very spot in the Bronze Age. I'm guessing it was Phil.

[@omarra6781]

LOL

[@mbsbrown7838]

LOL

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

"Olroight"

[@sannesteers]

...or his great-great-great-great-and-so-on-great-grandfather...😘✨

[@sekhmara8590]

😂 probably

[@TheSonicdruid72]

Phil’s enthusiasm and energy is contagious! A lot of people have grown up watching him, I wonder how many people Phil and the gang have inspired to go on digs or even become Archeologists?

[@icewillowfrost]

I've seen dozens of these videos and this is the first one where they have a day 4.... wow! It just tells you how incredible this dig was.

[@waylonseverson2015]

Phil’s shorts crack me up😂. It’d be so cool to have a beer and talk about the artifacts he’s uncovered over the years

[@trimbaker1893]

Oh My, I could see an episode of Monty Python come from this...Phil continues his trench across the lowlands, up the highlands and around the county...to prove the cemetery is definitely not, any where else... : )

[@markgarin6355]

Burma......

[@matrimhelmsgaard]

I would watch that

[@jaybrown3953]

Phil in his sexy shorts strutting around.

[@rachelpatten8889]

That would be hilarious 😂

[@gregh5665]

Tony at 44.50: "Welcome to Day 4." Whiplash. Not something you normally hear on Time Team!

[@luffegasen7711]

The original find, the bucket, MUST be from the grave of an ancestor to the Bucket-family in Keeping Up Appearances! ^^

[@cappsginny699]

"B O U Q U E T" lol

[@Gitarzan66]

I miss Robin Bush. I loved hearing him tell the story of a person or place.

[@BlitzMekanika]

He passed away in 2010. 😔

[@MariVictorius]

Same. I could listen to him speak all day. 🥰

[@coreys2686]

Glad to see they're able to start up again. Two sites confirmed apparently.

[@AnotherWittyUsername.]

@Toby Caden Your girlfriend should dump you and run. Any guy who hacks his girlfriend's social media accounts is not boyfriend material.

[@AnotherWittyUsername.]

@Corbin Kameron Yours too!

[@fugithegreat]

Tony is such a masterful host. I love the casual way that he gets the experts to explain technical terms that the layperson might not understand.

[@martinmarsola6477]

Mick Aston RIP. You are surely missed. ✝️

[@judeirwin2222]

These people not only had a bucket list, they also had the buckets.

[@jameskidd6122]

About 40 centuries from now they will find Phil's flint refuse and form a totally new theory about the beginning of the second millennium.

[@snazzypazzy]

That's why I kind of want to be buried with some fancy grave goods. Let them be confused by a 21st century female with a medieval sword and a bunch of brooches and I'm considering a bucket after this episode.

[@charlesharper2357]

@@snazzypazzy A katana, Roman shield, and Viking helmet 😁

[@jodyshepard9482]

Why aren't there thousands and thousands of viewers? Fantastic series! So grateful to TT.

[@slowburntm3584]

Show had been on several dozens of channels on just KZbin alone. Among other dozens of websites streaming for decades. I am sure it has had plenty of viewers.

[@chicochi3]

@@slowburntm3584 I got to see two early seasons of TT here in the US on a network called Discovery Civilization. The network no longer exists, but I have all these new to me episodes on KZbin to make me happy.

[@Just_Sara]

Well over a quarter million view for this video now, your wish came true!

[@ginadelfina5887]

So many things about the burials were unexpected for Saxon burials - the high number of double burials, the large number of weapons in the graves, & the special buckets. Maybe the reason is because these people were in fact Jutes, & had some different traditions from Saxons.

[@a.westenholz4032]

I would also add that burial practices likely varied from community to community even among Saxons in pre-Christian times. I think we have a tendency to want to generalize something that was much more individual and fluid. Helen does mention it a bit.

[@89ludeawakening1]

They could've also all died in something like a raid from a rival tribe. And the multiple double burials could be indicating that these are members of the same family that were killed. The ones with two males is a good indication of this. The weapons could be in honor to show they were all killed in some sort of battle or fight. Even the females could be buried with weapons if this were the case.

