WINFARTHING ISOTOPES | ENGLISH ALCATRAZ | Time Team News | Episode #7 PLUS Easter Island writing

Dani Wootton returns for more Time Team News. This month, isotope analysis results reveal the likely origins of the Winfarthing lady. The team visit the 'English Alcatraz', Drake's Island, at Plymouth. Plus we venture behind the scenes at this year's Current Archaeology Live!, featuring John Gater as Keynote Speaker. Elsewhere, we look at some of the stories to recently hit the archaeological headlines.
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CREDITS
Current Archaeology
Dr Sam Leggett, University of Edinburgh: www.ed.ac.uk/profile/sam-leggett
Dr Helen Geake
Dr John Gater
Drake's Island
Oxford Archaeology
Ness of Brodgar
Roman egg scan: Dr Christopher Dunmore, Imaging Centre for Life Sciences:www.kent.ac.uk/anthropology-c...
Winfarthing environmental CT scans: with thanks to Tom Sparrow at the 'School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences', University of Bradford
Drake's Island story scripted and edited by Jonathan Boakes
3D reconstruction models created by Andy Woodhead / Matt 'Bear' Clark
Music courtesy of Premium Beat, Bonne Nuit and Steve Day
Discover more about Rapa Nui script in Nature journal: www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
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[@TimeTeamOfficial]

What should we cover next on Time Team News? Let us know!

[@AndyGabrielPowell]

Wondering if there is scope for Time Team to conduct archaeological investigations on the Isle of Lundy in the Bristol Channel? It was recorded in the Charter Rolls as early as 1199, but its name is Norse. The last major dig was in 1969 by Charles Thomas of Exeter Uni. He found some startling Celtic inscriptions and around 30 graves, but hypothesised there could be over 100 on the island. It is steeped in history. It must have been known to the Romans too, as they had a small Fortlet on the Exmoor coast at Martinhoe, from which, Lundy is clearly visible.

[@CGM_68]

The story of Doggerland shows how destructive climate change can be. I would love to see some underwater archaeology anywhere around the British isles, or even on the shores of the North sea across the channel. Example : The Maritime Archaeology Trust site at Bouldnor Cliff, a submerged Mesolithic landscape which lies on the edge of the drowned palaeo-valley and is now 11m underwater, 1km east of Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight.

[@corrpearce2363]

Some of the follow-up science can be fascinating, maybe more follow ups on classic episodes/digs?

[@Odanti]

I would like to see more work on Mull. I'm like Mick, more church sites and monasteries. You haven't done one in a long time. I just keep watching the same Mull one you did 20 years ago. ❤️🙏❤️

[@jillwheelden680]

yes, do return to Drakes'Island please!

[@Sarcasticron]

Dani's enthusiasm is so contagious! What a great presenter.

[@elizabethneill3825]

That's what I think. I also like that she asks questions when she interviews the archaeologists because it helps me to understand better.

[@lornadryden5650]

I love her and her hair is adorable 🥰

[@bethannyallain5395]

I was so glad to see Jon Gater's wins for The Ness of Brodnar. He is one of my favorite Tin=me Time people. I know that The Ness of Brodnar is one of his favorite projeccts.

[@lnbjr7]

Doni, I really enjoy watching your segments of TimeTeam! You are a natural for this form of TimeTeam segments! Go Lady, go!

[@networkg]

Wherever Time Team goes, the paths of our ancestors unfolds. Drake will be another fascinating pathway that should not be left untread !

[@NeungView]

What's your IQ?

[@networkg]

@@NeungView Sir, This Is A Wendy's

[@maudieg8459]

These news programs are such a treat, and no matter the subject, it’s wonderful to learn about all the activities going on. I love history, and learning about early populations and cultures is fascinating, especially mysterious unknowns like Easter Island a places such as that. Many thanks, and Keep the good stuff coming!

[@fernalicious]

Dani's a great host. 👍📜👍

[@girlnorthof60]

It's exciting to learn about the new discoveries from around the globe, and the post-ex analysis results from previous digs. I'm also highly impressed with Time Team's Patreon offerings we receive regularly. A worthy investment, it's a lovely community of like-minded people. Congratulations to all of the award winners & nominees. 🙏 Thank you Dani, and everyone involved.

[@KristenStieffel]

I was just rewatching the Winfarthing episode the other day. Love to see this kind of follow up!

[@MossyMozart]

@KristenStieffel - "Time Team" cannot give the woman back her name, but they can give her back significant parts of her biography and our memory of her. ^_^

[@dennisnicholson952]

Drake's Island looked very interesting. I wouldn't mind seeing a future Time Team Official dig there with Gus and the gang.

