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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
caitlingreen.org
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    1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Sep 2016

      Some evidence for people of 'East Asian' ancestry living in Roman London — new post :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/09/east-asian-people-roman-london.html …pic.twitter.com/ibCwBoXakZ

      A fifteenth-century map of the world based on the second-century AD Geography of Claudius Ptolemy, with the British Isles on the far left and China on the far right.
      A first- to fourth-century AD Roman glass bead found in a fifth-century AD grave in Japan.
      A bronze coin of the Roman emperor Constantius II (337–61), found in China.
      12 replies 383 retweets 478 likes
    2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Sep 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      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 …

      Dr Caitlin Green added,

      Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
      A note on the evidence for African migrants in Bronze Age–Medieval Britain — new post :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/05/a-note-on-evidence-for-african-migrants.html … pic.twitter.com/lnldjbZaKI
      5 replies 35 retweets 54 likes
    3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Sep 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      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 …

      Dr Caitlin Green added,

      Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
      Burial of someone of 'East Asian' descent--a poss slave--at Vagnari, Italy, in 1st-2ndC AD: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100201171756.htm … pic.twitter.com/vMEJ5dXtrx
      2 replies 27 retweets 33 likes
    4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Sep 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      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 multilayered glass bead with gold colouration.
      9 replies 80 retweets 111 likes
      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Sep 2016

      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

      A shallow blue glass bowl.
      11:33 AM - 21 Sep 2016
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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Sep 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          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

          Imitation gold Byzantine coin minted in China; only a single face is copied.
          4 replies 33 retweets 62 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 11 Feb 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          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

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 22 Sep 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A 5th-6thC AD Byzantine bronze lamp from Egypt, found at Pong Tuk, Thailand: http://www.siamese-heritage.org/jsspdf/2001/JSS_096_0b_Borrell_EarlyByzantineLampFromPongTuk.pdf … & http://www.siamese-heritage.org/jsspdf/1981/JSS_077_2b_BrownMacdonnell_PongTukLampAReconsideration.pdf …pic.twitter.com/IMYIdpQpQ8

          Side view of the lamp found at Pong Tuk.
          Top view of the lid of the lamp from Pong Tuk, with a face of Silenus.
          4 replies 36 retweets 48 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 22 Sep 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A 2ndC AD gold medallion of Marcus Aurelius, found at the important port of Óc Eo, Vietnam (Ptolemy's Cattigara?): https://www.flickr.com/photos/66145957@N05/14141125504/in/album-72157644544313172/ …pic.twitter.com/Xa5kGq614A

          A close-up view of the second-century AD gold medallion bearing the image of Marcus Aurelius found in Vietnam.
          2 replies 42 retweets 62 likes
        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 29 Sep 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          The Hou Han shu (compiled in the 5thC AD by Fan Ye) on a group of 2ndC AD Romans who came to China via Vietnam: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/hhshu/hou_han_shu.html …pic.twitter.com/Z6GTpylh0i

          In the ninth yanxi year [166 CE], during the reign of Emperor Huan, the king of Da Qin (the Roman Empire), Andun (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus), sent envoys from beyond the frontiers through Rinan (Commandery on the central Vietnamese coast),18  to offer elephant tusks, rhinoceros horn, and turtle shell. This was the very first time there was [direct] communication [between the two countries].
          1 reply 9 retweets 14 likes
        5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 6 Oct 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          'Coin Portraits of Roman Emperors on Jewellery Pendants in Early SE Asia' https://www.academia.edu/12682533/The_Power_of_Images_Coin_Portraits_of_Roman_Emperors_on_Jewellery_Pendants_in_Early_Southeast_Asia … Pic=mould for making these, found Thailandpic.twitter.com/i0DmcxWW5f

          Stone mould for casting the reverse of a coin pendant based on a Roman coin, found in Thailand;
          0 replies 16 retweets 17 likes
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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 1 Oct 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Some Late Roman glass found in 5thC tombs in Korea: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mpanKmU_ckYC&lpg=PA125&pg=PA125#v=onepage&q&f=false … & https://ancientglass.wordpress.com/museums-glass-collections-and-exhibitions/roman-glass-from-the-korean-kingdom-of-silla/ …pic.twitter.com/k4DzFL3YSc

          Late fourth-century glass ewer, found in Korea; blue decoration and handle.
          Late Roman glass cup, found in Korea; clear glass with blue decoration.
          3 replies 53 retweets 91 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 2 Oct 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          'The Importation of Byzantine and Sasanian Glass into China during the fourth to sixth centuries': https://www.reading.ac.uk/web/FILES/GCMS/RMS-2006-06_M-L._Chen,_The_Importation_of_Byzantine_and_Sasanian_Glass_into_China_during_the_fourth_to_sixth_centuries.pdf …pic.twitter.com/omEWNgVJH9

          Distribution map showing sites where Eastern Roman and Sasanian glass has been found in China.
          1 reply 30 retweets 29 likes
        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 18 Oct 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          For interest, 'Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)', by Lucas Christopoulos: http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp230_hellenes_romans_in_china.pdf …pic.twitter.com/FQiXCJAdGO

          Hellenistic representation of Dionysos (or Alexander–Dionysos) holding the thyrse and sitting on a panther’s back, with motifs of grape and the twelve Olympian gods all around him. Golden plate of 31 cm in diameter, 4.9 cm high, weighing 3.19 kg, discovered in Beitan, Jingyuan, Gansu province
          0 replies 18 retweets 14 likes
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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 8 Oct 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A cushion cover made in Byzantine Syria and preserved in the 8thC Shōsōin Depository, Nara, Japan: http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp206_sasanian_persia.pdf …pic.twitter.com/hsVMTD5Wsn

          Syrian silk textile cushion with lions and their keepers on either side of a tree of life.
          3 replies 59 retweets 84 likes
        3. Neal Hyett‏ @HyettNeal 9 Oct 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          interesting So... what influences part of Song/Yuan/Ching culture (?) :-0)

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 9 Oct 2016
          Replying to @HyettNeal

          From the Byzantine empire on China etc? Or on the cushion cover?

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5. Neal Hyett‏ @HyettNeal 9 Oct 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Byzantine 😂 And this West to East subsequently Lars Tharp had good prog on pottery subtext here? Marco polo/venetian too

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        2. richard jones‏ @richardjones78 8 Oct 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @PlantThomas

          was there much restoration needed or found as seen but cleaned up?

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 8 Oct 2016
          Replying to @richardjones78 @PlantThomas

          I believe some restoration, but has been kept as part of imperial treasures since 8thC? :)

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        1. Aidan K.‏ @WellsiteGeo 21 Sep 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @matthewcobb ROMAN ??? In Japan??? In 5C??? Archaeology 1, models 0. Need new models.

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        1. Emily WeNNceslas  🦇 ❤‏ @battielove 21 Sep 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          gimmegimmegimme. It's so bluuuuuuuuue!

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        1. Ron‏ @Tweets2CV 8 Oct 2016
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          One must have travelled and set up shop in Nailsea!

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        1. Iaroslav Golubinov‏ @jaricleiv 28 Sep 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          amazing! Ancient world was closer than we use to think.

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