Best of 2023 (Extra Insights)
🕑 Added 2023-12-30 21:11:42 +0000 UTCWe hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and are preparing for a very happy New Year!
Here are a few final extra insights from the team on their favourite archaeology stories from 2023 and developments ahead.
Don't forget, before the month (and year) is out, there's another Classic Special to come from the archives, right here on Patreon!
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Patricia Amero
https://www.timeteamdigital.com/digs/roman-fort-and-vicus/a-word-with-mark-corney-roman-specialist (I esp. love this short take- Tim/Mark convo β€)
Des Bowring
Will Time Team be paying tribute to the late Mark Corney any time soon? He was a great archaeologist and friend of the show.
Janet Sutton
Thatβs great! Thanks so much!
Dr Richard Mellish
But why weren't those links provided with the YouTube video?
Graham Dombkins
All the best for the New Year guys! Looking forward to what TT will bring in 2024
Patricia Amero
One of the (many) reasons I joined Time Team Patreon is the infectious passion each of these members has for what they do and for sharing that knowledge and passion with the world. π
Mac Whatley
https://her.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/whats-new/the-story-of-world-war-1s-clipstone-camp
Mac Whatley
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11042793/Dont-skeletons-gender-categorise-race-woke-activists-demand.html
Mac Whatley
https://www.tiktok.com/@historywithmegs/video/7313590860430462241
Mac Whatley
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/kent/smallhythe-place/the-port-community-of-smallhythe-place
Mac Whatley
https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmunds/news/anglo-saxon-royal-temple-believed-to-date-back-1-400-years-u-9340953/
Mac Whatley
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/06/tudor-collyweston-palace-northamptonshire-found-in-garden-by-amateur-archeologists
Mac Whatley
I couldn't find them all, but here are links to a few of their cited projects-
David Boon
All great highlights but I agree with Henry. Ancient DNA is transforming archaeology and even family history. I now know my direct male line was likely connected with the earliest hunter gatherers back into Britain and Ireland after the last ice-age. They not only spread out all over the British Isles over the thousands of years that followed, but they integrated into later groups that arrived and eventually took up farming. Such details are proven by family relationships at sites such as Primrose Grange. Knowing I share a common ancestor born in Britain with individuals found as far apart as Pabay Mor off the coast of Scotland and the Hazleton Long Barrow in Gloucestershire is an amazing insight into my own personal connection with pre-history. Combine that with modern DNA matches that show Boon/es in my line after surnames were introduced came from as far apart as Northern Ireland and Somerset in England and spread out across the world from the late 1600s until the mid 1800s gives us access to history beyond the artefacts and written records. In the years that follow others testing and future ancient finds will bridge the gap between the ancient and more recent past. Being able to see mutations in my Y-DNA that are identical up to the point ancient individuals lived is a tangible connection to the ancient past.
Stephen Rich
has TIme Team started to use genomic analysis from bone to determine the likely relationships of group burials?
Steve Mikre
Greatly enjoyed this look back on 2023...
Evelyn G Kimbrell
Thanks to all the Time Team folks for bringing armchair archaeologists information from all the world. You enrich our lives.
Mary Lu Perham
Itβs really good to hear about the diverse projects with which you Time Team folks are involved. It helps me appreciate the great diversity of information we can gain through archaeology. Henryβs comments about ancient DNA are especially interesting to me. Thanks for sharing your ideas, Time Team!