Time Team S15-E11 Mysteries of the Mosaic, Coberley, Gloucestershire
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- Опубликовано: 19 мар 2013
- When a Roman mosaic was uncovered on farmland near Coberley in 2003 the site became protected under the countryside stewardship scheme and investigated through a small excavation and a limited 'geophys' survey.
Time Team travels back to find out more about what lies beneath the surface.
I like the way the mosaic specialist turns up in a suit and tie - minutes later he's on his knees and digging.
Yes. I have to admit that, at first sight, I figured he'd never sully those beautifully-creased knees in the trenches -- he'd just boss the diggers around. Shows how one should never make assumptions!
Can we please start a petition to have Phil on the new Time Team episodes? Not to dig, just to comment on the finds with those noises. 😅
I'm an American addicted to this show...
History and archeology...what's not to love...?
Completely agree
I just Love Time Team. I’m a long time fan. I watched this video every night . Thank you for making it so interesting. I’m a History Buff.
Hopefully you watch others for better dreams
This show helps with depression and anxiety
i thought i was the only one who felt like that,wow .it really works.on a side note . i wish i lived there.Cherrs.
Me too I suffer from anxiety I watch most haunted and time team it really works
There is an entire episode with this as a theme.
ruclips.net/video/WoGGMnxnFB0/видео.html
I don't suffer from either but I'm not surprised ti helps - and I'm glad it does.
I'm sure most people would jump diagnosing as anxiety these days, but I just call it the, 'laying in bed awake too long syndrome' and Time Team works wonders on that for me.
How can you not adore John’s posture with his hand to his cheek as he watches the digger work?
I love Phil's passion. He truly makes the history come to life.
I love it when Phil talks to the artifacts...….
I know I have many times on my digs and surface hunting, swearing at the heartbreaker finds and then dancing abt when i find an awesome artifact..I too am a flint man as Phil.......And play guitar lol
Time Team is the best way to escape your every day troubles for a while and just enjoy traveling to a different time and place.
agreed
Never realized why I enjoyed the crap out of this show before. Good elaboration.
I love Time Team. The way Tony runs from trench to trench has a way of making me feel like I am there with them. I like the kids showing up to clean artifacts. You can see the interest on their young faces. Archeology is a vastly fascinating thing to me. Thank you for sharing your digs with us.
Indeed
This is a great episode ,with all the splendid floors and coins,Im jealous..
Nothing beats these episodes! Best of the best… love them♥️🥰
The most important result of this amazing program has to be the geophysics. The better we can predict what is in the ground based on geophysics the less we need to dig and destroy. Time Team, Chris Gaffney, and John Gater were working so hard to advance the science by capturing as much data as possible! Much respect!
After watching time team for so many years, I can with out a doubt say that phil is my favourite personality on the show
Alex Mcglynn Guy Del la Bedoyere comes very close :)
I can see that, but I'm not much for Guy. Each to their own I suppose ...
+Alex Mcglynn I always wonder what's in the metal box crudely labelled "Phil's Box". Is it like the mysterious contents of the attache case in "Pulp Fiction"???
+Alex Mcglynn Oy've found som'thin!!!
I miss robin... he was a great team member as archivist and quite a character..
I can only imagine how perfect the conditions need to be for a mosaic floor that is 2000 years old to be buried and then rediscovered! It’s just amazing!
I cannot believe that more people are not watching these episodes. Really interesting stuff.
that's often an sign of high quality. No one getting kicked in the goolies.
I just love John Gater - the abuse he has to take - poor sod. And then there is Stewart and Henry - just wonderful blokes.
don't think it is REAL abuse. it is just for show. after all that is what TV is all about. naturally it is real as well. but in my opinion all this bantering is good natured and for show purposes. after all, the team was together for quite a few years. and that does not happen with a bad -vibe -...
@@benediktmorak4409 You do not understand the British , banter is a part of life.
@@jameswebb4593 i have read otherwise. and while indeed some or maybe a lot is freely spoken, a big part is choreographed. but for that YOU have to watch and listen to every episode, where certain things are being mentioned. maybe forgotten to cut out on the cutters table. or left on purpose. who knows.
Love how John is ALWAYS so kind to any previous geo-phys that has been done! His outfit is abviously far superior... go Time Team lol x
I remember as a kid Rabbiting with my Father over all of these fields, and we used to pick up pottery etc.' Dad used to say there was a big house here at some time. Little did we know then that it was Roman!!!