[@marythompson558]

@@89ludeawakening1 there was a comment made that maybe the grave wasn't closed. Not sure what that means, but maybe it's like present day mausoleums, or all the English cathedrals, where family get buried together? Like grandma died, then Junior died, so we put him with grandma, cuz that's our allotted plot on the mound? Just a thought.

[@petertaylor4980]

Presumably there would be information about Jutish practices from Danish sites.

[@stiannobelisto573]

Interesting theory, makes sense

[@lisatwitchell403]

This is so good I've watched it several times. There's so much information you don't get it all in one viewing.

[@13ECHO20]

After watching literally every episode, (several times), this is my favorite. Watching the team's eyes light up with fascination, like a kid in a candy store, made me smile. These people truly love their work, and they love to share it.

[@YTjennifer]

This was a really good episode. Very engaging, interesting, and really just plain fascinating. (My hubby and I have been binge-watching as many Time Team episodes as we can find, and I think we've watched at least 75% of them so far...hubby just said "this one was the best one ever." :)

[@jakubj_]

Wow, one of the best episodes I have seen so far. "Bucket city" haha.

[@nicolejosan6364]

What a beautiful episode with interesting finds and unusual questions.

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

What I wanted for my birthday was a day off cooler full of beer and watching time team.

[@VincentGroenewold]

I think this is my favorite overall really, amazing.

[@Seamonkey555]

Mine too, Vincent.

[@jenniferglover9905]

Me too, you can almost feel the relationships and honor

[@Reijack]

I'm just imagining this tribe being feared warriors and proudly calling themselves "The Bucket People" And NOBODY laughs at them

[@markcopsey4729]

No, no. They were the Bouquet People. Bouquet.

[@arianafadroski6789]

Tony: welcome to day 4 Me: *double takes my phone* wait what 👀

[@MariVictorius]

It was fun to see something turn up other than Roman walls and pottery. 😛

[@erikc1775]

Welcome to day 4?! That almost gave me a heart attack over here!

[@Bring-Me-Tea]

Seriously, I had to stop what I was doing and run it back. I thought I was going crazy!

[@cimonavaro]

Bucket of antioch, the jokes wrìte themselves.

[@Brinta3]

The cameraman really knew what he was doing in this episode. Thank you!

[@lisatwitchell403]

I have to agree with the other people that this was a fantastic episode. I loved watching every minute. I would love to know who the 13 people are that gave this a thumbs down. I just can't imagine giving this episode a thumbs down.

[@Cadadadry]

Now 14 down against 627 up, saying a bit more than 2% which seems a reasonable proportion of insanity compared to present population around the world ^^

[@benediktmorak4409]

@@Cadadadry i would guess, and it is a guess only, sometimes for a non English native, the language and special their dialects are very hard to understand.

[@maxb4074]

They were probably just giving thumbs down to every episode they ran across without even watching them, some weird folks out there.

[@Dan-ow5es]

Maybe they were trying to give a thumbs up but they had poor vision or were texting too fast!?

[@henkvandenbergh1301]

I frequently watch these episodes as 'background' while doing my daily 'keep my old bones flexible' exercises. Today though I just had to stop and kept saying Oohs and Aahs, all over again. This clearly is one of my favorites.

[@ross.venner]

23:30 - My grandmother was a doctor near the Meon Valley in South Eastern Hampshire. Apparently, when skeletons were found in the area, the police often brought the remains to her to confirm their antiquity. The general understanding, was that the remains were "Jutish."

[@lynnmaupin-simpson1215]

I am so addicted to this program( I am an American who once lived in England) programme.

[@Jerbod2]

This was one of the very best episodes in my opinion. Hadn't seen this one yet!

[@sannesteers]

Seven buckets and a buckle... It sounds like a song! ☺️😃🎶✨

[@notpublic7149]

One of my favourites! Sure, I will watch it again! Mick is such a treasure in this - the whole Team, just Mick especially. ;)

[@portialancaster3442]

That Byzantine bucket reminds me of the "man bags" seen in Sumerian artifacts and elsewhere.

[@brendariley8982]

Puts a whole new spin on the saying " put it on my bucket list " heheh.