[@hull294]

A job at the gift shop on Drakes Island was my first job after leaving school...fascinating place.

[@MossyMozart]

@hull294 - Did you live there or were you able to commute?

[@hull294]

@@MossyMozart Had to get a small boat from Milbay docks every day

[@ghendar]

Return to Drake's Island? Yes, Yes, YES!!!

[@margmorano2101]

Love Time Team, cannot get enough…when I found the original show I binge watched the episodes, sometimes twice! In my younger high school days I always I wanted to be an archeologist, so anything , anywhere is all good - keep up the very informative work! - from Ontario, Canada

[@atorres8760]

Thank you Time Team!

[@ledacedar6253]

Yes More investigations into Drake Island’s archeological history & more time team folks, shared laughs & many delightful surprises. Dani you’re so good & your excitement makes it nearly jump out of the TV screen! ❤❤❤

[@pattiwhite9575]

Very excited about more on Easter Island.

[@stephenlowe5896]

Yes to further information on Drakes Island, it looks an interesting location with a wealth of history.

[@AndreiMartovski]

Lot's of exsciting events this months! And you're in the middel of a lot of them. Congratulations!

[@diananelson3702]

I love the isotope analyses, even if they are not that precise.

[@kristinmarra7005]

Definitely more Drakes Island! Loved it..

[@andrewlavey6992]

There is so much more to be found on Drake's Island. Please, continue.

[@mikebrown3772]

I understood that it is called Drake's Island not because he sailed FROM there but because, on his return from his circumnavigation he anchored in its shelter while finding out how the political situation ashore with regard to Spain might have changed during the years he had been away. He was aware of the risk that he might be hanged as a pirate rather than welcomed as a successful privateer.

[@fionad9913]

Every story in this episode is so fascinating!!! I would love to have return trips to learn more about all of them. But, yes, Drake's Island sounds great!

[@michaelbelisle8930]

the last story was amazing. i would like to see a story on the lost colony of roanke island.

[@Strigulino]

I grew up in Plymouth in the Seventies and Eighties. Very interesting to see Drake's Island featured!

[@dthomp06]

Wow! I never knew about Drakes Island. I’d love to see more about it. I’d love to be able to listen to one of John’s presentations. I bet they are really fab.

[@rickvandenheuvel]

Yes please do more on Drakes island!

[@Shaden0040]

Yes please return to Drake Island i'd love to see you guys do a bunch of test pits and a bunch of real pits to dig as much as you can to find out about as much as you can about this place. it's funny this Greek island has parallels to an island in Boston hardware called Castle Island I believe that the island there's a couple out there This one had a fort on it during the Revolutionary War and that Fort was a prison for prisoners during the American Civil War. the interesting to see if you guys could come over here and do some digs for that place and compare them to drag silent because it's not much difference in time. between your civil war and ours but 200 years tops sixteen seventeen hundreds to 1900s 1893 18th century 19 century 1860 let's put it that way. because the feel like it of Drakes Island construction and battlements and warrants is very reminiscent of Castle Island or it's George's Island is the castle on George's Island.

[@soniahamilton9914]

I am looking forward to this!!

[@lornadryden5650]

Drakes island would be Sooooooo cool to investigate further!!!

[@phildalziel8625]

Another great news episode! Drakes Island looks amazing but the Roman egg is the winner for jaw dropping news!

[@andytrewin]

Yes TT please return to Drake's Island.

[@derekpritchard8854]

I wonder how useful isotope analysis will be in the future, given the globalisation of food production and supply and even water isn't guaranteed to be from a local source these days.

[@isabeljohnston5020]

👍🏼 Drakes Island would be fascinating.

[@gileslangley941]

Lived in Plymouth for years, but never went to Drake’s island. Would love to see more..

[@bjdefilippo447]

Absolutely fascinating! I'd love more on Drake Island.

[@Davlavi]

Amazing love it.

[@michellecollins6193]

I really enjoyed this thank you & look forward to seeing more on these topics

[@user-ns7sp4jh4c]

Drake's Island - yes please.

[@alanmcmillan6969]

A good video! Drake's Island looks like a good place to look.

[@OldWhitebelly]

I am just so pleased that Time Team News exists.

[@NeilABliss]

Drakes Island is such a cool place.

Drakes Island looks like a fascinating place to visit. Nice Video :)

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

Personally not too interested in that Drakes Island, But Congrats to Time Teams, John Gater for his award ! WTG John, you deserve it! The Egg being found, was very interesting, and wondering what the ones that found it, plant to do with it? Wondering how it lasted and was so well preserved as it was.

