Introduction to Archaeology, 5th Period

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The TV is once again in pride of place, and there's a different selection of snacks and soda.

"Okay, today, we're going to be watching Time Team: Live in Canterbury," Daniel explained. "Time Team is a popular British show, which deals with the process of field archaeology in the UK.

A bit of background on Canterbury. It's a cathedral city in south-east Kent. It's home to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is the primate of the Church of England.

In Latin, it was known as Durovernum Cantiacorum, and it lay at the junction of roads from three of their ports; Regulbium (Reculver), Dubris (Dover) and Lemanis (Lympne)

The Cathedral was where Thomas a Becket was murdered in 1170. After this, Canterbuy became a major pilgrimage site, which lead, or leads," Daniel looked slightly confused at the tenses. "Chaucer to write The Canterbury Tales.

Okay, I think I've talked enough."

The lights were dimmed, and the show started.

Comments

Re: Watch and discuss the film

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

[[ooc: We're apparently still not at the point where academic programs can simply just be academic unfortunately. Probably because an actual pure archaeology show would bore a lot of the potential viewing audience to death!]]

Re: Watch and discuss the film

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

[[ooc: Yeah, I suppose you have to do sometehing to mollify the "money people". To bad "money people" tend to be stupid. :)

Re: Watch and discuss the film

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Make that "something".

I'm going back to bed.