Time Team S17-E05 Sutton Courtenay

[@janetritchie7499]

I enjoy watching Helen Geake. She is so knowledgable and pleasant in discussing her opinions. She is an intelligent, poised and attractive lady.

[@blaggercoyote]

Phil is so amusing! I love it. And happiest when he`s sinking a pint.

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Aren't you????😊

[@adamsjerome1839]

Sam never ceases to break me up. A brilliant archeologist and a jolly nice bloke.

[@neocyber4665]

thank you time team for 20 plus years of Great people and good times

[@user-xn2hf9re8r]

Matt's face at the end when Phil comes back with comment - love it. This programme should have continued.

[@robertvincent984]

I watch this serious investigation of the past and a laugh to boot. I enjoy archeology, paleontology, and geography. To actually go back to dates prior to and after the birth of Christ is amazing. I am a 46-year retired veteran teacher and at nearly 70, I want to keep learning. AND I AM!

[@kathysmith6413]

fully agree. never got my degree but did substitute in the northand worked a last resort alternative in the city.

[@johnwalther1049]

M

[@nickking8994]

Thank you for your service to the county!

[@corneliawissing7950]

I'm also an ex-teacher of many years and approaching 79 ... but I like learning, like you.

[@zedwms]

23:26 Anglo Saxon archaeology; the thinking man's Dungeons and Dragons. Hahaha, I love this show! (and Phil, you are the star of this show)

[@vickywhitesell4156]

Matt is such a good sport!! He honors his elder in spite of the fact. Phil is awesome as well!

[@furgy425]

These two are brothers, they insult one another in jest and fun but never can an outsider try this and hope to get away unbruised.

[@brownsugarcrochet455]

Matt seems like such a nice guy. He looks so young. He probably started when he was like 15 years old.

[@corneliawissing7950]

@@brownsugarcrochet455 , I firmly believe that Matt is a candidate for archaeological sainthood.

[@SandraNelson063]

This channel is an international treasure.

[@fartonyou100]

What would time team be without Raksha? I love her warmth, her smile and . ..well her everything.

[@jayfigg7981]

It's been 6yrs, ya married yet?

[@Invictus13666]

LOL Jase!

[@shanemize3775]

Here, here!

[@corneliawissing7950]

Esp. her effortless fluency in archaeologic.

[@sgrannie9938]

She doesn’t talk much, but her sense of humour is worth waiting for 🙂

[@jayfigg7981]

Mr Zaaijer, thank you for posting these (that was a really good one) I am homebound and they help SO much!

[@monjiaitaly]

what a lovely group of people, I am enjoying this series so much, thank you.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

It's my new favorite show. Been watching tons of episodes since I discovered them a month ago. I usually watch at least two each day.

[@Headwind-1]

an english thing

[@52daa]

This is an awesome way to not think about coronavirus! Thank you

[@ndotgw]

And I love the looks on Helen's face near the beginning when Phil is explaining to Tony why the first trench is 100 sq. meters. Priceless! I think Helen is great!

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

+E! Carroll I loved that, too! Such a look of devilish merriment in her eyes!

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Helen is totally adorable and brilliant. ^-^

[@sgrannie9938]

She’s brilliant in her field. I admire her tremendously.

[@sgrannie9938]

Her excitement and enthusiasm are contagious.

[@melissacoulter708]

Helen in the very beginning when Mic is saying he’s going to defer to her to explain… she’s just so Helen… ❤

[@freeholdtacticalmed]

I dig Mick’s striped sweater...RIP Professor.

[@bethnewsom1055]

Good! Mick is on this one and he's wearing my favorite sweater! :)

[@ndotgw]

Phil and Ian the JCB operator have done a lot of digging together according to Phil, on and off Time Team, it's fun to watch them interact.

[@jimjenkins673]

Tony is brilliant as our spokesperson and how can you not love the rest.

[@LisaMarli]

As a long time Tolkien Geek, I approve of this episode. This kind of thing is what Tolkien was really all about, he loved languages and the people who created them. He wanted to understand who and what they were about. And then he enjoyed creating New Languages and People. But the Real Languages and People were his first and most important love.

