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Time Team Series 20, My Fourth Episode: Coniston Copper Mines

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

The film to be shown this coming Sunday (February 3rd) at 4.20 (yes, that’s 1620 hours) was filmed high in the Cumbrian Fells, within the shadow of the Old Man of Coniston. We actually did the filming in the last … Continue reading →

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Preliminary Musings: Hazel Nuts: Britain’s first farmed food?

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

Prehistory and archaeology are subjects where traditions die hard and where orthodoxies can rule the roost for generations. It must be great to prick balloons, but having said that, I don’t think I’m a great believer in acting the iconoclast: … Continue reading →

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Bonny Scotland

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

I’ve got a very soft spot for Scotland, and it’s not just that I like the people, the whisky and Rebus. It’s also got nothing to do with Maisie’s impeccable highland credentials. She hails from Moray, not far from John … Continue reading →

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Meet an Old Friend of Mine: Alan Cadbury

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

Like with all old friends, it’s difficult to recall when precisely I first met Alan. I think it may have been on one of those interminable trans-Atlantic flights, back in the 1970s, when I used to make regular trips to … Continue reading →

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Flag Fen, 30 years on

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

We discovered the extraordinary Bronze Age site at Flag Fen, Peterborough, exactly 30 years ago. To be honest I’m not certain of the precise date, but I think it was around the 3rd, or 4th of November, 1982. I’ve described … Continue reading →

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Britain Begins by Barry Cunliffe

Posted on October 31, 2012 by

Britain Begins is the title of Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe’s latest book from Oxford University Press. In theory it costs thirty quid, but you could probably get it for closer to twenty. Either way, it’s unbelievably good value for money, … Continue reading →

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Time Team Series 20, my Fourth Episode. Reflections: Research and Development

Posted on June 16, 2012 by

Yes, the making of a Time Team does produce a huge amount of paperwork, and yes, we all get fed-up with it. BUT (and I mean it!) we couldn’t do without it. In actual fact I would rate the preparation … Continue reading →

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