Archaeologists Explain Life In Early Dark Age Britain | Digging For Britain | Chronicle

British archaeologists hunt for traces of the Anglo-Saxon invasion, an event which marked the beginning of the Dark Ages in Britain. Artefacts like Roman belts reveal how identities were reinvented during this period. Sites like Bamburgh Castle offer glimpses into Anglo-Saxon life amidst centuries of occupation. Discoveries of graves and intricate jewelry shed light on societal aspects and the transition to Christianity amidst pagan beliefs.
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  • @Burning_Tyger
    @Burning_Tyger22 күн бұрын

    Early medieval, post-Roman, pre-viking Britain has recently become one of my favorite historical placetimes. You got the Britons who were Celtic, but by this time, had varying levels of Roman cultural adoption. Then you got the the Welsh, and the "Old North" of Celtic peoples of Goddoddin and Rheged and Elmet. Then way up top you have the Picts who were almost certainly a kind of Celtic, but different from the others further south and may have elements of an older heritage. Then the "invading" Germanics, the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. Latin vs. Celtic. vs Germanic, Early Latin Christianity vs. the prexisting Celitc beliefs vs. Germanic. Irish invaders and pirates. Music and poetry and war and a kaleidoscope of kingdoms. It's such an amazing clash of cultures and beliefs and history. No wonder that period birthed so many legends.

  • @karphin1

    @karphin1

    21 күн бұрын

    Does sound fascinating!

  • @kiwiwifi

    @kiwiwifi

    21 күн бұрын

    Who is next? The Chinese?

  • @redroostermcmlxxl

    @redroostermcmlxxl

    21 күн бұрын

    😂 ​@@kiwiwifi

  • @simonpayne8252

    @simonpayne8252

    20 күн бұрын

    I think you'll find that the Britons were just Britons. What we call the Welsh today are the last remnant of the Britons. Celt is a lazy modern term adopted to refer to a group of languages that share some similarities.

  • @Burning_Tyger

    @Burning_Tyger

    20 күн бұрын

    @@simonpayne8252 I am familiar with the distinction. But there was I think a difference between those Britons who were largely incorporated into Roman culture in southern England from those that were less so in what we now call "Wales". And for lack of a better term, I used the word "Welsh". I also concede your point about the term "Celt". However, I still find the term to be useful when differentiating between broad cultural groups such as Latin, Germanic, etc. But there is no doubt that the "Celts" were not some homogeneic culture, but many different cultures spanning across millennia and the breadth of Europe.

  • @ecom_professor
    @ecom_professor23 күн бұрын

    I hope who ever is reading this have a good day 💗

  • @rexy2204

    @rexy2204

    19 күн бұрын

    I wish you a good day too! 😊

  • @trishriederer1857

    @trishriederer1857

    19 күн бұрын

    Same to you

  • @johntillotson4254

    @johntillotson4254

    18 күн бұрын

    God bless you ❤

  • @Mma-basement-215

    @Mma-basement-215

    17 күн бұрын

    Thank you.. have a great day everyone

  • @cliftongaither6642

    @cliftongaither6642

    17 күн бұрын

    thanks , you too 😊

  • @MsSteelphoenix
    @MsSteelphoenix13 күн бұрын

    I love how enthusiastic everyone is. :)

  • @Sean12248
    @Sean1224822 күн бұрын

    Just so everyone knows this came out in 2010.

  • @amypatterson-bocchi2514
    @amypatterson-bocchi25146 күн бұрын

    Wow! That community involvement is FANTASTIC!!! Great for high school excursions too!!!

  • @Jackjackjack533
    @Jackjackjack53325 күн бұрын

    The real archeological find is the blockbuster at the mall lol

  • @kellysouter4381

    @kellysouter4381

    18 күн бұрын

    I wish I still had one

  • @pendragon2012
    @pendragon201226 күн бұрын

    It has been really interesting to me lately to learn how gradual a lot of these changes were as opposed to sudden falls. Great video!

  • @BalmforthGG
    @BalmforthGG25 күн бұрын

    Excellent work this. KZread is better for having such quality content. Thank you.

  • @thomasbell7033
    @thomasbell703313 күн бұрын

    Not too long ago I read that CSI Sittingbourne lost their place in the shopping mall. I do hope they found another home.

  • @thedarkhorse100
    @thedarkhorse10026 күн бұрын

    Great Doc, what amazes me is the craftsmanship people had considering what they had to work with

  • @ljb8157

    @ljb8157

    23 күн бұрын

    What amazes me is that @1750, I glimpsed a Blockbuster video!

  • @c1ph3rpunk
    @c1ph3rpunk26 күн бұрын

    As the video itself become archeology: a living record of a standing Blockbuster store.

  • @sforza209

    @sforza209

    22 күн бұрын

    I had no idea blockbuster made it across the Atlantic.

  • @BethmcDanal-qb8qr

    @BethmcDanal-qb8qr

    22 күн бұрын

    ,😂😂

  • @ralphstephan353
    @ralphstephan35316 күн бұрын

    What I appreciate most about this program is how it builds on prior scholarship in order to establish authenticity of recently discovered artifacts. A truly wonderful 33:44 presentation.

