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 …
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(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 …)
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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
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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 …
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Also oaks found only in Wales also come from Balkans
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Interesting, thanks! :) Do you have a link? :)
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Thanks for all of this, I'll have a good read! :)
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For interest, another Roman-era migrant, 3DRIF-26, probably from Lower Nile Valley or Nubia: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/160119/ncomms10326/full/ncomms10326.html …pic.twitter.com/SOT0kWxg3S
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@CatherineEsse Thank you for storifying this - a great resource! -
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Oh, Wow! Thats looks like a complete script for a 60-90min BBC documentary! You should really consider that option imo ;)
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Very kind of you! :) I do think that all this material really ought to be better known! :)
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This is fabulous. Thanks so much for putting it together and sharing. Please keep going! :-)
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Thank you, & my pleasure! Will do, lots more out there I think! :)
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@Storify Watched you stringing the evidence together via twitter - a really great service to public engagement in history! -
Oh, thank you, very kind of you to say! :)
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Thank you so much for putting this together
@TheBBCtv really should commission a series with you.@BBCDocumentary -
Thank you, very kind of you to say! :)
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Fascinating and surprising - thank you for putting it all together...
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My pleasure, glad you like! :)
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