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Helen Geake and Martyn Williams meet the team behind a new DNA discovery that changes our understanding of Bronze Age society. David Dawson from Wiltshire Museum and Tom Booth of the Crick Institute explain how it turns out the famous "stout man" is actually "stout woman"!
Time Team's Carenza Lewis has details of how Time Team members can join us on our next dig in October. It's taking place in Lincoln, with more information available soon at patreon.com/timeteamofficial.
Lawrence Shaw gets you excited for Time Team's expedition crew dig in Northumberland and you'll meet the mathematician trying to solve a neolithic mystery using his geometry knowledge.
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Time Team archaeologist Dr Helen Geake answers questions sent in by Time Team members. You'll find out how recent heatwaves are exposing lost archaeology in the ground below, how children can ask the most illuminating archaeological questions and whether double yellow lines would be interpreted as decorative by archaeologists of the future. We also pay tribute to Sir Tony Robinson on his 80th birthday.
Helen's Find shines a spotlight on an object discovered through archaeology. Today's find can be seen via the following link:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1991-0411-2858
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Martyn Williams is at Time Team's dig on Orkney where the mysterious geophysics 'blobs' are being investigated. You'll hear from Sir Tony Robinson who's visiting the site and has fallen in love with the landscape and its remarkable neolithic history.
There are also conversations with Time Team's John Gater and Jackie McKinley who are battling the wet and windy conditions in the Northern Isles.
Martyn also learns more about the local neolithic landscape by speaking to historian and writer Sigurd Towrie.
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We had so many of your questions about The Ness of Brodgar that we decided to make another podcast answering them! Martyn Williams is at the neolithic site on Orkney with Anne Mitchell, one of the site's directors. Martyn and Helen put your questions to Anne including a discussion about the iconic Brodgar Butterfly.
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Helen Geake and Martyn Williams take you to the heart of Time Team's dig at The Ness of Brodgar on Orkney. You'll hear from inside the trench as the site finally starts to give up its secrets. Jackie McKinley sheds light on what the mysterious circular structure could really be and Dani Wootton makes an amazing discovery.
You'll also hear from Rob Watts from the YouTube channel RobWords. He's in Orkney to visit the dig and learn more about the languages once spoken there.
Plus, Sean Romo, the Director of Archaeology at Jamestown in the US gives us an update on the ongoing work to understand more about one of the first sites in North America to be settled by Europeans.
Time Team members can get more from our dig at The Ness of Brodgar, including being able to watch the many Dig Watch updates from the site. Your support allows us to do more archaeology here in the UK and around the world. Go to patreon.com/timeteamofficial to find out more.