These shows have been a godsend during the virus and subsequent lockdown. Helps pass the dreary days away being stuck at home 🏡
Yes! Thank you Reijer Zaaijer! I now watch nothing but You Tube-because of gift by such persons as your self! If you find other awesome type shows that we Yanks would enjoy-we hope you surprise us. I have a wondering-when the camera's go off from a site-surely the projects are passed on to other teams; that will finish the discoveries!
I LOVE this show. I like Drs. Aston and Harding. I also appreciate Tony explaining the information to the audience. Additionally I really like Carenza, Victor and Raksha. 😍Too bad it devolved into models and dumbing down. Too bad the US doesn’t have quality shows like these. 😔
The US did attempt to duplicate this show but a combination of a lack of personality to connect to and the slower excavation style of American archaeology made it less successful and there were only a few shows done.
Here's the playlist, thanks as usual to Reijer Zaaijer.
ruclips.net/video/K487ofhF0Wc/видео.html
I agree. I know the comment was from 10 months ago, but here in the US, people are all obsessed by the stupidity of "reality tv shows"... I really wish we had more shows like this here across the pond...
They could, get a team together, but it mainly would be prehistoric,thts ok by me lol
@alanrtment porter actually teach history in school so therea a spark to build on shows like theae... ppl are nerdy as urkle when it comes to star wars m comics so I'm sure they'd be into archeology if they were exposed n it was done in a decent way
Thank you for uploading these shows. I have enjoyed two so far and will certainly watch all which are available. I love how in the process of the show theories are presented, discarded, modified and verified. It's a lot of fun.
Franklin Hoffman; How are you doing, are you all caught up? I wanted to suggest that you watch in the comments for other shows like this to watch after you get through. I have a folder in my favorites full of stuff like TT's precursor, Time Signs. And yes, it is a lot of fun. I even loved the episode where they found absolutely nothing.
That is great. The presentation and testing of hypotheses is exactly how the scientific method works!
Thank you very much for providing these interesting episodes - would not see them otherwise - the archeology is quite fascinating, especially with such a splendid mosaic - not all digs have such rewarding outcomes. Thank you.
The square shape of the villa is visible on Google Earth here:
51°50'07.4"N 2°02'58.8"W
And the surrounding area has many intriguing crop marks.
i was going to post the same thing. for fun i have been working on a process using photoshop to bring out shapes that are barely visible to the eye. i totally can see the shae of the building very clearly and some of other buildings that they didnt find
Stannous Flouride Thank you for giving the dig coordinates after each Time Team episode. It's fascinating to see what the sites look like via satellite view.
cheers
Wow I need to fire up earth and chk tht out,thnx mate....
I love the mosaic specialist from this episode! His accent borders on parody of upper crust British types.
I noticed how much slower he speaks than others.Even small words like 'to' and 'of' get a full clear pronunciation compared with Neil who as well as having some physical difficulty with certain sounds completely misses out whole syllables and words in a haste to finish talking.
I think its funny he's at the dig site in a suit.
@@dewimama1 A very nice suit! And a white trench coat. He was a great addition to the team. Very informative.
@@ianrutherford878I like Neil a lot, and I get really annoyed when people give him putdowns in comments.
I visited Corinium (the easier way to say Cirencester :p) in 2010. I was in the Cotswolds touring by car all the Roman and Medieval sites I could find. Had a disappointing surprise when i went hunting for the Roman road that goes N from Corinium... no sign of it. Then asked at the museum and it turns out the modern road is literally built over it. Time Team mention it, called the Ermine Way now. It was used throughout the Middle Ages and later became a modern road. Pretty amazing and apparently common in Britain. Something I thought was limited to Italy.
The Roman road from cirencester to Lincoln is the Foss way. Now follows the route of the a429 in general.
D13 in the Var , France is a Roman Road. Why would you use another passage when one has already been made?
Time team is the absolute best show rtf watch while doing a breathing treatment (or three); brilliant in every respect, makes the time go so much more quickly! Thank You!
Marvellous TT, whether it was a capital H, a capital A or a small h it was definitely a villa! Well done to the farmer who agreed to preserve it for further examination.
Phil is a real character. Love each show and especially Tony's enthusiasm. Please continue to show them. Sharon Farris.
I love everything time team, thoroughly enjoyable
I wish there was a part two of this one.
This is about the time I think a lot of viewers started to think "oh no, another Roman Villa." It started to feel like we'd seen it all before and the attempts at alternative, more modern archaeology like the last episode about a Georgian mansion, and the blitz dig, were frankly a bit boring. People often bang on about how the show was killed off by the changes made that Mick hated but the reality is, viewing figures had fallen sharply by this time and the show was struggling. The uncomfortable truth for Time Team diehard viewers is that the show may have just run its course and armchair viewers who have no love of archaeology other than a natural curiosity of what is under the ground, got bored with it. I think it's marvellous that through RUclips, a whole new generation of enthusiasts (including a lot of Americans) have discovered the show and continue to enjoy it. It was a great show and the legacy of its archaeological discoveries will endure.
