Reference to "ppl who may have been Eskimos" by geographer al-Idrisi, writing Sicily c.1150: http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/280509 …pic.twitter.com/H3FN7PLvo3
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@caitlinrgreen Thanks! I'm still thinking about the #Amethyst, #CowrieShells & #Amber! Duration of that trade? Reason started? Why stopped?
@JAJafri sorry, missed this! Primarily 6th-7thC, Amber tending earlier, cowries later. Amber might be speculated to be popular as >
@JAJafri > Scandinavian immigration to England in late 5th-early 6th century. Cowries etc reflect perhaps later continental influence on >
@JAJafri > dress habits in England?
@caitlinrgreen The import of #CowrieShells stopped? When? Was associated with #Pagan practices? These were finds in burial chambers?
@JAJafri Amethyst+cowrie are both really 7thC grave-goods, England's "conversion period". And yes, from graves, either whole or beads.
@JAJafri Split is about half whole, half beads, generally rich burials. Used until end of furnished burial in Anglo-Saxon England in E8thC.
@caitlinrgreen Are finds from this period mainly from graves? Better protected from dispersal/destruction thereby? No other association?
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