Time Team's Stewart Ainsworth on How To See Time In The Landscape | DigNation '18

🌟 DigNation 20 tickets are now on sale: digventures.com/projects/dign... Can archaeologist see time depth, just by looking? Stewart Ainsworth is a landscape archaeologist who argues that we can, and that it's actually surprisingly easy. In this talk he shows us how... with lasers!
Download the slides here: www.slideshare.net/DigNation/...
This talk was given at DigNation, a crowdfunded festival organised by DigVentures and Sir Tony Robinson in honour of beloved Time Team archaeologist Mick Aston. Learn more at digventures.com/

[@skivvy3565]

On nearly every episode of the classic time team, 99% *Stewart was the uncontested MVP*

[@frozencancukfinearts]

Stewart's tribute and recognition of Mick Aston's work is beautiful.

[@Sadielou001]

What made time team unique was the collaboration of experts. One of the best is Stewart.

[@gretchenvandewalle1068]

Stewart, Your desire to take those who cannot go into archeological sites to discover what is out there has become real thru TimeTeam during this time of pandemic. Thank you and all on the team.

[@Tinneus]

In all of Time Team, I've always most wanted to be Stewart. You're like the alchemist of archaeologists, bringing meaning in from outside the trench, from the wider world, the bigger picture. And you're a genius. (It helps) I can't wait to see this!

[@lizdyson3627]

Agreed

[@davidfiler5414]

@@lizdyson3627 me to.

[@maggiebrinkley4760]

Stewart, like Mick Aston, can explain complex ideas in a straightforward way. It's a rare gift. (And he has beautiful, expressive hands, too!!)

[@ici_coop]

So true 🤍

[@stephenpitt9558]

I never tire of watching these. The joy of learning from these special people are positively infectious.

[@Back2TheBike]

Having watched every TT episode at least 20x, Stewart is my favourite the one I most looked forward to hearing from. Profound landscape wisdom, simply explained, revealing what is hidden in plain sight, and all with zero ego. As I travel up and down the country, I always see the landscape and think 'what would SA see?'

[@heliocentric68]

An unsung hero of The Time Team but so so important. He could see things others couldnt which was always invaluable. Not to mention an all round nice guy.

[@sandramarshall7712]

Well presented. So easy to listen to and understand. I've read some of the other comments and most people (if not all) agree, Stewart Ainsworth is a genius. Loved this presentation!

[@CHCLA6779]

I'm so sorry I am late to this video. I love Stewart - have always loved his contributions and enthusiasm. As always, this particular talk, I am inspired and eager to learn more. When visiting my daughter and son-in-law in Scotland, I find myself scanning the countryside, looking for lumps and bumps. There is just so much more to learn and explore!! Thank you, Stewart! Long may you inspire us all.

[@dianespears6057]

What Tinneus said. I love Stewart and his interpretations, the easy way he shares the sense of complexities right before your eyes and his empathy for how people must have moved in, and used, the landscape. Last but not least, his great, quiet sense of humor. He should have his own You Tube channel, with John Gater or archaeologists as the occasional guest to add information.

[@lilianevanfrankrijk7490]

I found an OGS Crawford book in a dumpster. Big, soft cardboardy cover, translucent paper over the photos and fold out maps. What a treasure!!!

[@LoonyArtDesign]

omg, I hit the like button before watching the video. Stewart is legend, my personal spirit landscape reading trainer.

[@mermeridian2041]

I would so love to have been there for these talks! Stewart has such a great "quiet yet sharp" sense of humor - bet he's a blast in person. He's so good at explaining things in a way that people can easily understand it; he's a true teacher just like Mick.

[@diane8885]

I like Stewart. He always explains things so I can understand things.

[@aib0160]

Stewart was always able to pull the bigger picture together. The archaeology was a keyhole view into the past but Stewart could usually fill the in the very large gaps.

[@surferdess494]

only Stewart can get away with calling out ppls obssesion with diggin at a DigNation conference. masterful :)

[@geoffreykeane4072]

Stewart’s true genius in TIme Team was the ability to identify quickly where NOT to dig. Eg he could quickly see an old fish pond etc. and saved them a lot of empty trenches. That cost them when he left.

[@Grievous-]

Unfortunately he and John would butt heads on occasion and quite frequently Stewart was shown to be correct about his interpretations over John's Geo-Phys.

[@junebyrne4491]

I missed him dreadfully.

[@shannonbrazil6135]

I grew up on the great plains of the US. Learned that nothing is truly flat! There is always a storyline in the land you just have to pay attention!

[@beverlyhollenbeck3406]

didn’t always grasp your work, but you are very adept at teaching a simplified “bite” of your complex work. Also, thank you so very much for addressing archaeophiles with disabilities. Well done, and thanks from this Yank!

[@joshschneider9766]

I'll never see the world the same again. A truly generous gift.

[@kimpulsipher647]

Loved this talk, thank you Stewart. You make things so easy to understand.

[@naradaian9196]

Yeah Stewart was able to help me gain expertise to apply in Scots valleys where i lived for 30 years so had a feel for the land anway. Wonderful story...almost too much to take in one one listen...good sound on this recording and better camera work. Joy and excitment Hay Drains it is!

[@larrimos]

The 4th most influential landscape archaeologist is Stewart Ainsworth. An incredible intellect.