  • @xavisanchez7522

    @xavisanchez7522

    13 күн бұрын

    Current chronology dates are wrong.

  • @J.P.MistaPista
    @J.P.MistaPista22 күн бұрын

    These experts have been on another show called 'Time Team'. I just love that series, mainly Mick Aston with his colourful pullovers. In this documentary my 'heroes' look so young.

  • @LenayeMarsten
    @LenayeMarsten25 күн бұрын

    Beautifully done! Thank you, I really enjoyed this 😊

  • @user-fh6ov3wl4h
    @user-fh6ov3wl4h24 күн бұрын

    That ring 😳 but also the size of the band. That person had to have been massive especially from the times stands

  • @garyevans8083

    @garyevans8083

    24 күн бұрын

    allot of the rings back then were made to fit over gloves.... possibly why it's so big?

  • @dcmackc01
    @dcmackc0125 күн бұрын

    I really enjoy watching and learning with Dr Roberts's videos.

  • @EbbandFlow1234
    @EbbandFlow123422 күн бұрын

    I love Bamburgh, stunning and so is Lindisfarne

  • @kevcaratacus9428

    @kevcaratacus9428

    22 күн бұрын

    Bamburgh is easy to see why it had been used as a place to build forts , castles etc from around age onwards . I've never been but it's on my list

  • @EbbandFlow1234

    @EbbandFlow1234

    22 күн бұрын

    @kevcaratacus9428 I go every year in summer. it's so beautiful. You can see the Farne Islands and Holy Island from there on a clear day. You will love it , make sure you go.

  • @snappytomatoe

    @snappytomatoe

    14 күн бұрын

    Is it free to visit?

  • @Hydroxica
    @Hydroxica26 күн бұрын

    Nice a new video just in time for me to watch while eating lunch!

  • @GermanicDottir
    @GermanicDottir26 күн бұрын

    Fantastic documentary. Thank you.

  • @cnilecnile6748
    @cnilecnile674825 күн бұрын

    Seems like the same thing happens over and over about every 1000 years or so. And nobody ever learns from it. You can literally just change the names of the countries/societies, and it is still pretty much all the same. "Human hyenas, wound up by their hate, snap at the heels of the wise and the great, with no regrets. Well, we're all very cultured, speak in soft tones, sitting in front of a plate full of bones, with no regrets. Let us Prey, State of the world today. Darwin say, "It's nature at work- so it must be ok" "Let us Prey" (Fetters/Nyswonger) The Raisins 1981 Strugglebaby Records

  • @Celtopia
    @Celtopia26 күн бұрын

    That was absolutely fascinating....thank you so much....

  • @Familylawgroup
    @Familylawgroup22 күн бұрын

    You know you are watching a video about “state of the art” analysis of ancient and medieval archeology when the documentary includes video of the hosting walking into a shopping center with a prominent “Blockbuster video” store front. I don’t know when Blockbuster vacated the UK, but the American LLC ceased operating as a business on November 6, 2013. Before that, Blockbuster was known for its “preservation” of antiquated media content and antiquated media formats, I.e. VHS cassettes.

  • @Toxicpoolofreekingmascul-lj4yd

    @Toxicpoolofreekingmascul-lj4yd

    14 күн бұрын

    I haven't seen a blockbuster video in the states in over 20 years.

  • @markgiles3
    @markgiles35 күн бұрын

    It's exciting to think of what may be dug up in the future. Great doco. Thank you.

  • @roostershooter76
    @roostershooter7625 күн бұрын

    When technology fails, I'm certain that some archaeologists, 1000 years from now, will be convinced that our society lost all ability to read and write, and we were all rich and wealthy. We all carried around these plastic little boxes so that we could look at our reflection in it's glass. This goes to show you how future societies come up with their "Best Guess" when it comes to past civilizations.

  • @Grace-ms7un

    @Grace-ms7un

    19 күн бұрын

    The amount of phones with cracked screens and not in gravesites will definitely confuse them.😂

  • @TheMelbournelad
    @TheMelbournelad25 күн бұрын

    Must be an old doco, with that blockbuster being there at the Meads

  • @davedixon2068

    @davedixon2068

    22 күн бұрын

    well it is archaeology maybe it was an old Roman Block Buster

  • @karphin1

    @karphin1

    21 күн бұрын

    I thought that, too! Haha. And Alice looks quite young.

  • @LetThoseOatsRoll

    @LetThoseOatsRoll

    21 күн бұрын

    😂​@@davedixon2068

  • @phildavies7666
    @phildavies766624 күн бұрын

    To quote that highly respected group of historians; what have the saxons ever done for us

  • @Funeeman

    @Funeeman

    22 күн бұрын

    They were the greatest people to walk this earth.

  • @dianeboross6978
    @dianeboross697822 күн бұрын

    The British Isles was really a melting pot of many tribes and cultures.

  • @wor53lg50

    @wor53lg50

    21 күн бұрын

    Yeah all North western European neighbours of similar cultures...Diversity is nobody's strength, it is what it says on the tin DIVISION?!..