[@SDOtunes]

As a German, I really appreciate Helena Hamerow using the correct plural form, "Grubenhäuser". Way to go!

[@bossamood6536]

If something has a 'plural' form then it means it may have more than one name, description or even meaning; 'grub house', 'grub hut'; 'pit house' is perfectly acceptable 'generic' term among field archaeologists. These structures are not unique to Germany and are found in many places in the World, where they are called simply 'pit houses'.

[@SDOtunes]

I didn't say, that grub huts, Grubenhäuser or whatever you may call them were only in existence in Germany, but rather that I simply appreciate someone whose first language isn't German, to go through the effort of using the correct German plural form.

[@sablatnic8030]

I jumped too, when I heard it! Absolutely didn't expect it.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

SDOtunes Nice to see Germans being satisfied so easily. Do you really think that it is rare that people outside German speaking countries can speak/understand the language spoken by the largest number of Europeans?

[@ronaldderooij1774]

Sablatnic Nice to see Germans being satisfied so easily. Do you really think that it is rare that people outside German speaking countries can speak/understand the language spoken by the largest number of Europeans?

[@warf-oc9yz]

I realy love this searies, they are serious about there work. But yet they do it in a way in which it keeps you entertained, I laugh and seem to learn about England in the early years.

[@gwendolynfish2102]

Lovely Helen and Mick! Hurray!

[@icarusairways6139]

The guy on the backhoe is an artist.

[@NoCoverCharge]

They brought up in this episode my three favorite things Tolkien, dungeons and dragons and BEER!

[@mamavswild]

Me too- too bad this comment is four years old bc I’m single🤣

[@lennartforsberg1519]

Quite entertaining episode with Matt and Phil.

[@alanatolstad4824]

Several times I was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes and couldn't see the monitor!!!

[@lindasue8719]

The ending: it makes me feel the spirits were listening in. 💗

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

Has anyone else noticed what truly elegant and evocative jewelry the ladies wear?

[@stevengerhart-rinaldo3366]

What started as a two part special on a group of professionals throwing caution to the wind (and their reputations on the line..Now look, 18 seasons and most of those newbies to social media and television, are now very well known and respected... Look at Tony.....for instance...

[@benzomanic2972]

Wow.... Never realized how gorgeous Helen is!

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting.

[@LintonHerbert]

Thank you for a great show. It's so wonderful seeing the gang together doing what so few can do, bringing it to life.

[@dr.douglaswilde1155]

A 'feel-good' episode for me. Loved the toast. Great!

[@furrantee]

"We know what we're doin" he says, right before crunch goes the shovel. Oh dear.

[@rebeccagrant6586]

Oh and Helen I can't leave you out! I admire your passion.

[@jan-eriktrres3654]

WHen he read the first old anglo saxon quote, it sounded like Norwegian lol I understood every word and it sounded like it could be said in a Norwegian dialect today

[@HamCubes]

jan-erik Tørres As a native French (didn't help much in this case) and English speaker, I understood what they were saying too! Iirc, Old English is inflected and in that way reminds me of Latin. Even in that limited shovel comparison argument, I could hear at least two different suffixes of the same root.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

As a Californian; I can say that if you put the word _"dude"_ in there a couple times, it would totally make sense to me as well. Lols.

[@cortrichards8179]

Tusen takk!

[@centrifugedestroyer2579]

I'm German and I understood it very well too.

[@albundy9597]

a bit like platt deutsch, frisian accents, I spent over 40 years in Germany and speak the language fluently and like you I could understand some of it.

[@BreninyGeifr]

I loved this one; I was sharing their incredulous excitement all the way!

[@Fangs4DaMemories]

"Matt, you're rubbish! Now can I have some beer?" :D I so

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

I'll ave one too please. I so wanna hang out at the pub with Phil someday, lols.

[@userunknownx]

Translates to "The weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful!"

