Thanet, Tanit & the Phoenicians: Names, Archaeology & Pre-Roman Trading Settlements in Kent? http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/04/thanet-tanit-and-the-phoenicians.html …pic.twitter.com/Npezp0bx9f
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V interesting, thanks! Not so strange as one might think. In C5/6 AD, Mediterranean ships seem to have been sailing directly to W Britain.
Was that part of the broze age tin trade?That would make sense?
I think that the tin trade is supposed to have brought the ships here in C5/6 AD - perhaps earlier, too?
Tin trade def factor in 5th-6thC AD, plus is mentioned in early 7thC Byzantine sources (still ref'd by Arabic writers in 13thC!) Earlier >
>, pre-Roman tin trade mentioned in textual sources and prob reason for Carthaginian coins (see article at top of thread). In support, can >
> now also cite isotopic evidence for ppl from N. Africa in Iron Age Britain, early anchors etc: https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/637703618725040128 … :)
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