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  1. Dating: The Radiocarbon Way (2010)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Chemistry; Physics

    What is carbon 14? What is a radiocarbon date? Is it the same as a calendar date? What does radiocarbon dating measure and why does it take a long time? How does an accelerator mass spectrometer measure...

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  2. Archaeocast 13: Coastal and Marine Geophysics on the North Sea (2009)

    Subject
    Archaeology

    This edition of Wessex Archaeology’s audio podcasts features their coastal and marine geophysical survey team on the North Sea. Surveyor Tina Michel describes the investigation of an important Palaeolithic...

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  3. Finding the Fallen (2007)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 308 minutes), £19.99

    The series follows the team of archaeologists, forensic experts and historians known as No Man’s Land as they seek to find, recover and identify the fallen of the Great War. Each of the 5 programmes in the...

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  4. Culture of Democracy, The (2006)

    Director
    Ari Ahola
    Subject
    Classical studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £15.99

    A video essay on the birth of the constitutional state. The modern western parliamentary system was developed according to the Athenian model that was created in Greece 2,500 years ago. The video examines...

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  5. Quest for the Phoenicians (2006)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 53 minutes), £9.99

    In their heyday, the Phoenicians dominated Mediterranean waters with commercial skill and seafaring force. Yet very little is known about this ancient people; their cities, temples and culture were destroyed...

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  6. Secrets of Mellor Hilltop: 8 Years of Digging, 8000 Years of History (2006)

    Director
    Chris Mann
    Producer
    Chris Mann
    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minuters), £12.00

    A record of the excavations at Mellor, near Stockport, from 1995 to 2006. Using aerial photography, animated graphics and virtual reality reconstruction, the programme reveals the succession of habitation...

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  7. Secret Island of the Holy Grail, The (2006)

    Producer
    Robin Walton
    Subject
    Archaeology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £14.99

    The documentary examines the theory that Hayling Island may well have a part to play in the mystery of the Holy Grail. Studies of the island’s very close links with France aftet the Norman Conquest and its...

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  8. Time Team Digs - A History of Britain (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 600 minutes), £24.99

    A 3-disc set featuring 8 of the digs from this long-running series where the team discover artefacts from the Bronze Age, Iron Age, the Roman Invasion, Roman Britain, the Dark Ages, Norman Britain, Medieval...

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  9. Lost Village, Wharram Percy (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History

    Archaeologists investigating medieval village life have found the excavation of Wharram Percy an invaluable tool in gaining a better picture of peasant life in the middle ages. Aubrey Manning investigates...

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  10. Amesbury Archer, The (2005)

    aka: Was the Amesbury Archer the King of Stonehenge?

    Subject
    Archaeology; History

    In May 2002 archaologists discovered the richest early Bronze Age burial ever found in Britain. The so-called Amesbury Archer was buried with gold earrings, copper knives, flint arrow heads and the stone...

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