Past Horizons TV — Archaeology Videos

January 27, 2012 / Featured, Film & TV /
Views: 324

Cultural Heritage and the BLM Oregon

The archaeological and historic sites the BLM manages are known as cultural resources. Cultural resources can include a vast range in types of sites and landscapes that result from past human activities. Archaeological sites on public lands in Oregon and Washington include rockshelters, quarries, campsites, village sites, and rock art sites. Historic sites and structures on public lands include lighthouses, ranches and homesteads, railroad logging camps, Civilian Conservation Corps sites and many roads and trails. Some sites have traditional cultural [...]

January 26, 2012 / Comedy, Featured, Film & TV /
Views: 530

Stonehenge – Ylvis (Music Video)

Ylvis – “What’s the meaning of Stonehenge?” The incredible ballade of Stonehenge by norwegian comedian Vegard Ylvisaker. From the norwegian talk show ‘I kveld med Ylvis’ on TVNorge. Lyrics: My life is so successful. I’ve got everything a man could ever need. Got a thousand dollar haircut and I even got a talk show on TV. And I know I should be happy, but instead there’s a question I can’t get out of my head. What’s the meaning of Stonehenge? [...]

January 24, 2012 / Featured, Technology /
Views: 979

The Sweet Track, Somerset – In the Groove

A run along the full (2km) length of the Sweet Track, an Early Neolithic timber built walkway across a patch of the Somerset Levels. This is a fabulous record of the track, the connections it has with further afield and has a damn good beat as well.! Check out Digital Digging here: http://digitaldigging.co.uk/

January 21, 2012 / Featured /
Views: 1,696

Bronze Age Gold of Somerset

The Bronze Age gold hoard from Priddy is one of the most important finds to be made in Somerset in recent years. Curator of Archaeology, Steve Minnitt, is passionate about objects from the past. He wants to share what these artefacts meant to people thousands of years ago.

January 20, 2012 / Education, Featured /
Views: 1,988

How To Use a Handheld GPS in Survey

This video is one of a series of four training videos that have been created by the Scotland’s Rural Past (SRP) project to provide guidance on different archaeological survey techniques. SRP is run by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). Find out more at http://www.rcahms.gov.uk and follow them on Twitter http://twitter.com/rcahms and Facebook http://on.fb.me/bDIHwV

January 18, 2012 / Education, Featured /
Views: 2,358

Creating a Field Sketch

This video is one of a series of four training videos that have been created by the Scotland’s Rural Past (SRP) project to provide guidance on different archaeological survey techniques. SRP is run by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). Find out more at http://www.rcahms.gov.uk and follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/rcahms and Facebook http://on.fb.me/bDIHwV

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Cultural Heritage and the BLM Oregon

January 27, 2012 / Featured, Film & TV
Views: 325

The archaeological and historic sites the BLM manages are known as cultural resources. Cultural resources can include a vast range in types of sites and landscapes that result from past human activities. Archaeological sites on public lands in Oregon and Washington include rockshelters, quarries, campsites, village sites, and rock art sites. Historic sites and structures on public lands include lighthouses, ranches and homesteads, railroad logging camps, Civilian Conservation Corps sites and many roads and trails. Some sites have traditional cultural [...]

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Stonehenge – Ylvis (Music Video)

January 26, 2012 / Comedy, Featured, Film & TV
Views: 531

Ylvis – “What’s the meaning of Stonehenge?” The incredible ballade of Stonehenge by norwegian comedian Vegard Ylvisaker. From the norwegian talk show ‘I kveld med Ylvis’ on TVNorge. Lyrics: My life is so successful. I’ve got everything a man could ever need. Got a thousand dollar haircut and I even got a talk show on TV. And I know I should be happy, but instead there’s a question I can’t get out of my head. What’s the meaning of Stonehenge? [...]

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UAV technology in aerial archaeology

January 26, 2012 / Technology
Views: 357

Microcopter camera platform use in archaeology. From the Hungarian company http://www.deltahf.hu/

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In search of shipwreck Royal Charlotte

January 25, 2012 / Excavation
Views: 498

On 4 January 2012, an Australian National Maritime Museum archaeological expedition team set out to Frederick Reef in the Coral Sea to locate the remains of the India bound ship Royal Charlotte, shipwrecked in 1825. With great success the team did find the remains of the wreck, including an anchor chain, anchor and cannon. Enjoy this amazing underwater footage of the dive team during their search of the wreck. Read the Maritime Archaeology blog for daily logs of the expedition: [...]

