Archaeologists: what is the most exotic trade good found from Roman London? Anything from China/ Japan?
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Replying to @OBollocks @thehistoryguy
iirc, the 4thC 'Spitalfields Woman' (http://m.historyextra.com/article/romans/how-we-solved-mystery-roman-princess …) prob buried in Chinese silk w/ Syrian gold thread :)
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Also evidence for people as opposed to goods, as in recent cemetery results from London?https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/778304115638202368 …
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As to Japan, not impossible: Roman stuff def made its way there eg https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/778663579281190917 … & person possibly of >
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> Japanese origin, based on mtDNA, found in Roman southern Italy:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/777195678946717696 …
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Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreenApparently, "all modern mtDNA matches to her available haplotype sequence are from Japan"... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236210479_Stable_isotope_and_mtDNA_evidence_for_geographic_origins_at_the_site_of_Vagnari_South_Italy … https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/754659882226348032 …1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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