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 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 …
Also interesting -- a 4-7thC cem on Isle of Man incl someone w/ results suggestive of origins in S. Iberia/N Africa: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440314003185 …
@caitlinrgreen In this case we shouldn't exclude the probability of non Indo-European place names in Britain,eg.Isle of Rum&Rame in Cornwall
.@caitlinrgreen Some people attribute mistakenly any place name has R,O/U & M to Romans. Popular explanations.
This is all very interesting, were they brought to Wales as slaves for the mines or were they coming here as traders?
No indications that were slaves; best seen as raiders and/or link to church (cf. Abbot Hadrian in 7thC England)
I suppose you can tell how hard they worked by the wear and tear on joints etc. How interesting, thanks for sharing it. :)
@caitlinrgreen Interesting, thank you.
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