  • @Datacorrupter234

    @Datacorrupter234

    6 сағат бұрын

    false culturally yes ethnically definetly not

  • @tennillepatterson5500
    @tennillepatterson550025 күн бұрын

    I have to wonder if these Germanic people's were wearing their spoils of war . Many Romans were eliminated in Germania right before this time period. Maybe they weren't assimilated, but warriors that took trophies.

  • @jango1970
    @jango19703 күн бұрын

    The ring (31:22) was found at a nunnery at Berkley Castle in Gloustershire which was the captial of Mercia. Lesley Webster (from the British Museum) said the ring (with wolf heads) is from around 825. Around that time, the king of that area would be King Aethelwulf of Wessex. Æthelwulf (Old English: [ˈæðelwuɫf]; Old English for "Noble Wolf") was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. In 825, his father, King Ecgberht, defeated King Beornwulf of Mercia, ending a long Mercian dominance over Anglo-Saxon England south of the Humber. The ring (with wolf heads) must be for that "noble Wolf"; the king of Wessex !!

  • @thomasschofield6633
    @thomasschofield663325 күн бұрын

    I beg to differ, it was sudden change at first, then a gradual acceptance of Christianity and Roman culture. Case in point, why did the Romanized Celts in western Britain emigrate to Brittany: They were escaping the sudden takeover by the Anglo Saxons.

  • @hogwashmcturnip8930

    @hogwashmcturnip8930

    25 күн бұрын

    They did not go to avoid Saxons, they went to avoid Romans! 400 years out? Also there was 'No sudden takeover' That is Victorian blah

  • @thomasschofield6633

    @thomasschofield6633

    25 күн бұрын

    So the romanized celts were escaping from themselves. You make no sense.

  • @thomasschofield6633

    @thomasschofield6633

    25 күн бұрын

    So the romanized celts were escaping from themselves???​@@hogwashmcturnip8930

  • @kiwiwifi

    @kiwiwifi

    21 күн бұрын

    @@thomasschofield6633 By the 'old' themselves

  • @vanmanrick1
    @vanmanrick123 күн бұрын

    Everybody is so shocked when they see examples of craftmanship from that era. However even today the best craftsman in the trades etc are of saxon stock.

  • @Evus-st5di

    @Evus-st5di

    19 күн бұрын

    Utter rubbish.

  • @Wmaddox333

    @Wmaddox333

    19 күн бұрын

    Literally all European peoples were expert craftsman and produced artifacts of immense beauty and amazing detail. These people were apprenticed from a very young age and possessed knowledge and skills that have been changed or lost over time. Saxon craftsmanship was however incredibly popular and sought after all far beyond Europe - It does have a certain enchanting power and Naivety which is very unique - you can even see other cultures in Asia which attempted to emulate Saxon craftsmanship - from weaponry To jewellery.

  • @Wmaddox333

    @Wmaddox333

    19 күн бұрын

    That said I do make silver pieces and naturally everything comes out looking like Saxon work.

  • @Wmaddox333

    @Wmaddox333

    19 күн бұрын

    @@Evus-st5diit’s not, saxons are the best.

  • @vanmanrick1

    @vanmanrick1

    19 күн бұрын

    @@Evus-st5di sounds like jealousy.

  • @joshschneider9766
    @joshschneider976623 күн бұрын

    the romans conquered lands and then administered them by installing friendly locals and basically making them fantastically wealthy compared to everyone around them but still subservient to rome. there is clear evidence that this happened during the roman invasion of britain. it makes perfect sense to me that the angle saxon and jut tribe members would do similar.

  • @rconger24
    @rconger2421 күн бұрын

    14:15 Author W Cleon Skousen born in Canada had the best writing about the brothers Hengst and Horsa that I've seen.

  • @RicVee1
    @RicVee1Күн бұрын

    WOW..i remember Alice from the days of Time Team, now she has her own show!! Good job Alice!!

  • @evilbunnyzombie
    @evilbunnyzombie25 күн бұрын

    That was interesting, I love archaeology

  • @ljb8157
    @ljb815723 күн бұрын

    I'm sorry, but @1750, did I just see a blockbuster video store? Just how old IS this documentary?

  • @ChristophersMum

    @ChristophersMum

    20 күн бұрын

    14 years ago😄

  • @wendyHew
    @wendyHew25 күн бұрын

    The groups of angles, jutes, saxons ect did not come from France. Only Northern Germany, Denmark and Dutch coasts and the nearby areas. They were Germanic peoples

  • @juliaforsyth8332

    @juliaforsyth8332

    24 күн бұрын

    Normandy ?

  • @wendyHew

    @wendyHew

    24 күн бұрын

    @@juliaforsyth8332 Normandy did not exist at that time and it is far further down on the French coast. Normandy meaning North man was land given to the Viking Rollo the walker by the King of France in a cowardly attempt to try and stop the Scandinavian raids on the country. The group would continue there until Rollos descendant William the Conqueror invaded England as he had a claim to the throne, so the Normandy element joined the saxons far later

  • @Gladedancer

    @Gladedancer

    18 күн бұрын

    True, although the Franks were Germanic too.

