The grave of a black woman in Late Saxon Norfolk, in 11thC cathedral cemetery at North Elmham (extract: EEA 9, 1980)pic.twitter.com/HHSekaSWEQ
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@caitlinrgreen Oh drat. My students just asked about evidence of Africans in England in early medieval period--I was hoping for good news...
@commish24 is still some poss evidence, incl at least 3 individuals id'd via skeletal analysis, but DNA would have made more secure :-/
@commish24 Also this, of course, relating to 9thC Ireland: https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/550306385507147777 … :)
@caitlinrgreen but the testing is done by a lab so individuals are not much important for that. Once u hv the data u can interpret it
@Umarkarim89 sadly, they offered to do it, then relocated & no record of any results etc...
@caitlinrgreen haaaaan but this is totally unprofessional. I mean if they were doing it y they left it in the midst? problem of funds?
@Umarkarim89 unclear; all I know is that they left the country and there's no report or results available :(
@caitlinrgreen mm was it an official lab some private lab and who sent the remains? did they return the remains? sorry bt so many questions
@caitlinrgreen That's a damn shame.
@caitlinrgreen If the person is African in origin, could you speculate on what she was doing in Anglo-Saxon England?
@EaglePursuit various possibilities, incl something analogous to this from 9thC Ireland??https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/550306385507147777 …
@caitlinrgreen thanks for chasing that up, another loose end query.
@caitlinrgreen either native Rome Septimus Severs was from Leptis Magna so African contact or via slavery trade route not so nice #byzantium
@morangles not Sept Severus with 11th c. Context. Slave background or traders wife more likely.
@BirgittaHoffman true but must be open to every possibility notice did not say probability slave trade by Xians 10-11thC is still +/- taboo
@morangles given that I will be teaching Venetian history this autumn, for me Xian slave trade is not taboo, but the basis of a huge empire.
@BirgittaHoffman absolutely @HistoryGems will agree who knows maybe severed slave trade being finally enforced led venetians to crusades
@morangles @HistoryGems Venetians continued to trade with Arab world throughout Crusades, very open to opportunity, not very principled.
@BirgittaHoffman @HistoryGems in every action there is an original reaction like egg & chicken original conundrum what triggered venetians
@BirgittaHoffman @HistoryGems upon which entering in spirit of medieval pilgrim aka retail therapy hee hee
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