Good morning, we are working through the Thirty-One Days of the Time Team. The Time Team is working on the remains of a small Roman villa in There’s No Place Like Rome. The run time for this episode is 46:28.
A small Roman villa was discovered coming from just after the start of the Roman invasion of Great Britain. The locals would resent the invasion and it would take decades for full Romanization of the locals. This villa would hint otherwise. Previous excavations on the site hinted that it was inhabited by the locals and not by Roman invaders. Could this be the site of an Iron Age settlement? Can the Time Team sort out the history of this site? The Time Team is joined by John Creighton, Tom Moore, and Claire Ryley. In only a few years after the Roman invasion, Bath was built while local Britain was living in the round houses. The locals seemingly clung to their local culture or did they? Excavations on the site did find a Roman villa with a gatehouse near an Iron Age site. Tony catches up with Mick, Phil, and Helen. Tony wonders aloud why the Time Team is on this site. Mick points out that there needs to be more work done on the site. Helen is thrilled with exploring a Roman gatehouse and Phil wants more geophysics done. The local archeologists hope that the Time Team can detangle the history of the site. Just as Time Team begins to work, the heavens open up, and out comes the rain. Mick takes a moment with a local historian to learn more about what was done on previous excavations. Everyone assumed that the villa came later, however, there were finds that dated back to the end of the Iron Age. This would hint at a long occupation. Despite the sloppy field, the Time Team sets to work. Matt is assigned to the villa trench, but he is finding it challenging to find dating evidence due to the demolition rubble. A well is discovered on the site, and hopefully, there will be some finds down the well to help date the site. The Time Team prepares to put tents over other trenches in case it rains again. The Geophysics results are coming back, and John is happy with the results. Features are clearer and there are even more interesting features on the site. Phil puts in his trench over a feature that looks like a roundhouse feature on the geophysics. A second trench goes in over a potential rubbish site. A third trench goes over a mysterious set of crossing ditches. Helen immediately discovers roof tile in her trench. Tony talks about the Roman history of Britain during this time. While some tribes were hostile to the Romans, there were others who saw them as potential trading partners and got along with them. These tribes willingly adopted Roman technology. Additional to architecture, the Romans brought gardens to Britain during this time. Time Team will be recreating a Roman garden for this episode. The Time Team is finding dating evidence that is hinting that the site had a villa soon after the Roman invasion. In the meantime, Phil is showing off his deer antler in the potential roundhouse trench. The people would have been hunting deer and eating venison. The deer would have provided the additional raw material for the Iron Age people. When the Romans invaded these people’s lives would have been turned upside down. At the end of the day, Tony catches up with Mick about the history of the site. Tony is proving to be impatient with the finds. However, Mick preaches patients and time. There have been many finds discovered on the site such as pottery, tile, and the like. He is pleased with the progress of the site so far and is eying the field nearby. What will the Time Team continue to discover about the site? Will they be able to detangle the history? Tune into the rest of this episode to find out! This episode would be at the top of my list to show for a history fun day because Tony is funny with his impatience and questioning about why the Time Team was on the site.
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