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Nearly Sane

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Old archeology on the BBC
« on: August 22, 2016, 06:09:46 PM »

Been finding some of these fascinating

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p018818x
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Re: Old archeology on the BBC
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2016, 06:37:47 PM »
Some of the titles ring a bell!!
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Re: Old archeology on the BBC
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2016, 06:58:24 PM »
This is the area where the BBC really excels and when you think they can't get any better, they seem to do so with apparent ease.

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Re: Old archeology on the BBC
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2016, 07:24:47 PM »
And this is the collection of collections

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/collections
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Re: Old archeology on the BBC
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2016, 09:56:12 AM »
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Re: Old archeology on the BBC
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2016, 03:28:07 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on August 22, 2016, 06:09:46 PM
Been finding some of these fascinating

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p018818x

Am I being thick or doesn't all archaeology  tend to be old?
« Last Edit: August 24, 2016, 09:16:52 AM by L.A. »
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Re: Old archeology on the BBC
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2016, 10:09:27 AM »
Quote from: L.A. on August 23, 2016, 03:28:07 PM
Am I being thick or doesn't all archaeology  tend to be old?
No. Archaeology is contemporary, it is happening as we speak. Archaeologists even now are discovering our past using the latest cutting edge technology. Archaeology isn't old, the things it studies are old.
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Re: Old archeology on the BBC
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2016, 12:55:39 PM »
On Tuesday morning I was at Nottingham Castle. Well, walking up the hill to the museum at the top where the original castle would have been, with Friar tuck ( :) ) who was telling me that just recently more work found a skeleton which at first was thought to be several hundred years old, but turned out to be mediaeval. Fascinating.
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Re: Old archeology on the BBC
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2016, 02:44:35 PM »
Quote from: SusanDoris on August 25, 2016, 12:55:39 PM
Friar tuck was telling me that just recently more work found a skeleton which at first was thought to be several hundred years old, but turned out to be mediaeval. Fascinating.

Why doesn't "medieval" qualify as being several hundred years ago?
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Re: Old archeology on the BBC
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2016, 02:59:15 PM »
He probably used different words - I do not remember exactly. The inference was that the skeleton is much older than they thought at first.
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Re: Old archeology on the BBC
« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2016, 01:50:53 PM »
Quote from: SusanDoris on August 25, 2016, 02:59:15 PM
He probably used different words - I do not remember exactly. The inference was that the skeleton is much older than they thought at first.

I wonder if it might relate to this



http://westbridgfordwire.com/human-skeleton-excavated-nottingham-castle-grounds/
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Re: Old archeology on the BBC
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2016, 02:11:01 PM »
Yes - thank you for link.
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Re: Old archeology on the BBC
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2016, 09:12:33 PM »
Quote from: SusanDoris on August 26, 2016, 02:11:01 PM
Yes - thank you for link.

Have you noticed that they grind a tooth down and seem to be able to tell us what job they did what they had for breakfast and they lived at flat 4a Green Digging fields East Anglia, or if they lived the life of Riley and lived in a castle.

But seriously the way they can find so much info these days from such small items amazes me.

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