Physical evidence of human habitation in the British Isles goes back nearly 1 million years and continues through countless iterations up to the present. For twenty years, one of the most popular television shows in the United Kingdom was called Time Team, in which archeologists had three days to uncover and explain as much as they could about a known or suspected site. In over 200 episodes, the Time Team investigated Stone Age barrows, monumental stone structures, neolithic farming settlements and trackways, developments in metal working, Viking longship burials, Saxon coin hordes, every conceivable trace of Roman occupation, the slaughter of the Druids, Norman castles, English Civil War battlefields, Royal tombs and palaces, cathedrals and much, much more. Often the show included recreating tools, techniques and meals from the era in question.. This program “showed” the entire history of the British Isles from what remains in the ground. Each study group member will pick an episode from YouTube, which we will watch together and discuss – there will be no individual presentations. Videos are available on YouTube
