Some oxygen isotope evidence for Scandinavians in Britain, c. 2300 BC–AD 1050 -- new post :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/01/oxygen-isotope-scandinavia.html …pic.twitter.com/JklRCchHeZ
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The 7th–9thC cemetery at Bamburgh—the 'royal city' of Northumbria—has multiple ppl who may be Scandinavian migrants: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.22290/abstract …pic.twitter.com/uGUbu1pRs7
(Incidentally, pic is Bamburgh Castle from Holy Island: https://www.flickr.com/photos/90664717@N00/1463451575 …)
A rather odd 5th-century gold brooch, probably made in Scandinavia & found near Lichfield, Staffordshire; appears to show a central feline being bitten by two creatures: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/849887 …pic.twitter.com/zUOupMJgdm
Perhaps by the same maker? They appear to differ only in small details, with the most obvious difference being the inverted face at the bottom of the left one.
Caitlin, is it wrong to think of these type of brooches as an adaptation of the Roman brooches - bow shaped and such? Evolution or adaption
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