WINFARTHING ISOTOPES | ENGLISH ALCATRAZ | Time Team News | PLUS Easter Island writing

Dani Wootton returns for more Time Team News. This month, isotope analysis results reveal the likely origins of the Winfarthing lady. The team visit the 'English Alcatraz', Drake's Island, at Plymouth. Plus we venture behind the scenes at this year's Current Archaeology Live!, featuring John Gater as Keynote Speaker. Elsewhere, we look at some of the stories to recently hit the archaeological headlines.

(Episode 7, Saturday 2nd March 2024)

CREDITS
Current Archaeology
Dr Sam Leggett, University of Edinburgh: https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/sam-leggett
Dr Helen Geake
Dr John Gater
Drake's Island
Oxford Archaeology
Ness of Brodgar

Roman egg scan: Dr Christopher Dunmore, Imaging Centre for Life Sciences:https://www.kent.ac.uk/anthropology-c...

Winfarthing environmental CT scans: with thanks to Tom Sparrow at the 'School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences', University of Bradford

Drake's Island story scripted and edited by Jonathan Boakes
3D reconstruction models created by Andy Woodhead / Matt 'Bear' Clark
Music courtesy of Premium Beat, Bonne Nuit and Steve Day

Discover more about Rapa Nui script in Nature journal: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...


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