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The Sweet Track, Somerset – In the Groove

January 24, 2012 / Featured, Technology
Views: 980

A run along the full (2km) length of the Sweet Track, an Early Neolithic timber built walkway across a patch of the Somerset Levels. This is a fabulous record of the track, the connections it has with further afield and has a damn good beat as well.! Check out Digital Digging here: http://digitaldigging.co.uk/

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Discovering Ancient Italy’s Etruscan and Roman Coast with Earthwatch

January 24, 2012 / Excavation, Travel
Views: 580

Volunteer video and slideshow of pictures taken on our archaeological expedition in Italy. For more information, visit www.earthwatch.org/exped/camilli.html You will also find many more projects on the PROJECT SEARCH from Past Horizons

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Iron Age smelting demonstration

January 23, 2012 / Education, Experimental
Views: 930

Experimental archaeologist Jake Keen demonstrates some of the concepts of iron smelting in a bloomery furnace using techniques believed to have been used during the British Iron Age. The demonstration was part of Wessex Archaeology’s annual practical archaeology course in 2004

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Passport in Time: Volunteers Unlock the Past of Scull Shoals

January 22, 2012 / Excavation
Views: 916

Passport in Time volunteers from across five states joined Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests staff in revealing this fascinating feature in the ruins of the Historic Scull Shoals Mill Village located on the Oconee NF in central Georgia. http://www.passportintime.com/

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Bronze Age Gold of Somerset

January 21, 2012 / Featured
Views: 1,697

The Bronze Age gold hoard from Priddy is one of the most important finds to be made in Somerset in recent years. Curator of Archaeology, Steve Minnitt, is passionate about objects from the past. He wants to share what these artefacts meant to people thousands of years ago.

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Bronze Age Shield from Somerset

January 21, 2012 / Education, Film & TV
Views: 1,123

Object of the Month – Bronze Age Shield. Find out about an unexpected discovery from 1100-900 BC. This is the only Bronze Age shield found in an archaeological excavation. What was it used for? How did we find it? Curator of Archaeology, Steve Minnit, is passionate about objects from the past. He wants to share what these artefacts meant to people thousands of years ago. Discover some key objects, ahead of the new Museum of Somerset opening. What makes them [...]

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How To Use a Handheld GPS in Survey

January 20, 2012 / Education, Featured
Views: 1,989

This video is one of a series of four training videos that have been created by the Scotland’s Rural Past (SRP) project to provide guidance on different archaeological survey techniques. SRP is run by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). Find out more at http://www.rcahms.gov.uk and follow them on Twitter http://twitter.com/rcahms and Facebook http://on.fb.me/bDIHwV

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Measured Survey Using Tape and Offset

January 20, 2012 / Education
Views: 1,193

This video is one of a series of four training videos that have been created by the Scotland’s Rural Past (SRP) project to provide guidance on different archaeological survey techniques. SRP is run by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). Find out more at http://www.rcahms.gov.uk and follow them on Twitter http://twitter.com/rcahms and Facebook http://on.fb.me/bDIHwV

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Measured Survey Using a Plane Table

January 19, 2012 / Education
Views: 1,294

This video is one of a series of four training videos that have been created by the Scotland’s Rural Past (SRP) project to provide guidance on different archaeological survey techniques. SRP is run by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). Find out more at http://www.rcahms.gov.uk and follow them on Twitter http://twitter.com/rcahms and Facebook http://on.fb.me/bDIHwV

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Creating a Field Sketch

January 18, 2012 / Education, Featured
Views: 2,359

This video is one of a series of four training videos that have been created by the Scotland’s Rural Past (SRP) project to provide guidance on different archaeological survey techniques. SRP is run by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). Find out more at http://www.rcahms.gov.uk and follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/rcahms and Facebook http://on.fb.me/bDIHwV

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Archaeologists Find Viking Burial Site

January 18, 2012 / Excavation, Featured, News
Views: 2,277

Archaeologists said on October 19th 2011 that they have discovered the remains of a high status Viking buried with his boat, axe, sword and spear on the remote Scottish peninsula of Ardnamurchan, one of the most significant Norse finds ever uncovered in Britain. You can read more about it here: Boat burial of Viking warrior: A 1000 year old story uncovered

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