Hi Dave

Dave L Wrote:
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> What are you missing?
>
> Slaves.
>
> As far as I remember the water channel was
> meandering so there was probably no tow path as
> such for horses. 10 slaves on each bank would do
> the job - or legionaires.

Is this a guess ? Or do you have some basis for it ?


>
> It was funny to watch the Dutch react to the Time
> Team - they were a bit uncertain at first, then
> realised these guys know what they are about - and
> then Time Team did a bit of fancy graphics at the
> end to show off a tad.
>

I thought the Dutch team came out looking good. They were using digital 3D mapping that I've not seen Time Team using, their boat expert was leaving the one Time Team had brought along behind, and the lead dutch guy was spot on with the dating before the dendro results came out. Time Team do have bigger resources and do a great job as generalists joining digs from all kinds of periods for a couple of days, but to be honest I'm surprised there's not more tension when they join digs like this.