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Dr Caitlin Green
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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

Cornwall/Lincolnshire
caitlingreen.org
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    1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Jul 22

      Indo-Pacific beads found on Zanzibar island, Tanzania, and thought to date from around the 6th–7th centuries AD: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-015-0310-z …pic.twitter.com/FV95BVQHSX

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    2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Jul 22

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      For interest, here's the global distribution of 5th- to 7th-century Byzantine material:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/844281770241675265 …

      Dr Caitlin Green added,

      Map showing the early Byzantine empire and finds of Byzantine material and contemporary imitations made outside of its boundaries.
      Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
      A very long way from home: early Byzantine finds at the far ends of the world — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/03/a-very-long-way-from-home.html … pic.twitter.com/jW7Mtvv3Pi
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    3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Jul 22

      The post also discusses L4th-7thC 'Jatim' beads made in Jawa Timur/East Java, Indonesia; one was recovered in 1999 from the Early Byzantine Red Sea port of Berenike, Egypt (image=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Eyemu-_MncwC&lpg=PA138-IA8&pg=PA138-IA8#v=onepage&q&f=false …).pic.twitter.com/3p0tYFens7

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    4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Jul 22

      A 5th- to 7th-century 'Jatim' bead made in Jawa Timur/East Java, Indonesia, from a mixture of Byzantine & Sasanian glass: https://www.academia.edu/22146727/A_study_of_mid-first_millennium_CE_Southeast_Asian_specialized_glass_beadmaking_traditions_Lankton_et_al_2008_ISEA_ …pic.twitter.com/d958vQ1AcI

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    5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Jul 23

      An early 'Jatim' bead of c. AD 400, made in Jawa Timur/East Java out of Sasanian Persian glass & found in a Silla tomb in South Korea: https://www.academia.edu/22146727/A_study_of_mid-first_millennium_CE_Southeast_Asian_specialized_glass_beadmaking_traditions_Lankton_et_al_2008_ISEA_ …pic.twitter.com/54zUQXFOe3

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    6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Jul 23

      By way of context for the presence of Indo-Pacific beads in 5th- to 7th-century Europe, here's the distribution of other possible Red Sea/Indian Ocean imports in 5th–7thC England (garnet=diamonds, cowries=dots, ivory rings=squares, and amethyst=stars): http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/07/indo-pacific-beads-europe.html …pic.twitter.com/LqebiULUEt

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    7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Jul 23

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      For some examples of early medieval gold polychrome jewellery featuring Indian/Sri Lankan garnets, demonstrating the widespread use of this style in the 5th—7thC, see this thread, https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/894150359169585152 …, and https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Calligaro2/publication/280954735_Contribution_a_l%27etude_des_grenats_merovingiens_Basilique_de_Saint-Denis_et_autres_collections_du_musee_d%27Archeologie_nationale_diverses_collections_publiques_et_objets_de_fouilles_recentes_Nouvelles_/links/5630707e08ae432a022c3fda/Contribution-a-letude-des-grenats-merovingiens-Basilique-de-Saint-Denis-et-autres-collections-du-musee-dArcheologie-nationale-diverses-collections-publiques-et-objets-de-fouilles-recentes-Nouvelles-a.pdf …

      Dr Caitlin Green added,

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      The exceptionally large 7thC Kingston Down gold and garnet cloisonné brooch from Anglo-Saxon Kent, discovered 1771: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/collections/blitz/evacuees/item-381789.aspx … pic.twitter.com/HK5xiUM5nJ
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    8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Jul 23

      The perhaps late 6th-century Sutton Hoo gold & garnet cloisonné shoulder clasps, w/ hidden intertwined boars with curly tails: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=86877&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/tHACcBJgYH

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    9. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Jul 23

      The lovely 7th-century garnet cloisonné brooch from Wijnaldum, the Netherlands, recently confirmed to have been made with Indian garnets from Rajasthan: http://www.redbot.frl/blog/de-fibula-van-wijnaldum-digitaal-op-archeologie-frl/ …pic.twitter.com/SjwSFniRCn

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    10. T S P‏ @morangles Jul 23
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      How beautiful. Thank you. What a joy.

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      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Jul 23
      Replying to @morangles

      Isn't it just fabulous! And fascinatingly found on in two pieces on two separate occasions!

      1:47 PM - 23 Jul 2018
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