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Dr Caitlin Green
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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 23 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Some lovely pics of stave church at Borgund, Norway, incl this stunning view into ceiling: http://www.jon-nelson.com/norwegian_churches …pic.twitter.com/EfI6ckmYPZ

      3 replies 108 retweets 202 likes
    2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 23 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      And here's my favourite Romano-British hare figurine, found Hackleton, Northamptonshire: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/124824 … :)pic.twitter.com/nutjovq7gQ

      11 replies 79 retweets 162 likes
    3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 24 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      And here's a rather sweet Viking-era amber figurine in the shape of a cat from Birka, Sweden http://historiska.se/upptack-historien/foremal/katt-i-barnsten/ …pic.twitter.com/Cjz2mhFpDf

      7 replies 57 retweets 139 likes
    4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 24 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      A smiley winged horse on a wall-hanging from Egypt, 4th–6th century AD: http://www.hali.com/choices/the-abegg-stiftung-riggisberg-welcomes-visitors-from-late-april-to-early-november/ …pic.twitter.com/L2CQBF4mtk

      5 replies 44 retweets 84 likes
    5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 24 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Further distraction: a lovely 7thC Anglo-Saxon gold pendant w/ mosaic glass, found Kent :) https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/68940 …pic.twitter.com/9eXFSlD6kC

      5 replies 46 retweets 151 likes
    6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 24 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      A lovely 9thC Anglo-Saxon ribbon w/ gold metal thread and pink hearts :) http://collections.lacma.org/node/231745 pic.twitter.com/JMHyxo9jHu

      7 replies 78 retweets 148 likes
    7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 25 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      A pair of 6thC Visigothic eagle brooches from Spain as some further distraction... http://art.thewalters.org/detail/77441/pair-of-eagle-fibula/ …pic.twitter.com/gJp6t3lxgo

      3 replies 40 retweets 68 likes
    8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 25 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Roman 1stC AD glass 'bird bottles'—contained cosmetic powders, accessed by breaking off tail http://www.rmo.nl/english/exhibitions/archive/at-first-sight/highlights-of-the-exhibition/roman-glass-bottles …pic.twitter.com/qEaz2lNZx4

      6 replies 103 retweets 177 likes
    9. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 25 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      A smiling purple hare in foliage, textile from 4th-5thC AD Egypt: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/54441/Textile_of_Purple_Hare_in_Foliage/set/?referring-q=coptic …pic.twitter.com/UXTIWmZZXZ

      1 reply 36 retweets 71 likes
    10. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 25 Jun 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      My favourite Anglo-Saxon ring, 5th-6thC w/ sapphire prob from Sri Lanka; found Yorkshire: http://www.medievalhistories.com/the-esrick-ring/ …pic.twitter.com/zgYnCXd3zi

      15 replies 139 retweets 286 likes
      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 25 Jun 2016

      A distractingly lovely emerald green Roman glass bowl, E1stC AD: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/245285?rpp=60&pg=1&ao=on&ft=glass+bowl&pos=4 … :)pic.twitter.com/mTH1pPf0t3

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 26 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          The wonderful purse lid from the 7thC Sutton Hoo ship burial as a distraction from it all http://www.franklinboe.org/cms/lib/NJ01000817/Centricity/Domain/441/MF-EarlyMedieval.ppt%20Flashcards.pdf …pic.twitter.com/UmwGuMkfE7

          6 replies 57 retweets 110 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 26 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          The Becket Casket---L12thC reliquary casket w/ scenes from the life of St Thomas Becket, via https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Becket_casket_VandA_M.66-1997_n01.jpg …pic.twitter.com/dkeUzzU9tp

          3 replies 32 retweets 60 likes
        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 26 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Lindholm Høje Viking & earlier (5-11thC) burial ground, Denmark (pic=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1297580/Denmark-city-breaks-Six-things-Aalborg.html …)pic.twitter.com/OXGW28qj3r

          2 replies 77 retweets 138 likes
        5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 26 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A rather gorgeous Roman purple glass bottle, 1stC AD, via https://www.mouginsmusee.com/en/collections/greece-and-rome …pic.twitter.com/dD65L6OKgO

          10 replies 192 retweets 369 likes
        6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 26 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A lovely E9thC disc brooch with Trewhiddle-style creatures, from the Pentney Hoard, Norfolk: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brit_Mus_17sept_005-crop.jpg …pic.twitter.com/TrJCo9WrqL

          3 replies 43 retweets 96 likes
        7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 26 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          The wooden portal of c.1050–70 from Urnes, Norway, once again, just because it's stunning :) http://www.franklinboe.org/cms/lib/NJ01000817/Centricity/Domain/441/MF-EarlyMedieval.ppt%20Flashcards.pdf …pic.twitter.com/GEe6uGck4d

          10 replies 297 retweets 507 likes
        8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 27 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Harness ornaments from a 5thC burial, poss that of Ardaric, king of Gepids+ally of Attila https://plus.google.com/photos/117513149298556238652/albums/6063298198618949505 …pic.twitter.com/0qqrJ0ETIG

          1 reply 29 retweets 69 likes
        9. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 27 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Some more colour pics of the 1939 Sutton Hoo excavations: http://www.eadt.co.uk/ea-life/new_sutton_hoo_photographs_unearthed_1_734070 … & https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/118/flashcards/2685118/png/sutton_hoo_boat_impression1359690272500.png …pic.twitter.com/Ty6fXzv1rE

          1 reply 27 retweets 46 likes
        10. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 27 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A hen w/ her chicks, 4th-7thC, from tomb of the Lombardic queen Theodelinda (d.628) at Monza http://www.museoduomomonza.it/pages/Percorsi/Default.aspx?id=263&mid=7 …pic.twitter.com/D74oatozFX

