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> The latest work has again been made possible by funding from Time Team, for a new programme they will be making next year.

This is funded by a TV show whose primary concern is ratings earned by how exciting is the entertainment value. I think that explains the low-content but very breathless press-release article now: they want to hype it up for the show to get viewers. This smells like show-biz hype rather than scientific excitement.

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As a fan of Time Team, that's very cynical.

Time Team is a good citizen of the archeological community. It has real professional archaeologists with academic credentials, not just entertainers.

It's funded via Patreon these days and is on YouTube, not TV, so ratings aren't as much of a concern.

Blame the media for the breathless hype if you like, they are the ones benefiting from the clicks here.

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