at what they ve uncovered. it is the high speed line which divides opinion, but as hs2 develops, some of the excavations along the route have provided opportunities for us to see how we used to live. this 12 hectare site in northamptonshire has not only revealed an iron age settlement, but also a roman town. it s not thought to be a story of roman invasion, but more a progression between the two eras. i ve been working for ten years now and never come across anything of this scale or even this quality. we will be working incredibly hard to understand what we have on site and to tell that story. archaeology is telling stories, it s pulling together the physical evidence on the ground, the finds, and the teams in the office are then pulling together their expertise to understand exactly what we have. here in a warehouse miles from the site, thousands of priceless artefacts. the majority are animal bone and pottery, including a sophisticated piece from france. also among the finds is this
0ur correspondentjo black has been looking at what they ve uncovered. it is the high speed line which divides opinion, but as hs2 develops, some of the excavations along the route have provided opportunities for us to see how we used to live. this 12 hectare site in northamptonshire has not only revealed an iron age settlement, but also a roman town. it s not thought to be a story of roman invasion, but more a progression between the two eras. i ve been working for ten years now and never come across anything of this scale or even this quality. we will be working incredibly hard to understand what we have on site and to tell that story. archaeology is telling stories, it s pulling together the physical evidence on the ground, the finds, and the teams in the office are then pulling together their expertise to understand exactly what we have. here in a warehouse miles from the site, thousands of priceless artefacts. the majority are animal bone and pottery, including a sophisticated piec
on the ground, the finds, and the teams in the office are then pulling together their expertise to understand exactly what we have. here, in a warehouse miles from the site, thousands of priceless artefacts. the majority are animal bone and pottery, including a sophisticated piece from france. also among the finds is this lead dye presumably from some sort of game, this highly decorative and rare scale weight showing the importance of trade on the site, and then this part of a leg shackle thought to relate to a prisoner or some sort of enslaved person. while the site and its findings helps to transform our understanding of roman times and beyond, its future involves high speed rail. jo black, bbc news. now on bbc news, it s the travel show. this week on the travel show.
pulling together their expertise to understand exactly what we have. here in a warehouse miles from the site, thousands of priceless artefacts. the majority are animal bone and pottery, including a sophisticated piece from france. also among the finds is this a lead die presumably from some sort of game, this highly decorative and rare scale weight showing the importance of trade on the site, and then this part of a leg shackle thought to relate to a prisoner or some sort of enslaved person. while the site and its findings helps to transform our understanding of roman times and beyond, its future involves high speed rail. jo black, bbc news.