Agreed, a lot of the changes made to the show were a reaction to falling viewership, not the cause of the end of the show as is often argued. Bringing in a second presenter and other new personalities was both because they were trying to appeal to the interests of a newer generation of viewers. Couple that with the fact that it was 20 seasons. People die, people move on to new jobs and locations, the show itself changed location if I recall correctly. There was no way the team could remain intact for so long without jarring changes.
I too am glad that the show not only educated and increased interest in archaeology in Britain but also across the pond here in the US. I have always had a love of archaeology and Time Team allowed me to be there to see it happen, sometimes in real time such as Time Team Live episodes. They have done such a great service for the field of archaeology .
On the other hand, I really enjoyed the blitz episode. My husband, who isn't the history buff I am, also found it fascinating. As an American, I don't think I could ever get tired of Roman villlas, either!
Say what you want but youtube is a great format for many things and it cant be rivaled the last 20 yrs......
Amen
boring for one person is fodder for another. I loved the Blitz episode. I lived in London for two years, arriving in London in 1955 and was stunned by the still extant empty lots in downtown. It was devastating - 10 years on. So that particular episode really resonated with me. And I giggled all the way through the last episode (the pseudo-Georgian mansion). It was priceless :)
This was such a fun episode!
I am John. I swear. Love this guy.
Dear Helen was pregnant in this episode. I like her, and her sensible stable intelligence. [Aussie in BC]
So is Brigid Gallagher. You just can't see it as well because of her baggy digging clothes. I think Helen was past the point of crouching or kneeling in trenches. Doesn't she look wonderful, though?
@@haplessasshole9615 vomit. Disgusting.
Though it hurts me a little that the role they arranged for her in her late stages of pregnancy required her to pretend to not know things we know she knows, ie “and what is opus signinum?” Helen has an advanced degree in archaeology; at least when Tony fills the role of pretending not to know things so experts can explain, it doesn’t fly so directly in the face of education.
Of course, there’s a disturbing number of commenters over seasons of videos that truly believe that Tony has no idea what’s going on…
I really love this show and the team.
19:37 Phil quite naturally uses a "thou" form of the verb: "What'us [What dost] think of that then?" as he did in the previous episode.
I'm a Cubberly. (Coberley)Family came to the USA in 1730s to 1750s. I am fascinated by my ancestors and this region. Have an extensive history done on those who came here but I want to know and see more about the previous times. Thank you.
If there is an apse on one side, does that mean there will be one on the other side? Per apse!
You're apselutely right.
Maybe the other apse has lapsed.
thanks so much for posting.
it is of course nice when the team finds something. that is after all the main reason for an archaeologist to be around. though even more i love the bantering of only and the team. it is obvious that a part of it is for - appearance sake-. and for - TV ratings -. so be it, that is after all one of the reasons why the show was so popular. and Tony was made a SIR by the Queen...
Mosaic Man and his immaculate suits. Love it 👍
I hear this gentlemen`s voice and it reminds me of the wonderful and beautiful people and culture America has learned and loved so much from. Your prodigal sons the USA, love and esteem you, your king, and the people. Thank you.
Excellent!
Phil has quite the eye...he can see anything!!
I would love to see some follow up episodes of digs like this where more works is being done.
It's happened occasionally. I think *Dinnington* was one.
I was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, but I've been in Canada since I was 2 so nice to see a bit of where I came from.
Man, I love this video =mainly because of the beautiful mosaics
Neil used to bother me, but he's so enthusiastic, he's grown on me.
I'm always a little terrified when I see them using a ***mattock*** on a place where important archeaology is underfoot!
I agree! How do they know they aren't hacking straight into a mosaic? Even using trowel over the mosaics makes me cringe.
I could make it through the lockdown on Time Team alone haha
Hardingese: Woss think a' tha' then?
Translation: What do you think of that then?
Got to love that west country colloquial language.
‘Tis Brizzle, not jus’ wes’ country.
It's so familiar to my ear as sounding like a Deep South accent in the USA. ie Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia... y'all!
I love it when he says "summut".
"Decora'ed loins"! I just love this guy! And he's an absolutely brilliant archaeologist too! The way he speaks means something like "I'm not posh, so what?"
I like that this is now digital archeology.
Phil would cackle
I think this is another missed opportunity to find a nymphaeum. I have never even heard them use the word in any episode. This was a great episode. So glad I found this series!
