> most important effects are on these papers by Härke & the theory expounded there: https://www.academia.edu/1178275/Anglo-Saxon_immigration_and_ethnogenesis._Medieval_Archaeology_55_2011._1-28 … & https://www.academia.edu/468159/Evidence_for_an_apartheid-like_social_structure_in_early_Anglo-Saxon_England._Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Society_B_273_July_2006_2651-2657 …. >
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> First, data in new study suggests the Anglo-Saxons *didn't intermarry with the Britons until the 9thC*! (p.313+supplementary material) >
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> In other words, this new data seems to support the Härke/Woolf model of an "apartheid-like social structure" in pre-Viking England. >
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Second, data halves size of supposed post-Roman 'Germanic' contribution to modern DNA, so significantly reduces the proportion that AS >
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> immigrants needed to provide in 5/6thC compared to what Härke assumed, so AS immigrants perhaps numbered only 5% or less of total popn in>
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> the 5/6thC in S/Central England, assuming 'apartheid-like' system operated to 9thC, as new study implies. So, in sum, if you were >
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> inclined to agree w/ Härke/Woolf, then new study offers support. It's not making massive changes, but is adding weight to prev studies.
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@caitlinrgreen From what you have said some of it is challenging some existing info we have & some of it is confirming other info we have.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@EquineAnn I'd say so---it's refining some things, but it certainly isn't as new or definitive as some are implying! Plus has some issues :/
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@caitlinrgreen People can lie just as well on paper. Different people interpret the same words differently. Things can be put ambiguously.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@EquineAnn The big issue is, interpreting data collected 1500 yrs after an event requires models, and conclusions vary depending on models!
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@caitlinrgreen Definitely & quality & how reliable the test really is.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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