> then would have missed 5th-6thC evidence & have virtually nothing... :-/
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yes - I can see towns surviving / thriving and working well within their landscapes in S and E - as well as coastlines >
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> but struggle with understanding their place in West & North as coinage starts to fall away in use from 4th C onwards >
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Replying to @PeterReavill @caitlinrgreen
> V few Siliqua are known from West at all - which is V odd for a thriving market economy only fly in ointment to that is >
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Replying to @PeterReavill @caitlinrgreen
> Byzantine trade and coinage - I think we just need to look harder at the dark / garden earth deposits - evidence is subtle!
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All very true! All most odd in some ways, esp when throw in documentary sources eg apparent continuing Roman-style social >
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> organisation (St Patrick, inscriptions, consular dating/Byzantine &c) & poss maintenance eg Carlislehttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/701014880602759173 …
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @PeterReavill
> and as you say, 'dakr earth' needs careful consideration---certainly not seen as sign of urban collapse at Lincoln... yet >
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @PeterReavill
> at Canterbury it is + influences reconstructions like this one :-/pic.twitter.com/lJiFFjceHk
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Canterbury was exactly where was thinking of - and having dug in dark earth layers within the city - it is a confusing place
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Yes! It certainly looks that way to one reading about it---and again, odd disconnect w/ good documentary record...
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