Also in this cem=multiple ppl w/ African ancestry + 45% w/ isotope results=childhood in Africa or further afield, cfhttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/734829125404364800 …
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Also in this cem=multiple ppl w/ African ancestry + 45% w/ isotope results=childhood in Africa or further afield, cfhttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/734829125404364800 …
Most obvious parallel for ppl w/ East Asian ancestry buried in Roman London is 1st-2ndC AD burial at Vagnari, Italy:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/754659882226348032 …
Incidentally, this is not a doughnut but a 1st-4thC AD Roman glass bead found in a 5thC AD tomb in Japan...! :) http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/17691 pic.twitter.com/IptLs4OwYY
A Roman blue glass bowl found in a 5thC AD tomb in Japan: http://www.archaeology.org/news/2705-141113-japan-nara-tomb …pic.twitter.com/8OPv724A9U
Gold imitation of a 6thC Byzantine coin of Justinian, struck on one side only, found in the Astana cemetery, China: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/gold-imitation-of-a-byzantine-coin-found-in-china/PQEWwpJjUKikOw …pic.twitter.com/5qqvFbjlhp
Mint gold Byzantine solidus of Anastasius (491–518) found in tomb of Emperor Jiemin (498-532), Northern Wei dynasty: http://primaltrek.com/blog/2013/10/31/byzantine-gold-coin-found-in-tomb-of-emperor-jiemin-of-northern-wei/ …pic.twitter.com/tkFW9f1U2g
Brief update on 'East Asians in Roman London' discussion re:how sceptical ought we to be+why the study is prob ok :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/09/east-asian-people-roman-london.html#fn2 …
here's hoping they get full genomes from these remains (through the Petrous bone etc.)
Yes, that would be v useful! I disagree w/ some commentary that of little/no interest without, but would def be v welcome! :)
well another tool in the "toolbelt", as we saw with York "Gladiators" the aDNA show 1 was more like modern middle easterners
indeed! :)
@cerydel I thought the glass bead was a donut
And an Oreo for the third picture, perhaps?! ;)
Now that I've seen it as a cinnamon sugar donut, I can't unsee it. And now I want a donut.
Thanks for another excellent post!
Glad you like! :)
i remember reading a piece by Robert tye were he mentioned roman coins found in the foundations of indiantemples
Roman coins are also found in some Buddhist reliquary deposits
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