  • @wendyHew

    @wendyHew

    18 күн бұрын

    @@Gladedancer Yeah they had some Gaul ancestry but also mixed heavily, the original French would have been far more Germanic before they were replaced. The Normans were the viking descendants who did marry into some French lines but many also took norman or sometimes Briton partners. Intriguingly it is said that despite Robert Duke of Normandy having a wife (who has disputed origin due to a lack of documentation leading to the name William the bastard) he also had a relationship with a Briton woman and it is said that this Briton may in fact be William the Conquerors mother. The Britons were a Celtic people who had migrated to France, likely due to the Anglo-Saxon groups arrivals.

  • @michaeldpa1333

    @michaeldpa1333

    7 күн бұрын

    She might have been referring to the French (Viking) Normans.

  • @embassyofbellerose8344
    @embassyofbellerose834413 күн бұрын

    A very fascinating video_thank you.

  • @hefipaleburp9543
    @hefipaleburp954326 күн бұрын

    Anglo Saxon invasion? Raiders began to plunder the defenseless land?... how old is this documentary...?

  • @crazyquilt

    @crazyquilt

    26 күн бұрын

    2010. I was wondering much the same.

  • @hogwashmcturnip8930

    @hogwashmcturnip8930

    25 күн бұрын

    So outdated. There are much better docs on here about what Probably happened. This is the old Victorian twaddle 'Wave upon wave of warriors' Really? Did they disappear on landing? .There is No evidence at this time to suggest anyone 'Invade' Nor is there any proof that the country fell apart after the Romans left. Things happen Gradually, it isn't like shutting or opening a door!

  • @ljb8157

    @ljb8157

    23 күн бұрын

    Old enough to have a Blockbuster Video store in it.

  • @amenhotep651
    @amenhotep65118 күн бұрын

    Very well done, thank you

  • @hanfleet
    @hanfleet16 күн бұрын

    I didn't think we were still using the term 'Dark Ages' anymore?

  • @dean828
    @dean82826 күн бұрын

    Always a thin philosophical line between Archeology and Grave Robbing...

  • @hblock8361
    @hblock836113 күн бұрын

    Blockbuster Video? When was this made? seems ancient too

  • @alexandrasmith4393
    @alexandrasmith439322 күн бұрын

    The Anglo Saxon s didn’t bring the Dark Ages. Islamic war and slavers caused trade to almost cease across the Mediterranean, and people had to start trading via landmass.

  • @roxydog08

    @roxydog08

    22 күн бұрын

    slavery comes with the beginning of time

  • @roxydog08

    @roxydog08

    22 күн бұрын

    we play like married and share the work load .

  • @wor53lg50

    @wor53lg50

    21 күн бұрын

    Whats that got to do with Islamic invader s, they marry their own the reason they dont ever integrate..

  • @EimaiEmpusa69
    @EimaiEmpusa6917 күн бұрын

    I didn't know you guys still have Blockbuster. @ 17:37

  • @Waya420
    @Waya42026 күн бұрын

    I wish i could do the archeological store thing 😭

  • @ChristophersMum

    @ChristophersMum

    20 күн бұрын

    You could enquire at the University involved...if they still have that type of programme running... Good luck.

  • @krisgrenz8653
    @krisgrenz865317 күн бұрын

    She says the glass beads aren't treasures, i beg the difference, i think they are

  • @kevcaratacus9428
    @kevcaratacus942821 күн бұрын

    Videos like this can be very misleading when talking about the history of an island from north the South , such a complex time into a few short progs, can mean people think the same thing happened around the same time in the same way across the whole country . Which is untrue. What happened to the post Roman people of Verulamium throughout the 5th 6th centuries. Is completely different to the people in other Romano British towns and cities, 50 miles away or 200 miles away. Each region was different, if prefer programmes like this focused on one area that was attacked and overtaken and another that at the same time had Germanic settlers who chose land that nobody lived on or farmed and lived peacefully a few miles away from their romanised neighbours .

  • @user-wq1pb4nb2g
    @user-wq1pb4nb2g4 күн бұрын

    I was really surprised people weren't wearing glove while handling such precious objects. 32:57

  • @brianbadonde8700
    @brianbadonde870020 күн бұрын

    36:40 the woman says they had tooth decay because of a lot of meat, meat does not cause tooth decay, there's nothing in meat that can cause tooth decay, it was starches and sugars obviously maybe combined with some nutrient deficiency

  • @GGK2006

    @GGK2006

    9 күн бұрын

    Mead not meat. Mead is made by fermenting the sugars in honey.

  • @brianbadonde8700

    @brianbadonde8700

    9 күн бұрын

    @@GGK2006 I hope they said mead because if she said meat that's ridiculous and completely false

  • @brianbadonde8700

    @brianbadonde8700

    5 күн бұрын

    @@GGK2006 I checked the video again she did say they were eating a lot of meat and attributed the dental decay to that but did also say they were drinking mead

  • @spaceman081447
    @spaceman0814472 күн бұрын

    Concerning the man who died in battle, I wonder whether he was killed by a single sword stroke or did his opponent just keep hacking away at him until he was dead. I'm just curious.

  • @user-rq7el8nh6q
    @user-rq7el8nh6q21 күн бұрын

    No wonder I was born depressed

  • @danielcarson4122
    @danielcarson41229 күн бұрын

    Any of frictions between Angles and Saxons? Was there a split and in what period(s)?..

