> Study of ancient DNA might get us further, ofc, but that's not what this looks at. Anyways, that's me done on this, will shut up now! :)
@DrSueOosthuizen > descendants of AS immigrants to have maintained separateness from British popn at large!
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@caitlinrgreen yes.. I wonder how accurate their timescales are - poss more of a range sim to C14? Wd allow a more subtle interpretation -
@DrSueOosthuizen Those dates are at the lower end! Middle date quoted is end of Middle saxon, c.860, if I recall correctly, with range from> -
@DrSueOosthuizen > from c800-915 for admixture (dates from memory as out & about, but def that sort of area!). So potentially 450 yrs after! -
@caitlinrgreen that implies a steady stream of a smaller no of migrants across the 1st mill. Makes sense. Puts paid to Hengest tho :) -
@DrSueOosthuizen Hah! Yes, pondered same, though gets difficult into 7/8C as DNA doesn't allow for signif Scan component but N German...> -
@DrSueOosthuizen > But what about linking to acculturation? I.e. By and large immigrant-descended ppl not avoiding all Britons but rather > -
@DrSueOosthuizen > unacculturated ones, which then explains later main admixture date, as acculturation prob primarily 7-8thC phenomenon! > -
@DrSueOosthuizen > And w/ some continuing into L8/9C or later, as we've discussed before? This model might work to explain DNA data, no? :) - 1 more reply
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