> minimum estimate of 11% of ppl in cemeteries there were of African ancestry, w/ 51% as possible max… see https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/744286383771127808 …. We get >
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Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green
> minimum estimate of 11% of ppl in cemeteries there were of African ancestry, w/ 51% as possible max… see https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/744286383771127808 …. We get >
Dr Caitlin Green added,
Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green
> similar figures from Roman London (24% of probable African origin) & other cities too e.g. Leicester=6% etc etc.https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/781944932550512642 …
Dr Caitlin Green added,
All I'm seeing from this is that auxiliaries were stationed or fought close by, that's it. No idea if died naturally or in battle.
This might work for some cems, but def not all—urban cems esp are used over long period, some high status, men+women+children present etc >
Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green
> plus some evidence from countryside too etc, e.g. https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/735761635806060544 … ...
Dr Caitlin Green added,
Honestly Caitlin, if several hundred brits were found in Africa would that make it ethnically diverse or a fragment of history?
Well, there are graves of Britons in Roman-era N. Africa and Near East, but I think the evidence we have suggests a significant degree of >
> diversity in at least urban populations and also beyond in Roman Britain, which is def worth noting given the evidence we have esp re: >
> percentages in urban cemeteries! :)
Question: how many Roman urban centres were there? How many graves have been found?
Here's a rough map of notable the urban centres, via https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roman.Britain.towns.villas.jpg … So a fair few! London had perhaps 45,000 ppl, poss more. In >pic.twitter.com/Jw8xutUbB8
> terms of urban burials, we have lots of evidence but a lot of old, antiquarian records. However, increasingly major cems are being >
> properly studied and in these major samples we keep finding similar patterns of significant diversity in urban populations :)
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