          4 replies 73 retweets 126 likes
        11. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 27 Jun 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          One more distraction, a 1stC AD Roman perfume bottle from Cyprus made of honey yellow glass: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/239779 …pic.twitter.com/nxtTmLm1Dd

          2 replies 32 retweets 62 likes
        12. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A beautiful rock crystal ball pendant in gold, from 7thC Picquigny, France: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kotomi-jewelry/4165696423/in/photostream/ …pic.twitter.com/ANr5UhSMRy

          4 replies 51 retweets 105 likes
        13. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          The 3 gold lunalae (Bronze Age collars) in @Cornwall_Museum, 4000+ yrs old—found Harlyn Bay+St Juliot, Cornwall :)pic.twitter.com/vdtsSafTjo

          2 replies 30 retweets 58 likes
        14. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          One of my favourites :) A Roman 'ribbon glass cup', prob made Italy c. 25 BC-50 AD: http://blog.cmog.org/2011/06/27/antiquity-or-contemporary/ …pic.twitter.com/ty31xPL2OK

          17 replies 219 retweets 411 likes
        15. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 17 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A tiny garnet face hidden on the leg of the bird mount from the E7thC Sutton Hoo shield :) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=79865001&objectId=86436&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/84w4wMI0ux

          4 replies 52 retweets 103 likes
        16. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 17 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Romano-British manufacturing at its best: an enamelled flask, found at Gorgippia (Russia) http://iccs.synthasite.com/resources/Art%20Treasures%20of%20Ancient%20Kuban.pdf …pic.twitter.com/JnYDhUMnqo

          3 replies 20 retweets 46 likes
        17. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 17 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Another favourite, three wonderful Roman glass circus cups of the 2ndC AD, found Denmark :) http://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-early-iron-age/a-princely-dynasty-at-stevns/ …pic.twitter.com/7z1JtnvFHY

          2 replies 32 retweets 58 likes
        18. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 17 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Some Roman 'bird bottles' in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki :) http://greek-museums.tumblr.com/post/101140438701/archaeological-museum-of-thessaloniki-glass …pic.twitter.com/y1PvtUEfyc

          3 replies 48 retweets 91 likes
        19. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 17 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Amethyst beads from a 6thC/7thC cemetery at Sittingbourne, Kent; poss from India/Sri Lanka? http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/learning/resources/galleries/anglo_saxon_cemetery/ …pic.twitter.com/CyGyZigG03

          2 replies 20 retweets 52 likes
        20. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 18 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A 10thC Anglo-Saxon portable sundial w/ silver tablet, found in Canterbury Cathedral, 1938: http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/conservation/archives/anglo-saxon-canterbury/ …pic.twitter.com/nYIRm6Vcea

          6 replies 37 retweets 67 likes
        21. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 18 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Pair of 4-5thC red/purple leather shoes w/ gold leaf, from Egypt: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119560/pair-of-shoes/ …pic.twitter.com/evivaRNEEk

          9 replies 130 retweets 240 likes
        22. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 19 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Two lovely 7thC silk textiles of stags+pheasants from Sogdia: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rangdalion/4928482676/in/photostream/ … & https://www.flickr.com/photos/rangdalion/4927886991/in/photostream/ …pic.twitter.com/QGn9LkJKrH

          1 reply 18 retweets 44 likes
        23. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 19 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          The Iron Crown of Lombardy, kept in the Cathedral of Monza—elements C14 dated to c. 500 AD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Crown_of_Lombardy …pic.twitter.com/QsSTTqFbJf

          1 reply 38 retweets 62 likes
        24. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 19 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Roman galley found during construction of County Hall, London, in 1910, via the wonderful http://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/01/sights-of-wonderful-london/ … :)pic.twitter.com/DxwApn9NNN

          4 replies 105 retweets 143 likes
        25. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 19 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          An early medieval Lombardic glass drinking horn, L6th-E7thC, made in N. Italy: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468980 …pic.twitter.com/2Qlg0WBYkX

          5 replies 34 retweets 54 likes
        26. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 19 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Some Hunnish horse trappings, 4th-5thC, southwest Russia, made from gold, copper+gemstones: http://art.thewalters.org/detail/77447 pic.twitter.com/wNDd7LZvF0

          1 reply 31 retweets 48 likes
        27. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          The Canterbury pendant, made c.620s, buried ?mid7thC, w/ cross motif and garnet cloisonné: http://poppy.nsms.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord/contributions/699 …pic.twitter.com/2TF7Vo7PbK

          2 replies 27 retweets 49 likes
        28. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Glass fish vessel, ?1stC AD, prob made w/ glass from Roman Egypt & found Begram, Afghanistan https://www.britishmuseum.org/PDF/Mairs.pdf pic.twitter.com/tC8ibmCTa8

          3 replies 73 retweets 106 likes
        29. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A lovely 1stC AD rock crystal fish, pierced for suspension, from a grave at Arezzo, Italy: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/ArezzoGrave.html …pic.twitter.com/DfQS3YNz4T

          2 replies 36 retweets 90 likes
        30. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 3 Aug 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          An Ostrogothic L5th-E6thC gold+garnet head-dress pin w/ chain, found Domagnano, San Marino: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=40476001&objectId=90038&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/8c59sDFf5v

          3 replies 38 retweets 53 likes
        31. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 4 Aug 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A 3rd-4thC AD Roman glass bipartite kohl tube w/ a thin bronze applicator: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/221820/unknown-maker-bipartite-kohl-tube-roman-3rd-4th-century/?dz=0.5000,0.8909,0.51 …pic.twitter.com/rUSjya9KCW

          6 replies 72 retweets 126 likes
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