Time Team - Season 11 Episode 8 Rescuing a Mesolithic Foreshore - Goldcliff, Newport
When the tide recedes at this point on the Severn estuary, rare evidence of stone age activity is uncovered. Time Team are on a three-day mission to help recover some of these relics before they are washed away. It involves excavating and painstakingly examining 15 cubic metres of muddy silt; but time is against them. The Mesolithic period is poorly understood, because these people were highly mobile hunter-gatherers who did not build permanent structures. They uncover some of the smallest artefacts they have ever handled. Phil and Brigid are fascinated by ancient footprints of adults and children, preserved in the sand. Phil excavates the massive tooth of an aurochs, an extinct giant prey animal. They are joined by Martin Bell of Reading University, Mesolithic specialists Nick Barton and Robin Crompton, and food expert Jacqui Wilson who cooks up a stone age feast.
Year: 2024
Genre: Documentary, Mystery
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: More4, Channel 4, YouTube
Director: Tim Taylor
Cast: Gus Casely-Hayford, Natalie Haynes, Carenza Lewis, John Gater, Stewart Ainsworth, Helen Geake
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First Air Date: Jan 16, 1994
Last Air date: Apr 07, 2024
Season: 21 Season
Episode: 239 Episode
Runtime: 50 minutes
IMDb: 7.10/10 by 14.00 users
Popularity: 18.967
Language: English
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A Roman Bath House and Edwardian Folly - Whitestaunton Manor, Somerset
The Crannog in the Loch - Loch Migdale, Scottish Highlands
Saxon Burials on the Ridge - South Carlton, Lincolnshire
The Roman Fort That Wasn't There - Syndale, Kent
An Iron-Age Trading Centre - Green Island, Dorset
A Medieval Blast Furnace - The Old Furnace, Oakamoor, Staffordshire
Rescuing a Mesolithic Foreshore - Goldcliff, Newport
Fertile Soils, Rich Archaeology - Wittenham Clumps, Oxfordshire
King Cnut's Manor - Nassington, Northamptonshire
Back-Garden Archaeology: Revisiting a Roman Villa - Ipswich, Suffolk
The Lost City of Roxburgh - Roxburgh, Scottish Borders
Brimming with Remains - Cranborne Chase, Dorset