A note on the evidence for African migrants in Bronze Age–Medieval Britain — new post :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/05/a-note-on-evidence-for-african-migrants.html …pic.twitter.com/lnldjbZaKI
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'Beachy Head Lady', 3rdC AD, of African descent+prob high status but grew up in SE England: http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art474162-beachy-head-lady-was-young-sub-saharan-roman-with-good-teeth-say-archaeologists …pic.twitter.com/TBRvesXH0n
A Long way From Home: Diaspora Communities in Roman Britain -- http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/diaspora_ahrc_2011/ …, via @ADS_Updatepic.twitter.com/MXOgP9lEAU
'A Lady of York: migration, ethnicity and identity in Roman Britain'--available online here: http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/17041/1/M_Lewis_Bangle_Lady.pdf …pic.twitter.com/VlzoUPQ2dH
Interesting paper on 2 cemeteries from Roman York suggesting considerable diversity then: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.21104/abstract …pic.twitter.com/Qd3QpZXHKZ
A 1259 writ of Henry III concerning 'an Ethiopian of the name of Bartholomew' in England: http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/h3v5/body/Henry3vol5page0028.pdf …pic.twitter.com/o0jaORnl4I
A man named Mahumet (Muhammad) living & duelling in mid-twelfth-century Wiltshire, 1160–65: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/prosopon/issue11-1.pdf …pic.twitter.com/Lt7pX6Z0Bl
Mahumet's duel was w/ John de Merleberge=Marlborough, Wiltshire; fwiw, a Theobald, son of Mahumet, is also recorded from E13thC Hampshire...
Another Mahomet (Muhammad) recorded 1327, when Edward III issued him+6 others a pardon at Newton-on-Ouse, Yorks, for 'offenses in Ireland'
Re: these names, worth noting again al-Idrisi's knowledge of southern+eastern Britain & dinars in L11/12thC England:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/719248330472230913 …
Al-Idrisi in 12thC on Hastings: 'a town of large extent+many inhabitants, flourishing+handsome, having markets, workpeople & rich merchants'
Abu'l-Fida on Britain from his E14thC Geography, based on 13thC work of Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (trans. Dunlop, 1957)pic.twitter.com/yngi0Nwf5h
A final bit from Sa'id al-Maghribi in the 13thC, describing the transport of tin from England to Alexandria...pic.twitter.com/5HnKFQa2WL
Worth reiterating that 'Ipswich Man' not alone in cem—9 of 150 ppl analysed (=6%) appear to be of African descent, spread across 13th–16thC…
For interest, a facial reconstruction of the 13th-century 'Ipswich Man', found in Suffolk; 9 out of the 150 people analysed from cemetery (=6%) appear to be of African descent, spread across 13th–16thC: https://www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk/oms/the-ipswich-man …pic.twitter.com/k675rPYvFh
I did the ancestry DNA test and it showed I was mostly British, except for 2% Scandinavian and 1% from TOGO. Do you think that’s because we all originated from Africa?
I'm never wholly convinced by modern DNA as telling us much useful about the past, fwiw - cf modern Y DNA studies that claim a deeply implausible 50-100% popn replacement in the 5th/6thC, for example.... :-/
Sorry my friend, can I have that in simple English, some aren’t as clever as you.
Sorry :( I think modern DNA tests need treating with caution. They're difficult to use as reliable personal history and I'm also sceptical of their use as a historical source in general too. Adam Rutherford has written on this e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/science/commentisfree/2015/may/24/business-genetic-ancestry-charlemagne-adam-rutherford … :)
With regard to the Togo result you got, it's certainly interesting but I suspect can't be pushed back that far to the ultimate African origins of humanity -- perhaps something more recent??
Thanks my friend for making it clearer. Yes I agree with you, but it’s interesting. The Togo part I reckon was someone dabbling, I think. Have a good evening.
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