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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
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    1. Dr Sarah Taber‏ @SarahTaber_bww Aug 19

      Dr Sarah Taber Retweeted AndyM

      oh man the ancient world had SO MUCH more long-distance trade than the West is prepared to to think about we forget that the Dark Ages were exactly that. Europe's end of the global trade networks shut down, & to this day we still think of that shut-down state as "normal."https://twitter.com/IOnceAteALeaf/status/1031209548147843072 …

      Dr Sarah Taber added,

      AndyM @IOnceAteALeaf
      Replying to @SarahTaber_bww
      I'm kind of surprised to learn that opium was cultivated in 1200 BCE Greece. Always thought it was native to Asia and eventually traded with the Romans. Guess I'll just never know how connected that world was.
      61 replies 545 retweets 1,593 likes
    2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Aug 20
      Replying to @SarahTaber_bww

      I have to admit to be *extremely* sceptical (like most 'early medievalists', I think) of the "Dark Ages", and sceptical too of any idea that long-distance trade networks in Europe shut down completely after, say, the 5thC... :-/

      4 replies 4 retweets 72 likes
    3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Aug 20
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen @SarahTaber_bww

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      There's plenty of archaeological and textual evidence for long-distance links in the 5th–7thC, for example 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
      1 reply 1 retweet 26 likes
      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Aug 20
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen @SarahTaber_bww

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      Even at the the westernmost end of Eurasia, there's plenty of Red Sea/Indian Ocean imports e.g. http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/07/indo-pacific-beads-europe.html … &https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/1021472897800593411 …

      Dr Caitlin Green added,

      Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
      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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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Aug 20
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @SarahTaber_bww

          Furthermore, pepper from India continued to be available in NW Europe in the 7th/8th centuries e.g. Chlothar III granted annual rent of 30 pounds of pepper to Corbie monastery (N. France) in mid-7thC, renewed in 8thC, & Bede's personal possessions incl pepper when he died in 735.pic.twitter.com/O5hNdI1p86

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Aug 20
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @SarahTaber_bww

          Indeed, one estimate puts pepper imports to 7th/8thC Merovingian Gaul at 3,000 lbs p.a. and document concerning Corbie in N. France (reconfirmed by Chilperic II in 716) also mentions an annual quantity of 2 pounds of cloves to this monastery alone, only grown in Indonesia...

          1 reply 0 retweets 19 likes
        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Aug 20
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @SarahTaber_bww

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          Looking into the 9th/10thC, there are literally hundreds of thousands of Central Asian (primarily) dirhams imported into eastern and northern Europe:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/924196718719258624 …

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen
          'Slaves for Dirhams'—v interesting paper from 2012 on dirham hoards & the slave trade in Europe by Marek Jankowiak: https://www.academia.edu/1764468/Dirhams_for_slaves._Investigating_the_Slavic_slave_trade_in_the_tenth_century … pic.twitter.com/cLFDe34lRO
          1 reply 1 retweet 16 likes
        5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Aug 20
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @SarahTaber_bww

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          These same trade networks also brought some Indian silver coins into these areas and items such as the Helgo Buddha, as well as silks etc:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/548953257046196224 …

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          Indian silver coins in Viking-age northern Europe & Britain--brief post by me incl maps etc :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/12/indian-silver-coins-in-viking-age.html … pic.twitter.com/r6Ko7r3Jlm
          1 reply 1 retweet 17 likes
        6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Aug 20
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @SarahTaber_bww

          Anyway, these are just some examples :) Quite right to think of extent of trading networks in Antiquity, but we need not to underestimate early medieval and later ones too, which weren't just limited to a few high-status jewels etc :)

          2 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
        7. Azor‏ @AzorInfo Aug 20
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @SarahTaber_bww

          I have never used this word on Twitter before, but I say it to you RE: refuting the "Dark Ages": slay.

          0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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