Episode 108: The Dig (2021) with Rob Rownd
Today we’re joined by professor/filmmaker/archaeologist Rob Rownd to review The Dig (2021), a film which tells the (mostly) true story of the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon ship burial excavation of 1939. Find out why we love this movie so much, even though it m
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Show Notes
Today we’re joined by professor/filmmaker/archaeologist Rob Rownd to review The Dig (2021), a film which tells the (mostly) true story of the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon ship burial excavation of 1939. Find out why we love this movie so much, even though it makes some questionable decisions about the portrayal of real-life archaeologist Peggy Piggot. Check out Rob’s projects:
Sisa: https://deadline.com/2025/01/hilda-koronel-jun-robles-lana-sisa-philippine-american-war-1236252344/
Cinemartyrs: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/support-film-fatales-fund-indie-film-cinemartyrs--2#/
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In this episode:
Phillips (1940) The excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship burial: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581500009677
The True Story Behind the Dig: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffolk/sutton-hoo/digging-the-dirt-at-sutton-hoo-the-true-story-behind-the-dig
The Misrepresentation of Peggy Piggot in “The Dig”: https://theheritagehut.wordpress.com/2021/03/23/the-misrepresentation-of-peggy-piggott-in-the-dig/
Stuart Piggot’s Poetry: https://stuart-piggott-poetry.com/stuart%20and%20peggy.html
Artifacts from Sutton Hoo: https://digventures.com/2021/01/16-brilliant-discoveries-from-the-sutton-hoo-ship-burial/
Cornelius Holtorf (2007) Archaeology is a Brand! https://archive.org/details/archaeologyisbra00holt/mode/2up