For anyone still interested in the new DNA study, worth noting that despite issues, are a couple of interesting things to note. Perhaps >
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> 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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(Which is not to say doesn't still have signif issues & relies on assumptions etc, as said before, but above = the more positive take, lol!)
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@caitlinrgreen Would be v interesting to triangulate with placename evidence of Britons in England, eg Walpole/Walcot in Norfolk/Suffolk0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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