Well, today we are going to look at the civilizations of the Black Sea. Then tomorrow, we will start 31 Days of the Time Team. Yes, there are still episodes being uploaded to the Time Team Classics Channel and new episodes are being created on the new Time Team Channel. The coolest thing is that Tony will be back hosting special episodes of Time Team. The run time for this documentary on the Black Sea is 55:05 and is called the Dark Secrets of the Black Sea.
An international group of experts looks at the Black Sea. They are looking for evidence of a civilization found at the bottom of the Black Sea. There is evidence of civilizations that called the Black Sea home. Why was the Black Sea called the Northern Cradle of Civilization? How was the Black Sea created? What is the real history of the Black Sea? Who are the people who called the Black Sea home? The Russians discovered the original shoreline of the Black Sea, it is now 100 meters underwater. This was the original shoreline during the Ice Age. Evidence shows that this shoreline was rapidly filled in, within thirty years. Archeologists were shocked when this discovery was made. The dunes did not show signs of erosion which would have happened if the Black Sea would have filled in slowly. During this section, there was a discussion of sea and lake sediments as well as the marine life that was discovered. While laying a pipeline, the Russians did a detailed survey of the Black Sea. They found more dunes in the Black Sea. The French, who also had done a survey also discovered the same dunes. Did this survey find any more evidence as to how the Black Sea formed? Even though it moved quickly, it felt like the discussion on how the Black Sea formed went on forever and ever and ever. I still feel like I do not understand how the Black Sea was formed. The Black Sea probably was backfilled by a rising ocean level. This translates as the Black Sea forming as being backfilled by rising ocean levels. At about seventeen minutes, there is finally a discussion on the civilizations that called the Black Sea and the surrounding areas home. These civilizations would have lived around the Black Sea when it was a large freshwater lake. There have been a few artifacts found and recovered at sites of villages such as bowls, spears, and other everyday objects. The villages where these people lived would have ended up underwater. Unfortunately during this section, it was a lot of talking heads speaking and not providing any context to what was found. Then there was a discussion on the animals and the remains that were found at these sites. The people who lived in these villages would have hunted these animals, eaten them, and used their bones to create their tools and jewelry. There were bones of Mastodons found in the Black Sea which would rewrite the history of the Ice Age. Then there was a discussion on the climate of the Black Sea and what it would have been like for the people of the Black Sea. One historian talks about how the weather and what the land looked like in this Black Sea Area. Another historian talks about the different animals that lived in the area too. To learn more about the Black Sea, tune into the rest of this episode to find out. Right off the bat, the robotic voice throws things off. Perhaps a more human narrator would have sounded better. I did not like the sound of the narrator. The documentary also moved fast, too fast, which made it challenging to keep up with. Due to the speed, I found myself pausing and rewinding it way too many times to write this review. I felt like there was no context provided to justify the documentary. I had hopes that this would have been a good documentary on the Black Sea and was left feeling very disappointed. If I was a student watching this documentary, I would be drifting and would be working on other projects while this played in the background. I would not recommend showing this to a classroom. It was just too fast and too hard to follow along.
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