The Anglo-Saxons abroad? Some AS finds from France,Switzerland+Africa(!) — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/05/anglo-saxon-finds-france-africa.html …pic.twitter.com/ZQmMgWrITP
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For what its worth, small number of finds may indicate carried to E Africa by Anglo-Saxon travellers, rather than indirectly as trade goods!
A 5th/6thC gold ring w/ a sapphire that prob came from Sri Lanka; found Yorkshire: http://www.medievalhistories.com/the-esrick-ring/ …pic.twitter.com/KWipLEcs9u
'Indo-Pacific glass beads from the Indian subcontinent in Early Merovingian graves (5th–6th century AD)': http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352226716300095 …pic.twitter.com/W045g12fpp
Further to this, surprising if none in Anglo-Saxon England: perhaps Kent? Do recall some v tiny green beads recorded from Buckland, Dover..?
Distribution of 112 elephant ivory rings from 5th-7thC England via https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-769-1/dissemination/pdf/vol32/32_063_096.pdf … & http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections/collections/search-results/display.php?irn=22025 …pic.twitter.com/vHIG2Ursnz
Another probable elephant ivory ring from an early Anglo-Saxon bag, found at Ruskington, Lincolnshire; now in @collectionusher.pic.twitter.com/VlmfK9Dina
@caitlinrgreen Did I read somewhere that Roman treasure-trove finds in Britain outweighed those on the continent?
@TheHillpaul Really? It definitely seems a lot easier to do a quick survey of finds from Britain w/ the PAS & other databases, have to say!
@caitlinrgreen or part of (relatively small scale but important) population movements/migrations - interesting halotype material on this
@peterfrankopan Absolutely! In fact, rarity of finds in Africa = more plausible that carried by individuals, not indirectly as trade goods?
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