[@TimeTeamOfficial]

John was the keynote speaker at CA Live, but picked up two awards for Ness of Brodgar on behalf of his friend and site director Nick Card, who was unable to attend. Congratulations to all winners and nominees at the event, showcasing the best of British archaeology!

[@cortrichards8179]

Just wondering if anyone might know: Has Chartley Castle ever been excavated? Has any archaeological work ever been done there? I am so interested in the Medieval Ages and Tudor period as well, and know that Chartley has quite a history. I am also very interested, because Chartley Castle was the home of my own ancestors, on the de Ferrers and Devereux sides of my family. As an American, I would so love to visit one day too, if only to see the ruins of that once great House. If anyone can shed some light, I would so appreciate it. I wasn't able to find too much online regarding any archaeological work ever being done at Chartley Castle. Thank you to Dani and everyone on Time Team for another excellent video!

[@TimeTravelReads]

Hi Dani! Wow. A Roman age chicken egg. That's unexpected.

[@petercompo]

Yes to drake Island exploration

[@michaelmiller641]

Good old time team! I remember winfarthing, the village I cycled through in 1968, on my way to bressingham steam museum from tivetshall, where my grandparents lived at the time!

[@suzannegabriel3299]

yes! I'd love to see Time Team go to Drake's Island - so many layers of history.

[@mandysmith1756]

I've visited Plymouth many times, and always wondered about Drake's Island. Please go back I'd love to see more.

[@andrewlavey6992]

Some suggestions for further investigations: Kent's Cavern, Tintagle, Agatha Christie, Smeaton's Tower, Torre Abbey, and Coleton Fishacre.

[@pamelalenorovitz7657]

Please more on Drake’s Island 😁👍🏻

[@Leitchy]

More Drake's Island, please.

[@zworm2]

Drake Island should be a very interesting Time Capsule. Open it up!

[@megwolff58]

I am really enjoying these Time Team News videos! Please keep them coming.

[@lizdyer4543]

More investigation on Drakes Island please. This was another good episode. ❤

[@MaxrunnMutt]

I saw a documentary on KZbin about how the red head tribes of that area of the world share DNA with Vikings. It’s called: New Zealand Skeletons in the Cupboard - episode 1 red heads

[@judithcooke6979]

Lovely episode, always good to see what TT members are doing. Yes, please, I would interested to learn more about Drake’s Island.

[@marybull3715]

Please visit Drakes island again. would love to see more.

[@samanthaperrin6567]

I love time team news!!!

[@Andy-rt4ml]

I would love to see more history of Easter Island. From what I know, it is a very mysterious place -- it was likely very isolated (culturally as well as geographically) for much of its history. I would like to know more about what the state of the research is on the writing system from the wood tablets. I suppose there is no equivalent of a Rosetta Stone for that writing system. It seems like it consists of pictographs. If the writing system was developed completely independently of any other writing system, I wonder if the only hope of decoding it is to find present day Polynesian people that may know something about it from oral traditions.

[@johngarbutt3845]

Yes, on Drake's Island.

[@Hernik_der_Herzhaft]

Yes more background on Drake Island, I'd love to see / hear the origins, and more of the evolution of the island

[@54mgtf22]

Love your work 👍

[@mbak7801]

I spent a week on Drakes Island on a youth adventure holiday. We spent most of our time around the accommodation building so did not see any of what you have displayed. We were told about the tunnels, but they were all blocked off. This would make a great site for Time Team to visit, map and document.

[@TessasPlace]

A Drake's Island episode would be fantastic.

[@alanatolstad4824]

I was waiting to learn if Naomi got seasick on the return voyage!

[@naomisewpaul7569]

Ha ha, I was actually ok. Very proud of myself. 😂

[@alanatolstad4824]

@@naomisewpaul7569 I sure missed hearing that on tape, so thanx for filling in the missing results!

[@timflatus]

Great format. Loving these updates!

[@notpublic7149]

❤ I have been on patreon since probably week one. I love what is being done with the "New Media" concepts, it applies really well to most fields of science in order to get input from the public. Since that first week I have increased my pledge on patreon. I absolutely love these new news segments. Yes it was possible to say to go to channel 4 / time team in the past. However this is so much more engaging for the public. Thank you so much for most of you being of an older generation yet seen the value in trying something new rather than the old TV network standards. Budgets are hard to come by via crowdfunding but it can be done and it will be done. Cheers Cheers Cheers huzzah time team! 🎉

[@lancerbiker5263]

Wold be interesting to see what some geophys reveals on Drake's Island...