  • @carlericvonkleistiii2188
    @carlericvonkleistiii21885 күн бұрын

    Bernard Cornwell's Bebbanburgh!

  • @user-xy8xe6ng6j
    @user-xy8xe6ng6j18 күн бұрын

    The ring at 32 min in appears to be nautical and has some Spanish or Portuguese design.

  • @edwardspence-fo8vt
    @edwardspence-fo8vt18 күн бұрын

    This is my origin of my whole family

  • @kellysouter4381

    @kellysouter4381

    18 күн бұрын

    Umm all of them? Both sides? 😊

  • @SorryPlayAgain

    @SorryPlayAgain

    12 күн бұрын

    It’s a fascinating period featuring people who did leave a genetic and cultural legacy, but it also happened like 1500 years ago. The psychology alone is hard to understand and impossible to experience. It doesn’t make any sense for someone in the 21st century to identify with them. You are someone else and your time is now. Better to focus on being someone later generations will admire.

  • @peterellams166
    @peterellams16625 күн бұрын

    When the Anglo Saxons moved in was the land empty.the only graves were Saxon . ?? who named the area controlled.i.e. Essex Sussex .. was there a problem between the occupiers and the natives??

  • @urseliusurgel4365

    @urseliusurgel4365

    23 күн бұрын

    Unlike in the people of rest of the Western Roman Empire - Gallo-Romans and Franks in Gaul, Visigoths in Spain, Ostrogoths in Italy etc. - the Romano-Britons put up a considerable fight against Germanic incomers. It took about 150 years before the Anglo-Saxons achieved the upper hand over the natives.

  • @charlesmcgarraugh9595
    @charlesmcgarraugh95956 күн бұрын

    I can't believe they still have blockbuster in England!

  • @bertieschitz-peas429
    @bertieschitz-peas42917 күн бұрын

    Do those trowels get smaller an smaller?

  • @tracyjozefiak9931
    @tracyjozefiak993122 күн бұрын

    Omg Blockbusters!!

  • @Bastillian
    @Bastillian26 күн бұрын

    Pax Romana backfired across the Empire. Subjugation and pacification left an indigenous population unschooled in martial skills. When savage incursions from Pictland could not be defended, the Romano Britons were easily seduced by the Germanic warrior-traders they hired to die for them. The canny Anglo-Saxons decided to take the land for themselves. Internecine wars left the established English Heptarcy vulnerable to the warlike Danish trader-pirates and the Danelaw eventuated, leading to an Anglo-Scandinavian golden age. A thousand years later, an effete society is about to be supplanted by a warlike radical invasion by sea, and a new, ignorant and primitive dark age is upon us.

  • @dean828

    @dean828

    26 күн бұрын

    Indeed... sadly, indeed.

  • @hodgeelmwood8677

    @hodgeelmwood8677

    26 күн бұрын

    Riiiight.

  • @MickAngelhere

    @MickAngelhere

    26 күн бұрын

    Pretty much history repeating itself, because people fail to study history and learn from it. Thus history is ignored, but feelings rule the day aided by ignorance

  • @karlkarlos3545

    @karlkarlos3545

    25 күн бұрын

    get over yourself, you drama queen.

  • @karlkarlos3545

    @karlkarlos3545

    25 күн бұрын

    get over yourself you drama queen.

  • @kellysouter4381
    @kellysouter438118 күн бұрын

    Sugar and starch may give you bad teeth. Meat does not. That was just pushing the message.

  • @kevcaratacus9428
    @kevcaratacus942822 күн бұрын

    I can't find a date for when this programme was recorded. Since 2010 a lot of tbings have changed And a lot of this info is missing relevant facts . Such as a lot of what thsy refer to as saxon jewellery is not totally saxon. But a composite of original Roman, re used Roman used to make saxon jewellery Romano/ Saxon..

  • @darkstarr2321

    @darkstarr2321

    21 күн бұрын

    2010 was when it was recorded

  • @kevcaratacus9428

    @kevcaratacus9428

    20 күн бұрын

    @@darkstarr2321 its crazy how fast ( because of new technology) archaeology, is changing. I started working for the museim archaeology unit almost 35 years ago. When resistivity and magnetic surveys were improving and updating old ideas. Since then especially from 2010 onwards technology seemed to improve almost overnight each month each year . We used to set up before any digging using the old levels and staffs, sorting a benchmark from which every new layer every artifact would use to record the exact details. Now there are geo surveyors who turn up & set up a machine that scans the whole archaeological site using satellites while we ( field archaeologists) clear off for 15 mins and have a coffee . It's like something you see on tv when cops a few recording a crime scene. Plus changes in dating finds and analysing soil from undisturbed layers of archaeology, & core samples The results are amazing, compared to when I started the limitations, the time it took the varying results. Now everything seems possible. When belgic settlers started farming, what thsy farmed , what animals they kept , the changes throughout the decades re weather, hotter wetter than usual, any changes to their usual routine. Times of trouble or lack of labour due to "plagues " etc The changes , its all happening so fast. GPR , and Lidar are two of my favourites. But thankfully nothing as of yet has been created that replaces people like myself the humble field archaeologist and our trowels , our experience are still needed to 'dig stuff up" ;)