[@anastasiarose9003]

This was wonderful with just the right amount of answers as well as mysteries left. Wonderful shows!

[@karlkarlos3545]

So many opportunities and nobody made a kicked the bucket pun.

[@TheHeraldOfChange]

No, but you gotta admit, they've one got hell of a bucket list. 🤪

[@Invictus13666]

True. None of them is as pathetic as you.

[@Arthagnou]

@@Invictus13666 boooooooooo

[@Invictus13666]

@@Arthagnou are you ghosting me?

[@emmitstewart1921]

Since there were no visible dents, we can assume that nobody actually kicked the bucket.

[@MrLotrecht]

27:34 True Love so as the two skulls look at each ! Thats really amazing mindshaping!

[@deewhitney9298]

This is by far the BEST one yet

[@Lorne.Morrell]

The burial artwork at 29:19 is fascinating.

[@philjohnson1744]

The amount of expertise in that episode is awesome.

[@89ludeawakening1]

There's one very simple theory to why there were so many double burials. That village or group of people could've been attacked by a rival tribe and the burials are members of the same family that were killed. All the weapons are to show they were all killed during a battle/fight.

[@Kanoshe]

thats what i was thinking (why didnt we get more on jute vs saxon) but what if the saxons did yeet the jutes and paid respect too some of their warriors...... hardly deals with the buckets. also older women burried with weapons? 2 men and a baby? lots of oddities here

[@sherryrector2275]

One of the best episodes as far as I’m concerned as to the human beings and relationship

[@reginaromsey]

Considering what the bucket looked like when found it was very good that it wasn’t just pitched as an old bucket from the last couple of centuries. Metal detectorists in addition to the laws that allow properly found objects to be examined and evaluated so the finder can benefit from the find!

[@Invictus13666]

Your post makes less than zero sense. Lay off the wine.

[@lunarsma8446]

Thank you for making this series available. Really enjoy! I usually read descriptions, and appreciate knowing which years these episodes are from! Thanks for this, as well!

[@hellagood67]

What an absolutely fascinating episode. Bless those souls they found. ❤❤❤❤

[@MajorHavoc214]

Another great episode.

[@franzrogar]

It'd be amazing if you could unearth the 'Live' recordings too. Those were amazing too.

[@simonroberts33]

Fascinating. I wonder what sort of journey the bucket had to get there.

[@lylachristopherson865]

. . . . hundreds of years and many garage sales in antiquity later, the bucket arrived in England.

[@Schmorgus]

Norsemen traveled to the middle east and were hired as mercenaries all the time. I asume the bucket was a payment that they brought with them, among with other things. Wouldn't be odd at all.

[@lylachristopherson865]

@@Schmorgus "Bucket full of Silver" mmmm yummy to think about. Lord of the House says. "Pay the Very Large Henchman" Vassal says "Sire we don't have a chest large enough to put he earnings in." Lord (looks around) "Well then, here, use this very posh bucket."

[@robertdavie1221]

Absolutely brilliant!!!

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting

[@elizabethpatience6523]

The buckets remind me of the Catholic burial rite of old wherein buckets of holy water were left with the dead so that visitors could sprinkle their bodies with the water when paying respects.

[@randomusername5242]

With the buckets being rare, it being a burial of a norse individual, and the bucket being byzantine; I'm assuming that the bucket is an award granted for exceptional service in the varangian guard. This of course is just my speculation.

[@neilfleming2787]

was that Alice Roberts working on one side of that double grave?...lol, later in the programme I answered my own question.

[@brandonjohnston7746]

Wonder is those pieces of dark flint came from a big chunk of host rock from grimes Graves, love that place, just too cool, 😁

[@katerinakemp5701]

Love Phil, Mike we will close this trench oh no no no, you go Phil.

[@belendemaria1989]

Such a fascinating episode. I wonder if the double burials and the presence of the buckets remains a mystery or if it has been solved, after nearly 20 years.

[@Kanoshe]

yes, i need updates to time teams most sucessful digs. where is this sight now? did they close it up soon after or did archeologist continue to dig? are metal detectorist still finding things?

[@elizabethneill3825]

This is what I'm wondering. I would so love to have some more context.