I live in a area known for stone. I spent a decade building walls, floors, monoliths, and shrines out of that stone. Left them tor be overtaken by the grasses and woods. I wonder what people will think 1500 years from now of they stumble upon that field with a mess of stone?🤔
Mosaics fascinated me since I was a child and saw the first one in the church lower level. I understand the British excitement when they discover one in the countryside.
How To Speak Hardingese:
"Loins" = "lines"
“Deckaray Ed” = decorated
“Rhône Ear” = Around here.
@@philipwilliams5808 In Sweden where yes is ja pronounced yaa , people say 'aa' a lot.
@@ianrutherford878 I've always interpreted Harding's "Oh, ah!" as "Oh, aye!" I guess that dovetails with "ja." Golly, I love words and regional accents.
@@haplessasshole9615 the “aye” almost sounding like “oi” kind of reminds me of the way “oui” is pronounced in different French dialects (sometimes more like whey) 🤔
They mention protecting this type of site. Does it mean that it will be kept in pasture and hay production?
I love episodes where Ian the dig gets a cameo in his digger - very skilled digger operator.
What do you do with these priceless finds that you find on farm land? How do you preserve the historic treasures?
What treasures?
"Sections damaged by the plow" .... they must use some VERY shallow plows in that area. Around my area, something like that would have been ripped a couple feet deep or more.
offamychain Have you tried plowing using an iron tip on a wooden frame pulled behind an ox? "Plow" means means different things during the last 1700 years.
I think you meant "Sections damaged by the plough".
Yes, it would be plough in Britain, but in the U.S. it really is spelled plow.
Every single one of these I watch I just want to see them keep digging for more than 3 days 😂 it’d be cool to see if they ever return to previous sites to continue excavation efforts
Keebler Studios They revisited Turkdean in Gloucestershire. Generally, the digs are three days because the archeologists have to go back to their university- these are weekend projects as a rule.
Excellent example of the life of an estate, with multiple additions over time. Reminds me of the Turkdean villa shown in S5E4 and S6E9. Neil Holbrook used to really annoy me but as I have re-watched these maybe I have gotten used to him. (His near-incoherency when speaking quickly still bugs me, though.) It is definitely a tribute to the archaeological world that someone who Does Not speak in plummy Oxbridge accents could rise to the top of the profession.
Neil used to bug me at first too. It was his test pits mostly. By the time I was watching the entire series for the third time I had a different opinion of him. He seemed to loosen up some as the years on the show progressed and I guess so did I. I let go of my opinion that only full trenches got them anywhere and stopped holding his more cautious style against him. It was watching him drop about a dozen or more test pits in a roman villa and then expand them as the archaeology proved to be worth it.
Phil comes right out of a Dickens novel
To be an archeologist you need to master many disciplines. Archeologists are also mathematicians, architects, draftsmen, geologists, historians, etc
Are there any programs on what happens on Monday? Do they fill all this in? Or does someone else finish the job?
Was here Nov 2019
I had no idea there was so much just below the surface in the UK but it makes sense
With the mosaics so shallow as to have been damaged by plows, will they just be recovered with soil and possibly/probably be destroyed by future plowing?
I should have waited until the end of the show. The land owner and local village council have decided that the finds need to be protected and studied more. A google earth view from 2019 shows sheep grazing in the field, thus it is being used for pasture and not being plowed any more. Good news.
It isn’t a real Time Team episode until Phil says “oh-ahh” and “whacking big”. 😬
You forgot Stone The Crows.
So the landowners property taxes are now zero on this piece of land? Now that would be good news.
Neil sounds like one of Michael Palin’s characters.
A type of *Asperger's Syndrome* affects *Neil.*
Barb you're so right. Never thought of it til now. Kinda looks like a character from the Grail show
..hope you are well. We're still in 99 plus degrees days with the smoke and ash. The county I was a firefighter in, Butte in California, has literally burned the forest down where I use to live. I'm glad I took a road trip into it this spring when it was just recovering from the Camp fire in '18 that killed 85 people and burned out Concow, Yankee Hill and Paradise. Sad times. Stay safe...
Maeve Scott good to hear you’re well. Stay safe out there!
So sad the plow damaged that mosaic
So what happens after a discovery like this? Is it dug up and put in a museum? Cordoned off? Covered over and the field goes back into regular farming use?
Farming, mostly.
time team is my tea time.I love it except darn those Romans,brilliant people.
HomeGuard E9 Battery Gunner Aww,you're sweet.Wasn't this the greatest show?
Huggs silky
Romanes eunt domus
I love how well dressed Anthony Beeson always was.
The Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB) has this episode listed as Series 15 Episode 5, whereas this upload says S 15 E 11. Any idea which is correct?
It is episode 5. All the episodes of this season has been numbered incorrectly.
The Roman era had amazing tile and pottery
I am curious as to why all of the above ground structures are gone? Did the locals strip all of the stone and timber for their own dwellings?
Yes. It was like a quarry - were the stone was already cut. Perfect.
The senior archaeologist sounds like an older Julian Clarey!
Darn those christians! They just can't leave a nice bit of floor alone!
Yes what I seem very interested. There’s so much to discover and that’s a fact.
And what do you know, Guy comes along on his bike lol. I wondered when he was going to turn up.
Pauldjreadman Weirdest-looking bike, though. Little dinky wheels.
@@RKHageman fold up bicycle.
Are there any episodes where they dig up a ancient privy?
Yes, multiple if I recall correctly.
@@vicmclaglen1631 a sign of status and envy in the Anglo-Saxon world.
*Question: MUST all archaeologists use Short Handle Shovels? Why is this back breaking 19th century tool used for this kind of labor?🤔
Might be for confines of the trenches and people
This very impressive Villa looks very much,to me the sort of place a ruling Caesar ? Antoninius Pius, (138-161 AD)-2nd Century, would have built. If not, it means other Palaces must exist elsewhere in Uk. Hadrian- before 138AD. also Marcus Auraelius 161- ? & so on. Historians could even possibly figure out where to start looking.
What did they do with all those beautiful mosaics? Did they just bury them again?
Yes. It's the best way to preserve them.
@@philaypeephilippotter6532 such a shame thry can't be seen though. There are some amazing mosaics in St Albans( Verulaneum) museum.
It’s so amazing all of this history! I’m a VERY proud American, but I often wonder how it would be to be surrounded by such history.
#stephanieP. I'm with you. Plus, it's been invaded by so many cultures...one English guy remarked about US digging, stating it's all about "the Indians living in teepees. Ho-hum" No, I was too pissed to enlighten him of our Native Americans rich history, but figured a rube like him wouldn't understand.
Should be two part episode haha
Shame poor John I think that his hair thinned quite a lot on this dig.
Poor frustrated John! Loosen up my man, pour yourself a couple of doubles and get up on that trencher yourself. Let it happen!
Where’s Mick?
I was wondering that too. Mick has said himself that he has suffered with poor health throughout his life. Also I have seen him with a broken leg during one season and a broken arm in another, but no mention of where Mick was in this episode. So I am surmising health or holiday as the reason for his absence. Does anyone else know?
Mick is a medieval specialist, and has admitted he's not interested in Roman digs except as they relate to the medieval period. I imagine that he was busy at university or writing books. I really enjoyed all the Roman experts on here.
Do they cover all these digs up after the show?seems a shame to cover it up
They cover them, actually rebury them, as it's the best way to protect and preserve them.
Still say it was a crying shame to only do 3 days.
IF you find all that is needed in 3 days that's fine BUT more times than not they should do a minimum of 4 days to 6 days.
Would make a more than a one shot program and more in depth.
What's the episode where Phil says, "Whereever I go, my shovel goes Tony."
That’s the one where their trailer with most of the equipment got stolen and made off with over night. They still had Phil’s shovel, though, because he took it with him to his hotel room.
@@RKHageman I know, but what's the name of the episode?
Alexis Welsh Sorry- if I had known that, I would have mentioned the title. But I don’t remember. The entire episode guide is online - you might be able to find the one that mentioned their equipment theft
@@RKHageman It's ok. Do you know where they were digging? Or what they were digging?
Alexis Welsh Sorry, no. Too many of them....
Field archeologist with a tie?
I always wondered what the six fingered man was doing now.
You think maybe Ian and Phil are quite good mates?
It’s crazy to me that the locals probably knew this was here for hundreds of years and yet still farmed on top of it, etc.
Why?
When your livelihood depends on the crops you are able to grow you use whatever land is available to you. Providing for yourself and your family tends to be far more important than what may or may not be underneath your fields.
I wish Tony would move toward 5 day digs...3 days is never enough time and it stresses the heck out of everyone involved, especially Phil!
Tony is merely the commentator. It was Mick's decision. All these experts have full time jobs.
That is a problem with the show IMO. Maybe less so on this episode. Even with a lot more effort you were still going to know about the same thing. There was a big Roman Villa in Coberley. Sometimes they seem to be on the edge of finding out something interesting and they've got deep trenches and it seems sad that somebody doesn't continue on and continue the investigation.
14:33 this episode has so many weird people in it
First aired February 3, 2008.