[@rebeccagrant6586]

I love Tony! He's one person on telly who doesn't annoy me :)

[@imapaine-diaz4451]

Also, the thames in this region was the border between what is known as the danelaw, and saxon england, known as wessex. As such it would have been an important site and have had a strong warrior to guard and supervise it.

[@ScottStevens-x4h]

❤ all of you! my lineage being from Sussex,Seaford county relates to my bloodline and the AS's greatest intriguing show of all time❤

[@mermeridian2041]

Love listening to Sam being excited about the Anglo Saxons!

[@Sithus666]

I enjoy trying to find these sites on Google maps. I looked in the area and I think I found it near:Brook Farm Cottages Milton Rd Sutton Courtenay Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4EZ In looking I found what looks like another site as well to the east. This one is near:1 Northfield Farm Cottages, Long Wittenham, Abingdon OX14 4QR, UK All sorts of rings and lines just like this site.

[@PalmettoNDN]

I just had a look around and the amount of Iron Age barrows and ring forts is amazing.

[@13ECHO20]

51°38'18.6"N 1°17'38.2"W

[@williamezechel6023]

Stewart is the man!!!

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Phil: 26:58 _"My ho comes with a ten year guarantee."_ That's one helluva ho, lols.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

At the risk of being ridiculed (and I _do_ get the joke) the word is _hoe._

[@notpublic7149]

Hooray Mick is on this one!

[@PaulBish]

Love The Anglo Saxon insult competition between Phil and Matt!😂

[@rafaeltorres4728]

If I had many lives, in one I would love to be archeologist 😀.

[@1758pk]

Dam! I worked in archaeology and I MISS IT ! One of the best experiences of my life.

[@uncannydan]

The gathering of smirks at 26:00 is great. 'This is great~! But no idea why!'

[@rogeriusrex1]

"What are we going to do today? We're going to dig somewhere else."

[@lameesahmad9166]

I missed Victor's illustrations this time.

[@RobKoelman]

10:15 - 10:22 + 39:45 - 39:56

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

Nice to see the American Helena representing us on Time Team! Edit: right at the end - I translate it as Matt telling Phil "Your wife tells me you have a little shovel"

[@sgrannie9938]

🙄

[@jehansanzterre3956]

The 'totem poles' mentioned at 32:40 could well be a version of the Irminsul or Germanic World Tree,representing the connections between the Worlds;Upper,Middle and Lower.Having corpses so near a feasting hall or residence sounds highly unlikely,as criminals or those outside of proper societal boundaries were hanged/ritually murdered/drowned,and their remains would have been left far removed from living quarters.Their extremely negative energy would have been feared by all.

[@michaelmaciejewicz7534]

I am also binge watching Time team

[@fortuner123]

Fantastic watching them sit drinking on the site of the great hall. If only we had a time machine they could have had a drink with the actual people.

[@rogeriusrex1]

"Your shovel's goin rusty."

[@johng7632]

14:50 that electrical tower .... just wow!

[@ArieVisker]

That sakson language is just like German and Dutch, I have understood every word.

[@ndotgw]

"Saxon"...just sayin'... 😎

[@penisgrease]

+Arie Visker saxon angles and jutes are german.i am from niedersachsen.

[@Alizudo]

It's Old English. Functionality identical to Modern English, but with heavy German inspiration and origins.

[@Awitsaduck]

Why are Anglo Saxons buildings so special and Iron Age roundhouses seemingly ten a penny? Or is this my false impression?

[@williamezechel6023]

Racshar is like their work horse. Always digging, working and they made her camp out at least once

[@Tidgy]

My family goes back to anglo saxons times and we were from Appleford, Abingdon and Sutton Courtney, my grandfather moved up north after WW2 so i find this very fascinating.

[@mr.aldini6801]

Who wears short shorts? Phil wears short shorts!

[@xKinseh]

Pockets out!

[@dmiller5765]

Phil having fun with Anglo Saxon insults. My shovel's bigger than yours. Lol.

[@barbaraburton8914]

Ah yes, but is it true?

