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 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 >
@JAJafri > Muslim (prob) slaves taken by Vikings to Ireland in 860s.
@caitlinrgreen Thanks! Poor recall by me here--couldn't find the original post, to read afresh. Looks an exciting area to expolre in itself!
@caitlinrgreen Or ornaments, easier to thread-through? I have seen tribal women laden with cowrie-shell ornaments. http://www.academia.edu/1479376/Archaeomalacological_Data_from_the_Bronze_Age_Industrial_Complex_of_Pyrgos-Mavroraki_Cyprus_._A_Non-dietary_Mollusc_Exploitation_Case …
@JAJafri Interesting :) Yes, possible---some whole, but some beads, perhaps both functions, esp given rarity & distance traveled?
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