  • @kevcaratacus9428

    @kevcaratacus9428

    20 күн бұрын

    @@darkstarr2321 its crazy how fast ( because of new technology) archaeology, is changing. I started working for the museim archaeology unit almost 35 years ago. When resistivity and magnetic surveys were improving and updating old ideas. Since then especially from 2010 onwards technology seemed to improve almost overnight each month each year . We used to set up before any digging using the old levels and staffs, sorting a benchmark from which every new layer every artifact would use to record the exact details. Now there are geo surveyors who turn up & set up a machine that scans the whole archaeological site using satellites while we ( field archaeologists) clear off for 15 mins and have a coffee . It's like something you see on tv when cops a few recording a crime scene. Plus changes in dating finds and analysing soil from undisturbed layers of archaeology, & core samples The results are amazing, compared to when I started the limitations, the time it took the varying results. Now everything seems possible. When belgic settlers started farming, what thsy farmed , what animals they kept , the changes throughout the decades re weather, hotter wetter than usual, any changes to their usual routine. Times of trouble or lack of labour due to "plagues " etc The changes , its all happening so fast. GPR , and Lidar are two of my favourites. But thankfully nothing as of yet has been created that replaces people like myself the humble field archaeologist and our trowels , our experience are still needed to 'dig stuff up" ;)

  • @user-xy8xe6ng6j

    @user-xy8xe6ng6j

    18 күн бұрын

    At 35:41, yep. Those are English teeth 😂

  • @darkstarr2321

    @darkstarr2321

    17 күн бұрын

    @@user-xy8xe6ng6j Tired and boring American stereotype for the British, not English. Americans have worse teeth

  • @bustedfender
    @bustedfender26 күн бұрын

    Bloomin’ Saxons, coming over here with their elaborate burial rituals, trying to fit in. Roman means Roman.

  • @sandraswift3489
    @sandraswift348922 күн бұрын

    before earth was polluted

  • @sjohnson4882
    @sjohnson488224 күн бұрын

    It is curious to me, as an American, that the British archaeologists seem to be really fixated on the status of individuals from the past.

  • @juliaforsyth8332

    @juliaforsyth8332

    24 күн бұрын

    Possibly that's mainly what they can find. The ordinary Joe Bloggs isn;t usually found with interesting stuff.

  • @SunnyDementia

    @SunnyDementia

    24 күн бұрын

    Silence, pleb.

  • @kevcaratacus9428

    @kevcaratacus9428

    22 күн бұрын

    @sjohnson4882 Julia comment is true, ordinary / poor people aren't buried with 'grave goods' most were cremated and put in an old jar with nothing. Truth is archaeologists dig everything, but programmes like this are only interested in showing high status artifacts, buildings etc. They spend years digging up ordinary bits of Roman wall or remains of wooden halls , nobody ( gen public is interested) but when they dug up a burial full of posh pottery, glass wine vessels, a silver brooch or two, then everyone wants to visit the site, press send people to take pics & ask questions, It's just the nature of ordinary people which is understandable. But the arkies are interested in everything else too! It's all info.

  • @bruceshaw2402
    @bruceshaw240225 күн бұрын

    Why are these academics always surprised that folk centuries ago looked after one another , the one thing that hasn't changed from the dawn of time is human nature .

  • @ConfusedIceberg-vd7qc

    @ConfusedIceberg-vd7qc

    24 күн бұрын

    Because all there was violence a lot of the time. Because they know more than you and are immersed in it… A big part of human nature is violence. Don’t kid yourself. We live in tame times. We are still animals.

  • @georgechristian6852
    @georgechristian685224 күн бұрын

    perhaps Bat, for the animals on the ring.

  • @SuperZippyzippy
    @SuperZippyzippy25 күн бұрын

    Where does the term Anglo Saxon come from?

  • @Ax3y

    @Ax3y

    24 күн бұрын

    The two groups combined to fight off Vikings incursions into northern England. The Angles and Saxons. Unfortunately for the Saxons the Anglo bit stuck and became Angleland, then eventually England. The French still call us Angleterre.

  • @SuperZippyzippy

    @SuperZippyzippy

    24 күн бұрын

    @@Ax3y thanks !!

  • @Funeeman

    @Funeeman

    22 күн бұрын

    The term Anglo-Saxon seems to have been first used by Continental writers in the late 8th century to distinguish the Saxons of Britain from those of the European continent, whom St. Bede the Venerable had called Antiqui Saxones (“Old Saxons”).

  • @Rabbitique58
    @Rabbitique5826 күн бұрын

    The little heads look like Italian greyhounds. The ears are representative of that

  • @danielcarson4122
    @danielcarson41229 күн бұрын

    Auxiliary’s was from other areas as well

  • @danielcarson4122

    @danielcarson4122

    9 күн бұрын

    Roman Saxons was Roman Mercenaries

  • @danielcarson4122

    @danielcarson4122

    9 күн бұрын

    Frankish Culture’s as well

  • @dadbod8112
    @dadbod811225 күн бұрын

    What's the difference between grave robbing and archeology? About a thousand years.