[@dean31black]

mick aston was from oldbury, not far from me in the black country

[@blaggercoyote]

Essex, Sussex and Wessex - to me these names mean East Saxon, South Saxon and West Saxon. Then you have Norfolk - The North people. Did the Saxons not go up there early on and hence no Norsex?

[@Teresa-ih4sn]

The best video ever!!!

[@stannousflouride8372]

On Google Earth here: 51°38'29.6"N 1°17'07.8"W

[@jimdille6015]

+Stannous Flouride Cropmarks all over the place!

[@stannousflouride8372]

That's why I plotted the sites. To see what's around the dig sites.

[@dougdobbs]

When I look up those coordinates on Google Earth it is just east of the Thames estuary. Are you sure about those numbers? :(

[@wbrewer5352]

@@dougdobbs Try this: www.google.com/maps/place/51%C2%B038'29.6%22N+1%C2%B017'07.8%22W/@51.6415589,-1.2876887,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d51.6415556!4d-1.2855?hl=en

[@casperbetz1949]

No, not exactly. The road to the north of the field is "Drayton East Way", not "Drayton Road". First trench is here: 51°38'23.70"N 1°17'47.87"W Second (a few meters to the West) 51°38'23.31"N 1°17'50.88"W

[@ShawnTheSilentLurkerKerr]

A lot of Tolkien and LOTR references in this episode. Kinda odd stumbling across this one on the day they announced the death of Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE. RIP Bilbo Baggins.

[@imapaine-diaz4451]

one would think that with such a large and evidently important site in the saxon lands, there might be more mentions of it in the literature.

[@Wally-H]

Why? There are only about 1,000 contemporary texts that relate to the entire history of Anglo Saxon England between 411 - 1066. That's 650 years, so less than two texts per year. If you consider the fact a sizable portion of those texts relate to the latter Saxon period, you start to realise how scant written evidence is for anything. That is exactly why archaeology is so important. now this has been discovered, it will no doubt start to be talked about in the text books

[@Wally-H]

Indeed@alanrtment porter

[@lucygray6162]

This episode could have lasted a week at least. Soooo interesting and everyone was having a good time.

[@Mossyz.]

to protect the stuff in the ground for future generations

[@wildbill6675]

Phil is just crazy cool

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

As an American I always rather startled when there's an American in an episode. I almost don't hear the accent except in contrast to the Brits.

[@katajha831]

There is a great series put on by Ruth Goodman. The farm series. We americans tried to do it with those deplorable reality shows where they go back and try to survive. Oh the brits have it down. Anyway in the Tales from the Green Valley they build a cow shed. They have an american (or canadian i guess i did not check his passport) come in and help. I watched it 2 times before I realized what was wrong was he sounded a bit weird. :/

[@davehall1406]

We have quite a few us ex pats over here too.

[@trishamason1855]

As an American, my first thought when I hear a North American accent on a Britt programme is that it must be Canadian. Keep digging, guys!

[@barbmcconnaughey3070]

Barnaby ap Robert Same here, especially the Dinosaur episode. Tony & Phil go to Montana to hunt dinos.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*Barnaby (son of) Robert* She's *English* but studied in *America* as well as *Britain.*

[@takefive4291]

Go to Google maps and see many of the crop marks and more.

[@jabowi2528]

Needed Victor's illustrations 😢

[@kolo890]

Stänkern, the custom of making slight coarse remarks, is still done in the countryside in Germany and Austria.

[@rogeriusrex1]

Ok, what I don't understand is why archaeologists are limited to a certain number of square meters for digging. I get these places are protected, but I would assume they should be protected from commercial/residential development, not from genuine archaeological and historical and anthropological endeavors.

[@Alizudo]

@alanrtment porter The longer you wait, the more potential finds will rot away into nonexistence.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@Alizudo Perhaps but the point is to protect the _site_ rather than the finds.

[@Lady_Bird_420]

Ok, this is probably a dumb question but....... why cow 💩 for the "whattaling" ? Why not just use mud?

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

You add the dung to the mud and straw to act as a binding agent to hold better and not crack😊

[@vicmclaglen1631]

We've exhausted these stains in the ground, do we have more interesting stains to pursue?

