L7thC? Anglo-Saxon grave w/ cowrie shell+amethyst from E. Med/Red Sea, w/ distrib map of both: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/395410 …pic.twitter.com/2vI4tVZmL8
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@JAJafri I'll see what I can do! *Should* be fairly straight-forward to achieve!
@JAJafri Ok, v. rough version based on 'classic' Anglo-Saxon map, with some significant AS trading sites also shown.pic.twitter.com/IQaDp2FMCU
@JAJafri Original map, for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptarchy
@caitlinrgreen Any significance to the pattern of distribution? 7th cent. trade routes, population centres? Possible uses for cowrie shells?
@JAJafri Kent had very strong links to continent, hence concentration...Cowrie shells mainly female graves, functioning as fertility amulet?
@JAJafri Interesting to compare distribution of these eastern Mediterranean imports w/ 6thC imports of Baltic amber >pic.twitter.com/ai9bBgcvLx
@JAJafri > the Garwick trading site in Lincolnshire, E Midlands, seems to have no relationship w/ Mediterranean imports, but prob with amber
@caitlinrgreen #Amber came from #Nordic routes?
@JAJafri Yes, appear to be two different foci then, one looking north-east to the Scandinavia and other to Francia and Mediterranean beyond.
@caitlinrgreen Did the #Irish buy N.African slaves for #Amber? at around the same time?
@JAJafri These are two different events, & c200 yrs later. Evidence for Islamic traders buying amber in Dublin, ?9thC. Also for N.African >
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