Strategy introduction II: Carenza gets on board!
Added 2021-01-02 16:40:56 +0000 UTCContinuing the themes discussed with Helen Geake in our opening strategy introduction, Tim catches up with Time Team original, Professor Carenza Lewis. Carenza draws upon her breadth of experience across countless digs to suggest some of the key considerations before heading out into the field...
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Carenza is so good at communicating her thoughts. I love it, and I love getting to see these kinds of inner workings, and learning more about the cogs that get a project off the ground.
Seven
2021-04-05 17:44:00 +0000 UTCAs an artist myself, I always liked that part, firstly because the ability to adapt on the fly is a real skill on it's own, and secondly because I'd imagine myself in their position and the excitement of getting to represent something different than what you had expected. Such a dynamic way of working, and I just thought it seemed really fun ^.^
Seven
2021-04-05 17:42:37 +0000 UTCit was always heartbreaking to watch the painstaking illustration work done have to be changed as the trench findings suddenly showed you had something completely different from the initial finds.
High Street Pictures
2021-02-02 01:16:55 +0000 UTCIt is sad that certain individuals will not be returning Mike, Phil, and maybe some others. I know Mike passed away and Phil has his reasons but it would be a good time to allow some fresh new faces to take the lead in the trenches, while other veterans while be allowed to supervise. And maybe we could re-visit passed sites since maybe better weather permits further excavation, or other areas could be explored that got missed due to time restraints. Though I have this scene in my head were Rowan Atkinson shows up and says, "You wouldn't know Roman piece of pot if it came up to you kicked in the rear and said hello I'm piece of Roman pot, Tony." the tough makes me laugh out loud every time I think it.
J-syn
2021-01-18 07:43:46 +0000 UTCThank you!
Mariah
2021-01-16 01:49:22 +0000 UTCHere in the US it's Cultural Anthropology ( the study of human material culture) as opposed to Biological Anthropology, or the latest subspecialty, Forensic anthropology.
Jennifer L Bryan
2021-01-14 14:33:57 +0000 UTCI wonder if there is a word for people who specialize in the interpretative work for the prehistoric evidence. Prehistory historians? Contradictory way to put it, but they must exist. As far as I can tell they get called many things depending on background or approach, but the closest to what I meant is anthropologists. The grey area would be cultures that had no remembered writing system but did have other means of recording/passing on information.
Mariah
2021-01-12 06:10:43 +0000 UTCIt seems like (as a viewer) some sites beg for an extension of TT effort. Others have suggested longer digs. are these options being considered?
Patrick Keefe
2021-01-09 06:58:51 +0000 UTCOut of mild curiosity, will this new iteration of Time Team still go for that 3 day dig formula.....or might you go for fewer sites but with longer digs? It has probably been stated someplace here, but I just have not noticed. Perhaps I am just too lazy to dig through all of the data that has been thrown up here. ;)
DementedCaver
2021-01-09 02:26:54 +0000 UTCAgree Colleen. Time Team managed to find "experts" who were great communicators. From Carenza and Helen to bone specialists like Margaret Cox and Jacqueline McKinley via Matt, Raksha, Katy, Ian P, Paul, Mark and all the others, who could speak about the archaeology with out being too highbrow, with out being patronising, and without people feeling they were being talked down to. It is important that Time Team does the same with these new shows.
Phelim McIntyre
2021-01-06 14:32:50 +0000 UTCCarenza has such great enthusiasm and such a knack for sharing her knowledge with those of us who aren't archeologists. I could listen to her for hours on end.
Colleen Brazil
2021-01-06 04:53:10 +0000 UTCActually, having pondered this a bit further, I'll wait for some sort of answer from Time Team, thanks, Mr McIntyre -- for a couple of reasons: 1. I don't want to muddy the waters and clutter their inbox, if they simply aren't set up to tackle what I have been told is a Scheduled site; 2. I am not currently supporting them in the tier that advertises "Suggest and choose dig sites and team members" ... if I *were* in the Producer tier, I would be understandably cheesed off about someone in the Digger Crew tier putting themselves forward about suggesting dig sites. There may very well be some vitally important considerations behind the scenes, of which we fans-and-viewers know nothing, that would unduly complicate things if we were all to start spamming them with our favourite ancestral British fields, no matter how storied, fascinating, and scenic. A wealth of sites from which to choose sounds like a wonderful thing for ensuring that Time Team keeps on doing what we love to see them do; however, unsolicited helpful advice is seldom well-received, so I'll wait for some guidelines, and then pony up the correct tier (for at least a month), to entitle me to make my suggestion. ^_^
"Blade" McMicking, D.I.
2021-01-06 04:34:04 +0000 UTCExcellent point! Thank you.
"Blade" McMicking, D.I.
2021-01-04 18:19:01 +0000 UTCEmail the details to them. It may not be considered for the first series but if this goes on as we want the more sites to choose from the better.
