Some oxygen isotope evidence for Africans in Britain, c. 1100 BC–AD 800---new post :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/10/oxygen-isotope-evidence.html …pic.twitter.com/fUiIFCbj9r
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For those interested, the paper on early medieval migration between Wales & the Mediterranean is available here :) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030544031300023X …
For fun, 2 refs comparing the difficult name Gildas to Late Roman N. African name Gildo ;) https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q2U3i1X8B50C&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24#v=onepage&q&f=false … &https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=k9Rjq8EnQ44C&pg=PA53#v=onepage&q&f=false …
Incidentally, interesting to read this research & then recall negative reaction to ethnic diversity in BBC's Merlin:http://medievalpoc.tumblr.com/post/124411715339/black-in-camelot-africans-in-arthurian-legend …
@caitlinrgreen my late medieval work is increasingly showing similar ignored patterns- part of why I LOVE what you're doing so much!!
@TheMedievalDrK Ooh, intriguing---would love to read! And thanks! It's fascinating how much is out there once you start looking! :)
@caitlinrgreen well you've got more archaeology to work with- I'm doing a more social/cultural study. early stages, but promising stuff!
@TheMedievalDrK Sounds great! Fwiw have notes on some medieval burials w/ notably enriched δ¹⁸O results above GB range too, if interested :)
@caitlinrgreen keen, though this is solidly post-1300. But if you've got later, that'd rock. Am looking at rev too- English in eastern Med.
@TheMedievalDrK I'll have a look :) Def 1 from 12-15thC St Giles hospital, N Yorks, w/ v high results indicative of early life in Africa...
@caitlinrgreen neat! ta very much!
Ppl in these Welsh cems all consumed water w/ δ¹⁸O levels above c.-4.5‰; for ref, map of areas w/ values above ‑5.0:pic.twitter.com/uajBFxRuXC
@caitlinrgreen this looks v interesting where are the Welsh cems? And is it the dark blue on the map that's relevant?
@Philolithia South Wales, all coastal iirc; dark blue are areas with levels above -5 :)
@caitlinrgreen thanks v. much, v interesting - do you know if any BC Nile region visitors found in North Wales yet?
@caitlinrgreen This is fascinating. My PhD looks at religious/political contact Britain had with 7thC Byzantium, thanks for posting this!
@shlin28 Interesting topic! Hope it helps! :) Out if curiosity, any view on the poss Byzantine links of St Ia (St Ives) etc?!
@caitlinrgreen This is news to me! I've mainly looked at Anglo-Saxon links (eg St Wilfrid). Where can I read more about St Ia and Justinian?
@shlin28 Ken Dark talks about it in his Britain and the End of the Roman Empire (Stroud, 2000) :)
@shlin28 See also this rather long Twitter thread :)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/564747364175732739 …
@caitlinrgreen what a great mix of people we have on our small island.
@richardhesketh4 absolutely! :)
@caitlinrgreen don't think there is anywhere quite like it. You can keep your pyramids ;)
@richardhesketh4 Well, indeed----though I'm still intrigued by fact that one of 11-9thC BC migrants prob from Nile Valley....! ;)
@caitlinrgreen obviously not a builder ;)
@caitlinrgreen sounds like our ancestors were a little more accepting perhaps. Would this of been a lone traveler ?
@richardhesketh4 Suspect not--others v prob from N Africa and another, later grave in same cem has identical oxygen isotope results...!
@caitlinrgreen out of interest has anything been discovered in N Africa linking Europeans around the same time
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