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Hypocaust tiles. Phil Harding celebrates birthday on January 25 of every year.
What does Phil Harding do now?
I am currently a Fieldwork Archaeologist based at Wessex Archaeology, but am probably best known for my regular appearances on Channel 4’s Time Team. And Roman Fountain Head in the form of a fish; the finest work of art in Roman Britain.
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Channel 4's Phil Harding's quiet Wiltshire life led to big discoveries
Famed for his appearances on Channel 4 series Time Team, Phil Harding's fascination with archaeology began in his early childhood growing up in Wiltshire - and who can blame him, with one of the most ancient sites in the world on his doorstep.
Speaking in an interview with Wessex Archaeology, the TV personality recalls his first ever dig at 8 years-old, up near Woodford where he stood atop a hill and looked out into the far distance at Stonehenge.
He has since become an acknowledged expert on flint-knapping and is skilled in lithic reduction using both percussive techniques and pressure flaking, in which instead of striking the flint with blows, pressure is exerted on the edges to shape the tool.
Harding won the Henry Stopes Memorial Medal of the Geologists’ Association in
- The medal is awarded once in every three years for work on the Prehistory of Man.
He was voted Archaeologist of the Year in March 2013 by readers of Current Archaeology magazine.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Phil Harding height Not available right now. Born in Oxford on 25 January 1950 and brought up in Wexcombe, Wiltshire, Phil Harding was educated at Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School in Marlborough.
He has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. In 1966, while still at school, he attended a training excavation by Bristol University Extra Mural Department in Fyfield and West Overton. On 24 July 2008 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Southampton in archaeology. Harding has been a member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists since 1985, and in 2006 was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
The regular team also included: Stewart Ainsworth, landscape investigator; John Gater and Chris Gaffney, archaeological geophysicists; Henry Chapman, surveyor; and Victor Ambrus, illustrator.
Why did Aston leave Time Team?
Mick played a less prominent part in Time Team after an episode of illness in 2003, and in 2012 he left the programme after criticising a reduction in its academic standards.
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Jakob weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.Who is Phil Harding Dating?
According to our records, Phil Harding is possibily single & has not been previously engaged.
Geophyics identified Roman Villa; Provincial Governors Palace?
Harding was a regular on Time Team from the first series in 1994 until its cancellation in 2013. Since then he has dug every year, though at first his archaeological activities had to be fitted into holidays and any spare time.
From the mid-1970s he worked on excavations in Berkshire, Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight for the Department of the Environment (DOE).
As a young boy, Harding became fascinated with the Stone Age. He learned flint-knapping from his Uncle Fred, and in only a few months became a skilled knapper, crafting many different hunting tools from pieces of flint. It was originally shown on 22nd January 1995. He also took part in the various spin-off series such as Time Team Extra (1998), Time Team Digs (2002) and Time Team Live.
“This was a chance event really that brought us together.” Dr Harding reflected.
What happened to Phil Harding archaeologist?
Phil Harding is Time Team’s resident trench-excavator. In addition, he has appeared in episodes of Meet the Ancestors (2003) and Chris Moyles’ Quiz Night (2009).
Phil Harding Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | British archaeologist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Phil Harding is one of the richest British archaeologist from England.