So @erik_kaars & I are working through our book & have come across findings of African ppl (mostly female) in early England (8th-11th c.). We've searched but discovered no extensive research on these African ppl in preconquest England. #medievaltwitter 1/6https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-24106956 …
No, the antiquity article here: http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/17041/1/M_Lewis_Bangle_Lady.pdf …
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Yeah, it's not phrenology per se, which is not to say that it is not problematic as all hell. I have multiple very strong opinions about ancestry determination which don't necessarily lend themselves well to a Twitter discussion, but I will try here.

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Note: This is My Personal Opinion (TM) from my training as a paleopathologist, osteologist, and archaeologist, and not any statement from any institutions I am affiliated with or have been affiliated with in the past.
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