[@kathyastrom1315]

Yet another of my favorite rewatch episodes! You people are just nailing my list of top TT episodes on this channel.

[@bosse641]

Incredible find. Wow.

[@EmeraldVideosNL]

So why is this episode not in the playlist of season 9? It's extremely confusing that many seasons are incomplete while missing episodes are floating around like this. This one specifically was one I was waiting for, and I've finished watching passed season 18 by now...

[@diekje8728]

I am wrinting my thesis about germanic brooches as I am watching this so I am actually over the moon right now

[@Invictus13666]

But you still managed to comment here.

[@52ponybike]

Any episode with Carenza in it heightens my viewing pleasure. She ticks all of the boxes, the three that stand out are her intelligence, her angelic voice and her beautiful hair. I stumbled upon Time Team on YT several months ago and love the show. The history of Britain just fascinates me! My Dad's side of the family is from Eire, equally historical. My Dad immigrated to the US in 1949.

[@fliconmigo]

She always interrupts everyone around her when she speaks... it makes me cringe 🤣

[@52ponybike]

@@fliconmigo That's fine because I'd rather hear her voice above all else.

[@componenx]

I prefer Helen; she's not abrasive like Carenza.

[@52ponybike]

@@componenx That's not all as I see it but, to each their own. Helen has IMO, the stereotypical snobby upper class Brit accent and it's annoying as hell.

[@lizzy66125]

prefer Helen,Carenza is overbearing,talks over other people..I get the feeling she wants to be important..

[@borneovet8372]

“Professor Alice enters stage right with that red hair and a fist full of rings👍😏

[@milliebanks7209]

One of your most enjoyable yet!

[@evilborg]

Just amazing!

[@MarceldeJong]

I never knew that there was a Time Team Live nor that Sandi Toksvik had been involved

[@johannesofie777]

There are more of these. I saw an episode from Bath just the other day and I have seen others.

[@kathyastrom1315]

There was Canterbury, Bath, Bawsey, York, and I think the revisit of the Roman villa at Dinnington was also a live shoot.

[@OldDunollieman]

Yes that annoying little dwarf Sandy is in a few episodes, sadly.

[@Invictus13666]

@@OldDunollieman I love you 😉😂

[@photinodecay]

They found the Bucket residence!

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

My theories 30:10 To give them good protections in the afterlife. They where most likely seen as the most vulnerable and cherish individuals, so they where given a spear and a shield to protect themselves in the world of the afterlife. It would also explain why the toddler in the double burial was covered with shields, to protect it until the two individuals could come to the child and protect it while using the shields aswell. This to me says that the community buried believed that the afterlife was not much different from this one and they cared for their young and elderly and that people buried with each other would be in the afterlife. It explain why buckets were buried and why there are so many double burials.

[@maineeveryday3991]

A solid theory in my opinion. Could be that with subtle variances but over a good trajectory or theory.

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

@@maineeveryday3991 I do believe I am on to something

[@billoxiiboy]

Love TT and have been there since the very first shows aired back in 1994. Watched each episode at least 200 times since (no exaggeration). But...does anyone else think the guy making the tin-bucket looks like Moe Szyslak from the Simpsons?

[@krisbest6405]

So fantastic.

[@Bayernpracht]

I think those buckets were souvenirs, shared by fellows in the Roman army, who served in the same area near Antioch.

[@daleyounts3426]

Fascinating

[@donnarouse5366]

I watch the stealth diggers and not Thursday every so often. They may do similar things, but I wonder why they never find skeletons! They find all other items you might find such broken items. Just thrown out. They are digging 1700 and up in new Hampshire. All incredible. You all do wonderful things I am digging up dead relative bones in regards to genealogy. I have gotten to Cornwall and lancashire.

[@wwaxwork]

Maybe they were a family of skilled blacksmiths who made the things they were buried with. Inspired by the original bucket to create their own.

[@jaybrown3953]

Great episode, thanks

[@Happyheretic2308]

All the best folk have a bucket!

[@Missangie827]

Mick never met a colorful outfit he didn't like! It did look great with his hair though. RIP

[@Invictus13666]

Mick hated it, and wore the colors because of early grief from the production people.