[@rockymountainrockhound4393]

George Sutton knt. My grandfather also.

[@ericsamsel1549]

I wish that instead of just stating they are limited in their digging area, they would have given a quick explanation as to why. Why are they limited? Who limits them? This site may be one of the greatest archaeological finds in England, but they are limited to a few digs? Please explain to a curious American.

[@ericsamsel1549]

Well, that all makes sense. It is just frustrating that so much discovery will have to wait so long to be unearthed, when so much of it is literally at your fingertips.

[@shammydammy2610]

This particular group is 'limited' by the fact that they're being filmed.

[@lt34102]

Usually, when given a limit on the amount they can excavate, it's because it's an English Heritage protected site.

[@bossamood6536]

The Time Team had 3 days maximum to excavate each project. Some of the projects clearly warranted much longer investigation. However, the 3 day time limitation meant that they had to target specific areas of the excavation, rather than the whole area, to fit in to the programme. Time team was a series of tv programmes aimed at bringing the importance of archaeology, and past history and heritage to the British public.

[@fethahed3070]

Eric Samsel also, it's considered important to leave some untouched for future technology to hopefully discover stuff that would be lost/missed/destroyed by current techniques.

[@ForgivenMan-jl7bp]

So the traditional cheer at the end is "WASSS UPPPP" ... Ok

[@johnwalker6568]

the excavator operator is the serial killer from silence of the lambs.

[@jcollins3182]

It’s interesting how much that Anglo Saxon board game resembles the game of go - also an ancient strategy game with Chinese origins. Does anyone know if the could be related? Maybe through trade? I believe that Go is thousands of years old, so it seems possible.

[@Timotei75]

At 20:46 he looks about ready for a scrap.

[@mr.aldini6801]

A Saxon Royal site. Any ideas as to which Saxon royal?

[@bennyandersen9272]

I got curious when i heard a quote from St Bede in this episode: "and et reina and snowa...." Can someone please tell me from which writing of St Bedes this quote is? Thanks!

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*Benny Andersen* It's probably *_Ecclesiastical History of the English People._* Before he was canonised he was known as *Bede The Venerable.* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede

[@bennyandersen9272]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 .Thanks :-)

[@Martin_Skywatcher]

240p only ?! Was this uploaded in the iron age ?

[@bethbartlett5692]

*"Helen's Dig!"* love Helen. (It was pre-Producer's menopause.)

[@dinx556]

Excellent!

[@victoriaeads6126]

ALWAYS TRUST PHIL! I've only watched a few minutes of this particular episode, but I know THAT!

[@victoriaeads6126]

Oh, and geophys is always better than Tony thinks.

[@7kaisheba]

Helen the archeologist seems to be, the one and same lady who is joining "put your money where your mouth is" BBC, which is quite logical to me, I love to see her here

[@danaringquist9730]

thanks for the post 7-22-2022

[@harbourdogNL]

8:45 and 11:36 Worthwhile watching if for no other reason than to see Helen Geake in shorts and boots....phwoarrrr...

[@albundy9597]

knobbly knees though and no thigh gap (you can see where I was looking)

[@harbourdogNL]

@@albundy9597 I'm good with that ;)

[@andreassenmorten]

At 10.44 - a quotation from where/what? Anyone who knows?

[@patriciaheil6811]

Those "flag poles" at Anglo Saxon long houses, could they have been Donar Oak poles like the one Boniface cut down at Gaesmar near Fritzlar???

[@jamesrivis620]

The word ‘grub house’ is confusing the real Saxon (i.e. German) origin from ‘gruben’ meaning dug or to dig...these houses were pit-houses and the pits were dug out first. The word ‘grub’ also comes from this root.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Welcome to *English,* a language that will happily adopt any foreign word or phrase that it thinks it has a use for!

[@franzkohler8337]

It's beyond me why Time Team is so much restricted in digging. What's so special about the place?

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Filled with lots of different sites that they want to preserve for later 😊

[@Jigger2361]

omggg i hope the boys in "Geo-Phys" gets called in!