[@callmemonkh9020]

Stewart...I really appreciate your scholarship, and reveals! Cheers, my Friend.

[@degel1963]

My neck of the woods with ancestors tied to this general area going back for many hundreds of years according to dna records. I really felt this one. Thank you Stewart.

[@apatriot613]

In U.S. History Landscape is critical in locating sites from ancient 1st Nations/Stone Age up to over 10k years old. To more recent Log cabin sites 1600s - 1800s

[@julienelson8162]

Thank you for being disabled inclusive! I love the insights you provide into the art and disciple of observation, visual and auditory. I hope I will see more.

[@christianbuczko1481]

Stewarts work is the easiest to understand in many ways, and even amateurs can spot obvious signs of roman roads, saxon villages, norman town planning ect, and we can all get a better awareness of the places we live through subtle clues left in the landscape.

[@lynderherberts2828]

Much love to Stewart. :o)

[@rosamimmino1393]

No. 4 best British Landscape Archeologist Stewart Ainsworth! So interesting how he explains his science, and what he does for general public. Only don't like that he seems to look down on other methods of archeology, especially Geo-Physics (or maybe it's just that I don't really understand British humor?)

[@jamesedwards7241]

I guess as a child I was lucky, the conversation was the name of the game and even today TV takes a back seat around me, but I caught the very first program in the TT series and watched it until it was withdrawn, my children grew up with it and the people and subjects opened their minds to what was out there and how it affected their daily lives in ways so many have no comprehension but led mine to such projects as following Ermine street from source to end naming each village and town along it route not bad for a pair of eight-year-olds, today one studies for her degree in the field and while she may never appear on such a program she readily admits that people like Mick Aston and Stewart Ainsworth are the reason she chose to go into the field.

[@kevclaremcd]

When you look at a landscape from an archaeological viewpoint, you will find what is there to be discovered. I have found prehistoric landscapes simply from being able to recognize what is visible in the landscape.

[@avenillacastienkersteter8283]

Thank you we are now looking forward to planning our vacation to go see this area using this talk.

[@markcoulter5858]

Fantastic talk. Well done Stewart.

[@Digventures]

💁 Link to slides for Stewart's talk: www.slideshare.net/DigNation/12-professor-stewart-ainsworth-north-pennines-lidar

[@cyclingnerddelux698]

Big fan of Stewart's !!

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting.

[@sgtrock5273]

Thank you for the very much improved audio.

[@EMTwombly]

I would hope that one day that Stewart’s ideas and plans spread out to the rest of the world. In Central/South America and Thailand I am aware of phenomenal discoveries made by LIDAR. The US and Canada has immense unknown and undiscovered archeological areas, and even if some is 17th to 19th centuries, it is more than we know now! Noninvasive surveys would not violate tribal issues with First People/Native American restrictions, and imagine what they could gain by learning more about their people (provided that they have proprietary control over the results to prevent looting and desecration!!) The ability to involved the disabled or impaired, like myself (who has a great appreciation and interest in archeology), would be phenomenal -> especially with the challenges we have today.

[@martinmessiah7130]

This is fascinating looking at the landscape with a third eye,I would like to understand how things get covered up and end up below ground over time.

[@hydranmenace]

Couldn't help but look at the slides and see what I could find compared to google maps. It's fascinating just looking.

[@mannyrobbo4508]

I remember a recurring event in Time team when Stewart Ainsworth would with hours left on day three throw a huge spanner in the works by announcing a discovery he had made (usually correctly) and resident misanthrope John Gator would get exasperated.

[@brenda1378]

But Stewart, there is nothing like standing in the countryside and seeing nothing much. Then walk the same area with a great Landscape archaeologist its magic, everything jumping out at you.

[@sgrannie9938]

❤️

[@BryonLape]

I liked it best when Stewart was wrong, dug into the maps more, was still wrong, then put it all together for a more complete picture.

[@lardyify]

I wish I could see the graphics properly.

[@MrSteamDragon]

You can Download the slides using the link in the description above

[@160rpm]

Huuge tracts of land!

[@briandougherty4058]

Ah Stewart...Lord Lumps and Bumps...😅

[@blackbob3358]

he'd be explaining a "landscape", and we're thinking what's he on about. then, eventually you could see what he was talking about. ( i always thought every hillock was a drumlin.)

[@a.westenholz4032]

Such a pity that the focus was bad and the resolution too low to see the images Stewart was using. I have such respect for what he does that I listened all the same, but it lost so much by not being able to see what he was showing. The only time the image seemed to clear was in those close up shots of Stewart, and much as I like him, I kept wishing they would turn the camera to the screen and stay there. It would have been more valuable to simply see what he was referring to clearly (with his hand coming into the shot whenever he was pointing something out) while listening to him in the background than what we had.

[@BSWVI]

www.slideshare.net/DigNation/12-professor-stewart-ainsworth-north-pennines-lidar

[@kathrynphelps9771]

Go and look on www.lidarfinder.com for Alston area and see the sites. Also, follow the link to the slides in the info section above

[@lizdyson3627]

Is Stuart addressing academics and professional archeologists in this video or members of the public. I'm really interested.

[@spymaine89]

like this guy but bad presentation.

[@brenda1378]

nope filming not so good.