  • @albionmyl7735
    @albionmyl773516 күн бұрын

    the presenter looks very Anglo Saxon..... apparently we left our DNA... 🇩🇪👀.... psss🤫don't tell the BBC..... I guess is forbidden to mention this..... but I am German from the homeland of the old Saxon.... and happy that we are connected with our english cousins❤, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇪🥰

  • @albionmyl7735

    @albionmyl7735

    16 күн бұрын

    *it's forbidden (correction)

  • @christelmayer
    @christelmayer18 күн бұрын

    Smaaart😮

  • @garysmith8276
    @garysmith82769 күн бұрын

    The only Dark Age that existed was our knowledge of that time . With archaeology we have open our knowledge of the so called Dark Age.

  • @zdbitsupport
    @zdbitsupport25 күн бұрын

    Those look like 4 horses on the ring...

  • @susanscott8653

    @susanscott8653

    Күн бұрын

    I thought so.🤔

  • @johnslaughter5475
    @johnslaughter547526 күн бұрын

    I very much enjoy all of these Chronicle videos. They are so well done. Quality. It's too bad most of what we have in the States has degraded to garbage. I have Bede's "Ecclesiastical History of England." It is well translated so is easy to read. There is so much in it about the conversion of Anglo-Saxon England. My own ancestry is very much English. My 9th ggrandfather came to America with the Puritans.

  • @andreweden9405
    @andreweden940511 күн бұрын

    Can you imagine a Muslim archeologist in a Muslim country saying anything like "this famous Islamic historian may be our best primary source from the period. However, his work was highly biased by his Muslim faith, so we should take it with a grain of salt"? If the answer is no, then that tells you that something is deeply wrong with 21st century Western civilization!

  • @felipecortez1042

    @felipecortez1042

    3 күн бұрын

    I think she was contrasting the pagan English kings, with Christian ones, but I know what you mean

  • @user-ck5ho3di2o
    @user-ck5ho3di2o19 күн бұрын

    Nice to see Alice with fair hair an not bright red,know we use to paint ourselves blue an live in caves,still seems we all go backwards in one way or another,

  • @raysargent4055
    @raysargent405526 күн бұрын

    The first Anglo Saxons were invited by the Briton acting as overlord two shiploads of jutes led by two Angle brothers Hengis and Horsa came as mercenaries hired to repell invading non Romano Britains from the north .

  • @Celtopia

    @Celtopia

    26 күн бұрын

    That is now disputed......

  • @MikeLiteraus

    @MikeLiteraus

    26 күн бұрын

    ​@@CeltopiaYeah, the BBC told me they are all African 😂

  • @sportsfisher9677

    @sportsfisher9677

    26 күн бұрын

    It is true that some fought for Rome, but Indigenous Celtic Brits were not invading Romano Britan, because it was theirs they sought to win it back.

  • @shawnsanborn2057

    @shawnsanborn2057

    26 күн бұрын

    Bs

  • @user-pz9pu6us2s

    @user-pz9pu6us2s

    26 күн бұрын

    Wow were you there? It’s just historians don’t know but you have the answer

  • @LR-sn9gt
    @LR-sn9gt22 күн бұрын

    I just think it is very sad that it is an American that starts up a project to get British people involved in their ancestry instead of a British person instigating these sorts of projects.

  • @wor53lg50

    @wor53lg50

    21 күн бұрын

    British people now their own history well thanks, it other foreigners in the country who dont like them to have it, or like to twist it...

  • @phowebremerhaven
    @phowebremerhaven22 күн бұрын

    What! They are able by just looking at the skeleton, determine the gender male or female? How old is this video? Must be from a time of patriarchal science.

  • @kevcaratacus9428

    @kevcaratacus9428

    22 күн бұрын

    Of course male and female skeletons are different ,, lol.

  • @ToddGrundberg-vr8rf
    @ToddGrundberg-vr8rf2 күн бұрын

    Dr. Roberts has the sexiest blue bedroom eyes!

  • @kenthefley2226
    @kenthefley2226Күн бұрын

    Who is the woman narrating this?

  • @raysargent4055
    @raysargent405526 күн бұрын

    Ancient Britons did not have a written language their language was Brythonic therefore after the Romans left there was was almost no one left to record events hence the dark ages .

  • @polleonardtaliesinhywel6986

    @polleonardtaliesinhywel6986

    26 күн бұрын

    I think the type of writing changed, more so. Saint’s lives and religious sermons such as those from Gildas survive from this period, and writings became plentiful in Ireland in the following centuries. More focus was placed on religious writings during this period, and historical chronicles emerged later on as the style became more popular.

  • @alexandrasmith4393

    @alexandrasmith4393

    22 күн бұрын

    There’s no evidence for that. The DA were caused by Islamic pirates across the Mediterranean. Notice how trade takes place across land and not using the sea ‘superhighways’. Latin was still used. NT Greek.

  • @alexandrasmith4393

    @alexandrasmith4393

    22 күн бұрын

    Celtic Christianity was in place well before the Romans left. What came in was the RC pagan religion, and the gospel had to be preached yet again by Aiden et al.

