Byzantine 'buckets'; Anglo-Saxon spear heads, shields and shield bosses; a disproportionate number of double burials – the cemetery that Time Team excavated for the 2001 'Live' opened an important new window onto the 'Dark Ages'. Read Mick Aston's summary from the end of the Live, or catch up on the whole dig with our special Live 2001 website, which ran simultaneously with the excavations in August last year.