The most exciting thing about the "Digging For Britain" series is that it shows archaeology related information in action. Instead of just presenting history as a series of accepted facts we're seeing how the interpretation develops, during excavations and careful analysis in the lab.
Excavations include the discovery of the massive hoard of Roman coins in Frome, and the bizarre and chilling evidence of infanticide from the Yewden Roman villa site in Buckinghamshire. Both these discoveries are featured in detail in episode one, Romans. The Yewden Roman Villa site was excavated ages ago - in 1912 - but archaeologist Jill Eyers has been taking a fresh look at the finds from that dig.
She knew there had been numerous infant burials around the site - 97 in total. In fact, infant 'burial' sounds a bit too respectful for what had actually been found - the remains of infants shoved unceremoniously into pits in the ground. Dr Alice Roberts is the presenter of Digging For Britain.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/
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