Were Roman-era camel bones found in Greenwich Park, London? Sunday Times report from 2011: http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Science/article847466.ece … >pic.twitter.com/OWKwykJzsD
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> All seems to go back to Victoria Country History here: http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/03/03/01D/116.htm … Refs from there point to 1902 book >pic.twitter.com/TkGbABEne1
>which indicates only camel teeth found, not bones :( https://archive.org/stream/greenwichparkits00webs#page/74/mode/1up … Nonetheless, Roman camel teeth in London! Still intriguing! :)
@caitlinrgreen Very intriguing! We have a steretypical picture of people not using camels in North, but in the scale of the Roman ->
@caitlinrgreen -> imperium and their pracmatic relationship with all kinds of logistics it makes actually sense.
@tabularius Indeed! :)
Incidentally, camels used in Gaul in post-Roman period too--eg Gregory of Tours in 6thC refers to them in VII.35 :) https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xVBiCOBX4WMC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA290#v=onepage&q&f=false …
According to William of Malmesbury, St Aldhelm in the L7thC used a camel on his way back from Italy to England...! https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eIEYPsHuC18C&pg=PA253&lpg=PA253&dq=camel#v=onepage&q=camel&f=false …
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