Idly wondering what the most distant early Byzantine items are... Cushion cover found in Japan=most easterly find?https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/784870277264146436 …
History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.
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Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green
Idly wondering what the most distant early Byzantine items are... Cushion cover found in Japan=most easterly find?https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/784870277264146436 …
Dr Caitlin Green added,
The most westerly Byzantine finds must be the E.Mediterranean fineware+amphorae found in L5th-6thC Ireland: https://aran.library.nuigalway.ie/handle/10379/3263 …pic.twitter.com/GwRcNKtU1r
The most northerly early Byzantine finds are perhaps the L5th-E6thC silver bowls found in eastern Estonia: http://www.kirj.ee/public/Archaeology/2010/issue_2/arch-2010-14-2-99-122.pdf …pic.twitter.com/OzacTmQCmK
Even more northerly are the Roman+Byzantine coins that have been found in Sweden, see further http://samla.raa.se/xmlui/bitstream/handle/raa/3248/2010_187.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y … :) H/T @mrundkvistpic.twitter.com/BkBO46ka2U
Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green
As to the most southerly early Byzantine finds, a few coins have been found in Tanzania, incl one of Heraclius...https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/773965951024951296 …
Dr Caitlin Green added,
Alternatively, glass beads found in 7thC AD & earlier graves at Kissi, Burkina Faso, had origins in the Near East: https://afriques.revues.org/1145 pic.twitter.com/yctWV4QYEi
5th-7thC AD copper-alloy anklets found at Kissi, Burkina Faso, W.Africa; made w/ metal prob imported from Carthage & poss orig from Britain!pic.twitter.com/oZpY04PNyf
always when i see this all stuff i think of a time travelling device :) actually so much like the ancient roman dresses :)
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