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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
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    1. Ségolène‏ @SegoAG 26 Jul 2017

      Ségolène Retweeted

      This is not rewriting history. It is history. There are evidence, I am sorry you cannot deal with facts. Britain wasn't all white. https://twitter.com/dankriviera/status/889994731316543488 …

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    2. Ségolène‏ @SegoAG 26 Jul 2017
      Replying to @dankriviera

      Ségolène Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      Here, some more. Keep in mind that these people are historians.https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/753581643538042880 …

      Ségolène added,

      Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen
      The evidence for African migrants in Bronze Age–Medieval Britain — a storified twitter thread :) https://storify.com/caitlinrgreen/african-migrants-medieval-britain …
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    3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 26 Jul 2017
      Replying to @SegoAG @dankriviera

      Assuming they're writing in good faith, I can offer some specific evidence & figures on 'Sub-Saharan' ppl in Britain, if of interest... >

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    4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 26 Jul 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen @SegoAG @dankriviera

      For Roman Britain, there's large sample studies looking at this from York, London and Leicester — these indicate at least 11% and probably >

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    5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 26 Jul 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen @SegoAG @dankriviera

      > more at York of 'African' (your 'Sub-Saharan') ancestry; 24% at London; and 6% at York. For Saxon era, no large samples but individuals >

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    6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 26 Jul 2017
      Replying to @dankriviera @SegoAG

      I think this is why archaeologists and historians are all a bit 'huh!?' at claims that no people of African ancestry in Roman Britain...! :)

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      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 26 Jul 2017
      Replying to @dankriviera @SegoAG

      Well, these are major Roman cities, & Britain ceased to be officially part of empire in 5thC. However, worth noting that evidence from >

      5:58 AM - 26 Jul 2017
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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 26 Jul 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @dankriviera @SegoAG

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          > outside of cities too, eg. https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/735761635806060544 … & from post-Roman period as well. Isotope evidence looks at teeth, allows you to see >

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          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
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          'Beachy Head Lady', 3rdC AD, of African descent+prob high status but grew up in SE England: http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art474162-beachy-head-lady-was-young-sub-saharan-roman-with-good-teeth-say-archaeologists … pic.twitter.com/TBRvesXH0n
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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 26 Jul 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @dankriviera @SegoAG

          > 1st gen immigrants from Africa etc (but not, note, 2nd gen etc!) as reflects water drunk in childhood, which varies depending on climate.

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