We've found a few tidbits but nothing thorough in archae/anthro research. This is another reason why BIPOC archaeologist work is important. In no one interested in these figures? They are not just blips in history. One news article asks a historian for thoughts & the response 2/
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is that she was probably a slave. ?? There is also this reference to the remains of an African girl in Norwich around 1000. This is from Sue Niebrzydowski's article "The sultana and her sisters: black women in the British Isles before 1530." There seems to be a disconnect 3/pic.twitter.com/OQvPDiyJWn
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in the archaeo/anthro community that works in the early medieval period when it comes to these sorts of finds. It may be there is unpublished work out there on these women (& others) but perhaps we need to discuss how this is another type of erasure to suit a whitewashed 4/
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narrative. Anyway, hey archaeologist/anthropologist friends, do you know anything about this or have any leads? Bat signal out for my ppl!
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Sending out the batsignal to you all too:
@AdmiralHip@UglyShmugly@shovelingferret@FrauFry1 I think@DavidOlusoga references some instances in his book, but is there any extensive research we can draw on? 6/6#archaeotwitter#anthrotwitter6 replies 0 retweets 29 likesShow this thread -
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You've already seen this piece on the North African woman, probably: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bc5d/e9acc24f0c703fbf575febcc9264ab310100.pdf …
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Yeah we've exhausted academic published pieces, I think. We've come across lots of phrenology-based work.
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Who the fuck is doing phrenology in the 21st century??? *stares in osteologist*
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It's not phrenology, but that doesn't mean it's not problematic.
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I understand that it's not using cranial shape to determine intelligence like phrenology, but the concept of cranial shape and features that denote race are definitely rooted in phrenology. So it's related, even if it's not actually phrenology.
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