[@007vsMagua]

My Dad was an undertaker. As his kid in high school, I often had to help with funerals. These burials look very dignified and respectful. It makes sense to me the buckets held food. The weapons and food were meant to assist the deceased in their journey. I don't think it has anything to do with warrior status other than being a part of a warrior community.

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

Yes, especially with the child buried under shields

[@Invictus13666]

Oh well, as long as your dad was an undertaker...too bad all the rest of us spent years studying history and Saxon traditions etc.

[@007vsMagua]

@@Invictus13666 Well, old age, some wisdom, having been around, and a healthy mind can make up for where books fail.

[@Invictus13666]

@@007vsMagua sure. You know more than those of us who’ve spent years learning and studying and gaining practical experience simply because you’re old and your father was a mortician. Perfectly sensible.

[@007vsMagua]

@@Invictus13666 Prove me wrong.

[@francesworcester3599]

In so many of these double burials, I have wondered if it might be due to raids by other groups. Bodies found after the fact and father buried with son as they may have been found killed fighting together . Women killed as they tried to defend their family and home (warriors on the home front)... Buried on a battle field.?

[@forthwithtx5852]

Great show.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thank you.

[@yourcommander3412]

Great episode.

[@pjs62ux]

He literally kicked the bucket

[@andrewroddy3278]

A brimming bounty of bronze-age barrows and Byzantine brass buckets.

[@rogerberonius782]

Hi from Sweden! I love your videos! This one make me think of finds around Sweden and Denmark. And of what I understand the ones buried there may be from around here. And that can explain the finds, I mean the ones from what now are Sweden Went to the east thru Russia and follow the rivers to the black sea. And the ones from Denmark went West. And they both were traders. And I remember someone wrote that the chief/kings could take servants in the grave to serve in the afterlife. They where killed and follow their master in the grave. You guys maybe know this better. Thanks for your videos!

[@junkabella6324]

Lifting skulls on an excavation is always so nerve wrecking!!! I had palpitations! :’D

[@markgarin6355]

Cause....they kicked the bucket....of course. Skull bone connected to the knee bone...

[@cappsginny699]

Too easy!

[@lornadryden5650]

I’m 60, I’ve always wished I was an archeologist but now that I’m old my knees and back am grateful I wasn’t lol

[@michaelmccann3546]

After watching almost every episode, I keep wondering if DNA tests were done on the skeletons to check if their descendants are around today. I think it would be very interesting to find out.

[@WillyShakes]

There is a site, GedMatch which has a collection of Archeological Skeleton DNA that you can compare your own DNA Test results to.

[@michaelmccann3546]

@@WillyShakes Thank you for the information. I will check it out.

[@AnotherWittyUsername.]

@@michaelmccann3546 Just confirm with your extended family that they haven't committed any serial rapes or murders first, because police commonly use their genealogists and DNA database to solve cold cases. *Joking, not joking*

[@pcbif]

Good point, but ancient DNA is not very well preserved, and environmental contamination is a real problem. One would need to be very lucky, but it's not impossible.

[@maineeveryday3991]

@@AnotherWittyUsername. You're 100% correct with that statement.

[@Zuckerpuppekopf]

One wonders if the Saxon bucket burial traditions may have been related to the origin of the expression "kicking the bucket" as a synonym for dying.

[@alanatolstad4824]

When Tony asked about the fate of the skeletons, the response given simply stated the next step of the research. I would like to know the final fate...do they all get re-buried with solemnity?

[@componenx]

More likely they'll end up forgotten in the basement storage of some university. So, reburied...sort of.

[@stannousflouride683]

Interesting parch marks in April/May 2021 at the site at North 50°57'20.2" by West 1°46'17.1"

[@alaskaforever3879]

22:30 literally exactly what I expected him to look like

[@archangel807]

2000 yr old love stories of gentle burials of families dead....done slowly and by hand...

[@callieniemann2280]

I believe that this family was a warrior clan.

[@bunnylady6758]

Charlie Bucket's ancestors😂

[@eugeniastravels8954]

Were the people wrapped or covered before they threw dirt on them to cover them up?