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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

Cornwall/Lincolnshire
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    1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      A high status, mixed-race 4thC Roman woman poss from the Med/N Africa + buried at York: http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/17041/1/M_Lewis_Bangle_Lady.pdf …pic.twitter.com/DQ8aYOJX2n

      2 replies 34 retweets 49 likes
    2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      NB isotopes only show 1st gen immigrants, but Roman Britain also incl ppl of African descent who grew up here too eghttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/735761635806060544 …

      Dr Caitlin Green added,

      Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen
      '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
      1 reply 14 retweets 20 likes
    3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Fwiw, Roman York has multiple ppl prob from N Africa, but even more ppl who are of 'black'/'mixed' ancestry (11–51%) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/10/oxygen-isotope-evidence.html …

      2 replies 20 retweets 26 likes
    4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      A 10th–3rdC BC cem on Isle of Thanet, Kent, w/ multiple ppl who prob grew up in N Africa: http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/kent/ramsgate/cliffs_end …pic.twitter.com/OdbTH1bzX6

      6 replies 55 retweets 70 likes
    5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      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

      2 replies 10 retweets 11 likes
    6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      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

      3 replies 26 retweets 42 likes
    7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      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 …

      Dr Caitlin Green added,

      Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
      A Mediterranean anchor of the 5th-2ndC BC found off the coast of Britain---new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/08/a-mediterranean-anchor.html … pic.twitter.com/0zMzLMLrwN
      2 replies 19 retweets 24 likes
    8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Poole port c.300BC: 2 piers, 8m wide, paved stone surface+best parallels=Punic/Mediterranean..?(via @awhitingdorset)pic.twitter.com/fhAKAibwnv

      4 replies 24 retweets 34 likes
    9. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      Also noteworthy is recent suggestion that number of British coastal names (incl Thanet!) may be of Punic origin! :)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/590444130351902720 …

      Dr Caitlin Green added,

      Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
      Thanet, Tanit & the Phoenicians: Names, Archaeology & Pre-Roman Trading Settlements in Kent? http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/04/thanet-tanit-and-the-phoenicians.html … pic.twitter.com/Npezp0bx9f
      1 reply 28 retweets 25 likes
    10. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 22 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      So, for example, the Isle of Thanet, Kent, may well=Punic 'Y TNT, 'Isle (of) Tanit', the Carthaginian goddess...pic.twitter.com/oGwLM0D7Os

      1 reply 22 retweets 27 likes
      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 22 Jun 2016

      Indeed, recently argued by Broderick (supported by Richard Coates) that even name Britain may be Punic or similar, meaning 'island of tin'!

      1:55 AM - 22 Jun 2016
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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 22 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          And that is the end of this thread :) Incidentally, refs for name Britain as Punic=Beiträge zur Namenforschung, 44 (2009)+Nomina, 35 (2012)

          4 replies 8 retweets 18 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 12 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          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 …

          10 replies 34 retweets 44 likes
        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 13 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          (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 …)

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen
          Fwiw, Halsall is not first to note the difficulty over the name Gildas & its resemblance to the Mauretanian Gildo: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q2U3i1X8B50C&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24#v=onepage&q&f=false …
          4 replies 5 retweets 8 likes
        5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 18 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          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

          2 replies 11 retweets 14 likes
        6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 18 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          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 …

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen
          Isotope evidence for poss movement between South Wales & Byzantine N. Africa in the 5th-7thC http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030544031300023X … pic.twitter.com/jmcswBsf2Q
          2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
        7. oldeuropeanculture‏ @serbiaireland 18 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Also oaks found only in Wales also come from Balkans

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 18 Jul 2016
          Replying to @serbiaireland

          Interesting, thanks! :) Do you have a link? :)

          4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        9. oldeuropeanculture‏ @serbiaireland 18 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Oaks. Look for Wales: http://oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2014/11/how-did-oaks-repopulate-europe.html …

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. Chris West‏ @littlerobbergrl 22 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          which would make a lot of sense! Our first high value export :)

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 22 Jun 2016
          Replying to @littlerobbergrl

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          Absolutely! And still a key export in the medieval period according to Sa'id al-Maghribi:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/740842272649039876 …

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen
          A final bit from Sa'id al-Maghribi in the 13thC, describing the transport of tin from England to Alexandria... pic.twitter.com/5HnKFQa2WL
          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. Andy100‏ @andyblueskyz 15 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Some say Britain named after Brutus who colonised Southern England from Agean st time of Trojan Wars. Trinovantes-New Trojans

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Jul 2016
          Replying to @andyblueskyz

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          It's a good example of medieval 'etymology', but alas doesn't work :) Nice pic of Brutus here, btw! :)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/737379788550230016 …

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          The arrival of Brutus to Britain, the slaying of the giants of Albion+the building of London https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=19682 … pic.twitter.com/BoWkcwx38t
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        2. Dennis Wingo‏ @wingod 21 Aug 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Have you read Geoffrey of Monmouth?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Aug 2016
          Replying to @wingod

          Yes.

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Dennis Wingo‏ @wingod 21 Aug 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Diodorus of Sicily?

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. End of conversation
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        2. Philip Owen  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 EFTA-EEA is enough.‏ @PCOwen_a 22 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          In Phone Ian.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Philip Owen  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 EFTA-EEA is enough.‏ @PCOwen_a 22 Jun 2016
          Replying to @PCOwen_a @caitlinrgreen

          That was a tweet about my 1950's headmaster saying Prydain meant Tin Island in Phonecian. Predictive text!

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 22 Jun 2016
          Replying to @PCOwen_a

          Interesting---idea def around then, but really starting to be properly adopted by place-name specialists now :)

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. Philip Owen  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 EFTA-EEA is enough.‏ @PCOwen_a 22 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          There is also a Welsh/Berber connection idea. Atlantic root of Celtic types. Who on earth knows Welsh & Berber?

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        1. Loukas Christodoulou‏Verified account @Loukas_RS 22 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @Katherine_McDon I remember in E Nesbit, Story of the Amulet, a phonecian captain calling Britain "the tin islands". Loved it

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