[@ColleenJousma]

thanks for the updates!

[@elizabethneill3825]

I have a question about the Winfarthing Lady. (It's so exciting to know, roughly, where she's from.) Does the fact that she comes from an area near Cologne mean that she was not a Saxon, not an Angel, and not a Jute? Is that significant in the story of the Anglo-Saxon migration? What might have been the push/pull factors for her migration? As a young person during the reign of Sigibert, was she living in a time when her community was pagan or Christian? And was that Sigibert of Austrasia?

[@tonywilkes1781]

Drakes Island, definitely!👍

[@nicolaiitchenko7610]

Would love to learn more about Drakes Island - especially why it is and has been so long off limits

[@andrewlamb8055]

Dani, Here is a question … the Knights Templars were a massive European event from 11 to the 13 hundreds … many site and preceptories were based in the uk and Ireland …. Many Templar farms were based there too.. is there any sites that can be excavated … or excavated more? Cheers, Andrew

[@HistoryNeedsYou]

Please return to Drake’s Island. Both John and Robert Lilburne are fascinating characters and it would be grand to explore evidence of the island in the C17th

[@deeannmcginnis2115]

How was that egg preserved intact? That is just the strangest thing.

[@seanpaula8924]

So CAN geophys tell the difference between a bike and a toilet? This will keep me up at night.

[@MarkHaworth]

Interesting morse decode on the Drake Island segment, RAKE39S, guessing the D was somewhere under the voice over 🙂Thirty nine steps maybe? Who knows!

[@paintedpilgrim]

The question I have is if broken would the egg still stink after 1500 years?

[@louiseedwards29]

I was so thrilled to see you had the isotope results of the lady's burial in Norfolk! Very fascinating. Dr. Leggett sounds like a Kiwi, or possibly Australian.

[@flyovercounty1427]

Drake’s Island yes

[@paulnewman3292]

Rongorongo: I thought this was securely translated by Fisher. He published a book on the matter about 30 years ago. Now his decipherment of the Phaistos disc is known to be wrong, but Rongorongo seems to have had a better reception amonst liguists. So, why the new research?

[@alanmcmillan6969]

That liquid egg from Romonatic times? How, and what next, or have you already eaten it?!!

[@The-RA-Guy]

What?! The subtitles say "The regicide of Charles III" 😲 Does he know? Not surprised he is unwell! 😂 See @ 12:33 Obviously the auto text can't hear "first" clearly. Stopped me in my tracks though!!

[@annpartoon5300]

there was dark green on the map near scotish border why was that ruled out?

[@Arkantos117]

I thought that the English Alcatraz was Australia.

[@kp_pro]

popcorn at the ready

[@pattiwhite9575]

Drakes Island should be reinstated as an active school for the military. The buildings and work are still in wonderful shape. But with decay around it could be lost.

[@markroth9827]

Time Team is awesome!

[@W4iteFlame]

Huh...egg. This is actually interesting, but I guess it is unfertilized, so the date that can be gathered from it is more limited

[@katherinecooper6159]

Time Team been able to explore such as Neanderthal?

[@sadielou1808]

I would love more on Drake Island. It's a time capsule of British history and if there were a dig there in more undisturbed areas, you could probably push its habitation back further. I could see a book highlighting its many wartime chapters in the protection of Portsmouth. Please return with a full crew studying documents, doing excavations, recording visible ruins, archeological technology and maybe some geography re: it's strategic position to the mainland. Would be awesome.

[@twin40dave]

I live in Plymouth and drakes Island is a must but by the sound of it it's a total mystery... pardon the pun 😊😊

[@kevinwood9324]

absolutely go back to Drakes Island

[@user-sv9bt3md8b]

When I started watching this show many years ago I had no idea how much of my family history I could discover from it! My paternal ancestry goes back to 1045 in Normandy before coming with the Conqueror to England in 1066. My ancestors were involved in pretty much every time period and historical events up until the present day. One of them was the assassin who killed the John Villiers,one was a bible translator,scholar and personal clergy to the king and queen,Nicholas Felton. Another was the 6th great grandfather of Anne Boleyn. Very fascinating family! You may recognize the name of another descendant,Tom Felton from Harry Potter fame.

[@bigsarge2085]

👍👍

[@OldWhitebelly]

Around 11:00, morse code for "rake39s" is heard. I assume it's just random sound effects to sound "wartime" like?

[@debrah7548]

Can we produce a chicken from that egg’s DNA?

[@davidlloyd150]

❤