Time Team - Season 3 - Eps 2: Hunting for Mammoth - Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire

Name: Eps 2: Hunting for Mammoth - Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire
Released: 1996-01-14
Rating: 3.6

1996-01-14 • 50 min • ⭐ 7.1/10

Recorded between 21 and 23 April 1995, in this episode the team go to a gravel pit that is soon to become landfill, where they attempt to unearth 200,000-year-old remains of mammoths and other prehistoric animals. Gravel pits are typical sites for paleolithic remains. But the chances of finding evidence of any prehistoric peoples are remote. Joining the team are Christine Buckingham, Kate Scott, and palaeontologist Russell Coope. Wood anatomist Rowena Gale tries to match ancient and modern wood samples For this episode the team are joined by archaeologist Kate Scott and geologist Christine Buckingham.

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About Time Team

Title: Time Team

First Air Date: 1994-01-16

Last Air Date: 2024-04-07

Status: Returning Series

Rating: 7.1/10 (from 14 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 22

Total Episodes: 239

Network: More4 Channel 4 YouTube

Genres: Documentary, Mystery

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining the process in layman's terms. This team of specialists changed throughout the series' run, although has consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated over the show's run have ranged in date from the Palaeolithic right through to the Second World War.