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Dr Caitlin Green
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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

Cornwall/Lincolnshire
caitlingreen.org
Joined August 2014

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    1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Apr 2015

      Thanet, Tanit & the Phoenicians: Names, Archaeology & Pre-Roman Trading Settlements in Kent? http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/04/thanet-tanit-and-the-phoenicians.html …pic.twitter.com/Npezp0bx9f

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      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Apr 2015

      Suggestion is that name Thanet is Punic 'Y TNT, 'Isle (of) Tanit', the Carthaginian goddess--prob orig name of island Cadiz built on too :)

      5:56 AM - 21 Apr 2015
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        1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Apr 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          One of several names that recent work suggests could derive from Proto-Semitic/Punic roots--another is Rame Head, IA fort by Plymouth Sound.

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Apr 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          As map shows, signif no. of Carthaginian coins from Thanet area; also Poole, where 'oldest constructed port in NW Europe' (3rdC BC) found!

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 22 Apr 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Poole harbour piers v interesting: two piers, 8-10m wide, 170m+55m long w/ gap between, stone paved,and dating to 3rdC BC!

          2 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Jun 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Added extra ref re: Poole IA harbour to post; paved w/ Purbeck marble+Wilkes suggests design can be compared to harbours in Mediterranean...

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 22 Apr 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Limestone stela w/ images of the goddess Tanit, from Carthage (Tunisia), North Africa, 1stC AD http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/l/stela_with_images_of_tanit.aspx …pic.twitter.com/U2g36VZo5U

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 23 Apr 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Another limestone votive stela from Carthage showing 2 images of Tanit, 2nd-1stC BC: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=282700&partId=1&page=2 …pic.twitter.com/Ack04Jl86m

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 23 Apr 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          An interesting book chapter on Phoenician religion and the worship of Tanit at grottos nr the sea etc:https://www.academia.edu/3810702/Further_Evidence_of_the_Specialized_Religion_of_Phoenician_Seafarers …

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Jun 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Re: LRTs, Uist/Uibhist=interesting--poss another Proto-Semitic island-name, either same root as Ibiza (Ebussus) or transferred, cf Thanet...

          1 reply 3 retweets 4 likes
        3. Peter Mitchell‏ @peter_petefloyd 16 Jun 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @caitlinrgreen interesting and potentially very cool.

          1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 17 Jun 2015
          Replying to @peter_petefloyd

          @peter_petefloyd absolutely, esp as the name Hebrides is also either Porto-Semitic or inexplicable...!

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A Carthaginian coin with the head of Tanit, found Kent but minted in the 3rdC BC in Sardinia https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/266577 …pic.twitter.com/0YbftvsLb1

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 27 Sep 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A coin struck at the Phoenician colony of Ebusus (Ibiza), c.210-190 BC, found nr Canterbury, Kent: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/787709 …pic.twitter.com/l3NaV2yUWO

          Worn copper-alloy coin, minted c.200 BC. Obverse: Squatting facing Kabeiros [holding hammer in right hand] and serpent in the left. Reverse: Bull butting left.
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        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Oct 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          Punic coins not only concentrated in Kent, but also Dorset, which is interesting given the Iron Age port at Poole...https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/745360371377119234 …

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          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen
          Poole port c.300BC: 2 piers, 8m wide, paved stone surface+best parallels=Punic/Mediterranean..?(via @awhitingdorset) pic.twitter.com/fhAKAibwnv
          2 replies 20 retweets 30 likes
        5. Rick Rayson‏ @rarrayson 16 Oct 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Reading your tweets is like being on an excellent free postgrad course in Ancient History, which I hope is a compliment.

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        6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Oct 2016
          Replying to @rarrayson

          Very kind of you to say :)

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        2. Tim Skellett‏ @Gurdur 23 Apr 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @caitlinrgreen Question, please: how much do you agree with theory that word Espana / Spain came from phrase w/ Carthaginian word for hyrax?

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 23 Apr 2015
          Replying to @Gurdur

          @Gurdur Well, it's definitely one theory, but there are others...!

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        1. Lu | she/ her‏ @LucilleBorg 16 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          now I am wondering about linguistic connections to Scandinavian ö / ey / oy etc for island. Curious! :)

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