In this context, worth noting that multiple ppl buried at 7th-9thC Bamburgh may well have African origin too... Seehttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/657981747154522112 …
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See further http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/10/oxygen-isotope-evidence.html … on this cem; 2 ppl from here (9thC + 3rdC BC) have v v high results, consistent w/ origin in Nile Valley
Poss that African ppl present as Thanet="transit centre" for trade between Med+Scandinavia: https://www.academia.edu/12497151/Rock_art_and_Metal_Trade …pic.twitter.com/shqiTc0pGf
Other poss evidence for pre-Roman contact between N. Africa/Med+Britain incl anchors & 4th-3rdC BC harbour at Poole:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/637703618725040128 …
Poole port c.300BC: 2 piers, 8m wide, paved stone surface+best parallels=Punic/Mediterranean..?(via @awhitingdorset)pic.twitter.com/fhAKAibwnv
Also noteworthy is recent suggestion that number of British coastal names (incl Thanet!) may be of Punic origin! :)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/590444130351902720 …
So, for example, the Isle of Thanet, Kent, may well=Punic 'Y TNT, 'Isle (of) Tanit', the Carthaginian goddess...pic.twitter.com/oGwLM0D7Os
Indeed, recently argued by Broderick (supported by Richard Coates) that even name Britain may be Punic or similar, meaning 'island of tin'!
And that is the end of this thread :) Incidentally, refs for name Britain as Punic=Beiträge zur Namenforschung, 44 (2009)+Nomina, 35 (2012)
In case it's of use to anyone, I've tried to draw together the strands of this thread into a 'storify' here :) https://storify.com/caitlinrgreen/african-migrants-medieval-britain …
(btw, & just for fun, worth noting again that famed 5th/6thC British writer Gildas has a poss intriguing name..! ;) https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/647381921346002944 …)
A v unusual 5thC stone from N Wales; CISP compares Barrectus w/ N.African (Punic) name Baric http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/cisp/database/stone/mwrog_1.html …pic.twitter.com/HHmURRtonf
Re: any such poss N.African links, worth noting again the archaeological evidence for trade/movement at that time:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/744521734582304768 …
And the really fascinating paper on it from @caitlinrgreen
http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/05/a-note-on-evidence-for-african-migrants.html?m=1 …
@MatthewPope
in an enlightened era?
when travelling is so much easier and safer people are trying to build so called walls to prevent travel.Are we really living
Ironic that in the past despite the tremendous obstacles people would be travelling such distances and in the present times
#thanks for sharing about africa, have a great Tuesday :) (Want this? It's FREE! https://bit.ly/thankyou69 )
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