tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post4483746951514705508..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Time Team & the joy of archaeologyJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-38812453894586703212011-07-29T06:44:32.226+10:002011-07-29T06:44:32.226+10:00One thing about archeology, LE, is that you don...One thing about archeology, LE, is that you don't have to give it up entirely. So Eygpt might still beckon - introduce the kids to it!Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-90970285626245010082011-07-28T19:50:00.154+10:002011-07-28T19:50:00.154+10:00I am such an absent academic that I think I would ...I am such an absent academic that I think I would probably freeze to death on the field just to find a neolithic bit of pottery...perhaps it's best that I took up law instead!!! Or maybe I could have taken up Egyptology. I went to Egypt when I was a teenager, and it's the only place where my asthma ever disappeared (so hot and dry!)Legal Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01096038577529334966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-20227127555819874042011-07-27T21:00:04.763+10:002011-07-27T21:00:04.763+10:00One thing that I did find, LE, was a reaction to d...One thing that I did find, LE, was a reaction to digging in the wet and cold. All my archaeology was in Northern NSW. I don't know that I could manage the UK!Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-76400293613456793552011-07-27T20:09:02.173+10:002011-07-27T20:09:02.173+10:00I love Time Team too. I wanted to be an archaeolog...I love Time Team too. I wanted to be an archaeologist when I was a kid, so not surprising.Legal Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01096038577529334966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-4771150369834567862011-07-27T16:55:02.471+10:002011-07-27T16:55:02.471+10:00I think that's right, KVD. In Australia we do ...I think that's right, KVD. In Australia we do get sites where geogprahic change has effectively buried deposits. But in England, later occupation has buried earlier deposits.<br /><br />Mind you, that can happen in drier climates. Look at the middle east. It comes back to the intensity of human occupation at a particular spot.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-47291857647163386472011-07-27T16:04:48.273+10:002011-07-27T16:04:48.273+10:00What I means is, in Aus we see pictures of our con...What I means is, in Aus we see pictures of our continent being blown out to sea in duststorms; but in England (and Egypt, Greece) they always seem to have to dig down a few feet??<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-24639182128601592792011-07-27T15:57:31.989+10:002011-07-27T15:57:31.989+10:00Yes, the Romans.
That steam shovel gave me pause ...Yes, the Romans.<br /><br />That steam shovel gave me pause for thought at first; but I came to the vague conclusion that the experts must have known what they were doing. Also, it is interesting to see just how much overburden? stacks up in sometimes just a few hundred years.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-42665319520760015072011-07-27T15:45:33.003+10:002011-07-27T15:45:33.003+10:00I assume that by industrious people you meannthe R...I assume that by industrious people you meannthe Romans, KVD!<br /><br />You have picked up the elements in the shot very well. But it was that ditch digger that helped make me uncomfortable. I learned my archaeology in Australia; that type of equipment would have destroyed the top layers.<br /><br />Comments on Greek odessey noted!Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-10497351752787562522011-07-27T15:39:40.207+10:002011-07-27T15:39:40.207+10:00I agree that is a terrific program, Jim - but also...I agree that is a terrific program, Jim - but also that pic you used is great as well, with the trowel in the foreground, ditch digger in background. Also I love the earnestness of the various 'characters'; makes for great viewing.<br /><br />I particularly like the ones chasing up the siting of old Roman roads. What an industrious people they were.<br /><br />kvd<br />ps reminds me of a certain Greek odessey I was reading...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-19858345068537526082011-07-27T12:43:16.880+10:002011-07-27T12:43:16.880+10:00I fear that Australia's Got Talent hasn't ...I fear that Australia's Got Talent hasn't grabbed me, Neil! Givem your interests, it's not surprising that Time Team grabbed you as well. It's actually nice watching something at the moment that generally has no current overlays.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-86135626471669064342011-07-27T11:33:04.375+10:002011-07-27T11:33:04.375+10:00I even watched it when I was in hospital; it was o...I even watched it when I was in hospital; it was on The History Channel. This has been compulsory viewing for me too over the past few weeks, and indeed past few years! <br /><br />Along with Australia's Got Talent. ;)Neilhttp://neil2decade.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com