  • @simonpayne8252

    @simonpayne8252

    20 күн бұрын

    Are there not hundreds of stones with writing on them in what is called Coelbren? I

  • @raysargent4055
    @raysargent405526 күн бұрын

    Why have you depicted Anglo Saxons with dark hair ?

  • @c1ph3rpunk

    @c1ph3rpunk

    26 күн бұрын

    It’s AI generated, one would have to ask the AI.

  • @Jimmie2429

    @Jimmie2429

    26 күн бұрын

    You’re right!! I’m outraged!! The Anglo-Saxons were obviously of Sub-Saharan African heritage and most likely non binary.

  • @citytrees1752

    @citytrees1752

    26 күн бұрын

    Anglo Saxons had dark hair, medium brown hair, blond hair, and red hair. Just like people in middle-Western Europe and England today.

  • @sammydasilva6152

    @sammydasilva6152

    26 күн бұрын

    When I saw the thumbnails, I assumed it was about medieval southern Europeans. However, they did show them as white folks. Gemeni AI, Netflix, or the BBC would have shown them as black.

  • @sammydasilva6152

    @sammydasilva6152

    26 күн бұрын

    @@citytrees1752 I get what you mean, but AI portrayed them more as Southern Europeans.

  • @catherinenugent6326
    @catherinenugent632625 күн бұрын

    Isn’t it convent not nunnery

  • @kevcaratacus9428

    @kevcaratacus9428

    22 күн бұрын

    I Think both are pretty much the same thing

  • @catherinenugent6326

    @catherinenugent6326

    22 күн бұрын

    @@kevcaratacus9428 and what is an abbey? Suppose they are all interchangeable

  • @kevcaratacus9428

    @kevcaratacus9428

    21 күн бұрын

    @@catherinenugent6326 a numnery/ convent is for women. An abbey, monastery is for men, monks, priests, an Abbott. Both have a church, and grounds , surrounded by walks and large gates , inside were living quarters, places to grow their own veg and herbs, keep animals, especially goats- milk - cheese A hospital/ infirmary, kitchens. They were self sufficient & They also looked after the poor & fed them.. Monasteries were larger than numnerys. I think the women kept themselves away from the outside world in general. They didn't provide the things or deal with the poor in the way the monasteries, friarys did. They also gave a few silver pennies to the poor at certain times of the year ( saints days etc). They were Catholic, so after Henry 8th broke from Rome and started the protestant church of England he took their land and kicked them out He kept & sold their lands. I guess the poor suffered the most . All because Henry 8th wanted a divorce..

  • @petruse8893
    @petruse889323 күн бұрын

    No make up, God bless you

  • @skyhigh1154
    @skyhigh115425 күн бұрын

    The host is simply a beautifull smart woman😊

  • @stephengarrett8076
    @stephengarrett807619 күн бұрын

    So basically no one knows anything about the saxons ? Ive unfortunately seen the same stuff and presentation since i was young but A HO as long as you know about the migration from Africa and the habits of stone age man ???

  • @chrisp308
    @chrisp30826 күн бұрын

    Yes of course meat will rot your teeth🤣 y'all are freaking genius!

  • @troymitchell1747
    @troymitchell174719 күн бұрын

    How about calling it digging grandpa and grandma

  • @jimclarke1108
    @jimclarke110813 күн бұрын

    😍

  • @cassieoz1702
    @cassieoz170225 күн бұрын

    Good grief. When saying why they had tooth decay, to put meat first (which does NOT cause dental disease) before getting to the litany of things that DO, demonstrates her dietary bias

  • @juliaforsyth8332

    @juliaforsyth8332

    24 күн бұрын

    Well yes it can. Fresh red meat is high in acid plus if food is caught in a cavity it can cause dental problems and encourage the formation of plaque.

  • @cassieoz1702

    @cassieoz1702

    23 күн бұрын

    @juliaforsyth8332 fresh meat is not high in acid, and erosion of dental enamel is most common when dietary carbs are fermented to acid bu oral bacteria. Pre-agricultural (ie ore-grain) humans had far fewer caries. Of all the things she mentioned, meat should be at the bottom of the list

  • @Datacorrupter234
    @Datacorrupter2346 сағат бұрын

    looks like me

  • @darkstarr2321
    @darkstarr232121 күн бұрын

    Professor Alice is such a babe

  • @jaydils9680
    @jaydils968024 күн бұрын

    Just believe it all started with Adam & eve 5,000 bc then you know everything 😂

  • @juliaforsyth8332

    @juliaforsyth8332

    24 күн бұрын

    And Lilith.

  • @roxydog08

    @roxydog08

    22 күн бұрын

    greys were here

  • @Al-AI
    @Al-AI26 күн бұрын

    Briton was never Roman yma o hyd

  • @RhysapGrug

    @RhysapGrug

    26 күн бұрын

    Are you really that stupid😮😮?

  • @kellyschram5486
    @kellyschram548625 күн бұрын

    Ring looks like a royal seal to me

  • @xavisanchez7522
    @xavisanchez752213 күн бұрын

    Is going to be very funny once they discovered who started the famous british empire and how they lied to the british people, time to time

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