Phelim McIntyre
2021-01-04 10:27:43 +0000 UTCI particularly liked the point Carenza made about the role archaeology plays in understanding life as lived by an individual that may not be captured in the written record or which offers new insights on a period. That is what I love so much about Time Team.
David Boon
2021-01-04 00:35:31 +0000 UTCI second your request. Paul is not only good at his job but also a great communicator.
David Boon
2021-01-04 00:29:44 +0000 UTCI love the background shots of Tim’s home. He seems to have a love of gardening and I hope we get to see the room he records from. During the summer, when all those plants will be in full bloom! It makes a perfect backdrop!
Irene Daly
2021-01-03 12:15:19 +0000 UTCGreat video. Yes, the question is always very important. But does Carenza have a cooking scar on the bottom of her right arm? I've done that myself.
Kieran Gane
2021-01-03 09:46:14 +0000 UTCDo you ever get permissions from Officialdom to do a dig on a languishing scheduled site? (I mean, if it's been designated as Scheduled then not-got-around-to for decades, can Time Team ever be allowed in to have a well-documented poke about, in the name of helping out?) I ask because I know of a wonderful example of such a site, but being in the Producer tier isn't really in my monthly budget, unless there were some hope on my part of throwing the details of that potential dig into the ring for general consideration. ^_^ (Thank you!)
"Blade" McMicking, D.I.
2021-01-03 07:30:29 +0000 UTCWhen I see and listen to Carenza, or John, Stewart, Guy, Helen... two things always come to mind: not only would it be such a pleasure to see them again, and their archaeological experience be an asset to this new venture, but also their experience with what goes on behind the scenes. They all know what's required and what needs to be done to keep things flowing and organized. Their experience could be so helpful in so many ways.
Robert Boudreau
2021-01-03 04:57:14 +0000 UTCCarenza’s and Helen’s insights have both been very enlightening, putting paid to the old adage that if you want to enjoy the sausage don’t watch it being made. Knowing more of what is required to produce a future (and past) TT episode only enhances the viewing experience. Crack on!
Eggs Ackley
2021-01-03 02:13:57 +0000 UTCDelightful to see Carenza again! When I was watching the original Time Team episodes, I always found her perspective interesting. I hope she will be a part of the team when you film new episodes.
Sharyle Doherty
2021-01-03 01:35:38 +0000 UTCTime team always starts with the question might not get the answer you thought carenza always had her view and put it so right great member of time team nice to see you back
JIm ford
2021-01-02 21:07:40 +0000 UTCReally interesting to be involved in the early stages of an archaeological project.
JUDITH COOKE
2021-01-02 20:41:53 +0000 UTC"The interesting question" that Carenza mentions as the framework for the project design reminds me of a framework used in digital analytics called the Initiative/Objective/KPI framework. Any initiative has to work toward accomplishing a stated objective. (KPIs and other metrics measure how well each initiative is achieving its objective.) Helen and Carenza already think in terms of frameworks so I could imagine adherence to something like it being helpful to pin down a formula for creating more episodes if one doesn't already exist. I bet Tim already has a method, though.
Joel Michael
2021-01-02 20:40:56 +0000 UTCAbsolutely fascinating. Oh, yes, PLEASE have the excellent Mr Blinkhorn in!
Susie Stockton-Link
2021-01-02 19:57:32 +0000 UTCAny chance of getting Paul Blinkhorn back on? His wealth of knowledge is amazing.
Conan Mills
2021-01-02 19:11:40 +0000 UTCTo be honest, before this I had never given any thought to the nuts and bolts that went into making each episode of Time Team. Great to see Carenza again, as I have watched every episode available on YouTube, some multiple times and their return fells like seeing Old Friends again.
Christopher
2021-01-02 19:02:30 +0000 UTCVery interesting love it but can we get Carranza a better microphone please it wouldn’t cost much
Mark Cooke
2021-01-02 18:37:19 +0000 UTCLoved to hear the admitting the conflict that often exists between Commercial and University/Museum styles of archaeology excavation, as well as also the issue of local knowledge of geology and archaeology. I have often talked with people who have said "in Norfolk/Sussex/Yorkshire/Cornwalls* the houses/graves/farms/villas* look like this so...." (*delete as relevant) and expect that things are the same across the rest of the country is amazing - and some of these have been "archaeologists".
Phelim McIntyre
2021-01-02 17:18:39 +0000 UTCInteresting to compare Carenza’s responses to Helen’s on roughly the same questions. Carenza focused more on the dig proper and Helen more on the broader aspects - geophys, landscape archeology, etc. That may be a result of exactly how the questions were asked and, of course, the editing of the answers. Always fun to watch experts talk about how the things should be done!
Lee Olver
2021-01-02 17:11:33 +0000 UTCVery interesting.
Liz Dyson
2021-01-02 17:10:51 +0000 UTCNice to understand part of the planning strategy AND see how Carenza does not age!
Carole Cox
2021-01-02 17:05:31 +0000 UTCWonderful input. Often thought about the very basics like getting permission etc.
Mr Andrew R Carrie
2021-01-02 16:47:54 +0000 UTC
