> and where we have evidence from other areas we find it there too. E.g. even in 'post-Roman' south Wales (5–7thC) we have likely African >
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @wallaceme
And I do very much appreciate you taking your time to chat about this! A couple of friends will be interested to hear about it!

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Replying to @Jam_mil73 @wallaceme
No problem :) Hope it's interesting/useful! Fwiw, most fascinating recent study showed not only ppl of African origin in suburban London >
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> (c.24% of sample tested) but also a small number of East Asians...! (Some DNA evidence for same in Roman Italy, fwiw)
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @wallaceme
And tbh..who'd have left Africa deliberately to get wet here?
not much foeuptune or fame either!
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Replying to @Jam_mil73 @wallaceme
Has to be said, a fair number of Roman writers had similar views on the merits of Britain. Yet people did clearly come!
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Jam_mil73
For the hunting dogs, the slaves and the tin, IIRC - was that Caesar or Agricola?
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Replying to @wallaceme @Jam_mil73
Now there's a question! All important; tin, fwiw, a consistent motivator over time from Bronze Age forward, it would seem!
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @wallaceme
If my geography is right, wasn't tin mainly found in Devon and Cornwall?
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Replying to @Jam_mil73 @wallaceme
Yes, but looks like Bronze and Iron Age tin trading prob also taking place along south coast: heavy concentration of evidence for trading >
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> with Scandinavia and N Africa in 9th–3rdC BC in Kent, incl burials of ppl from these regions, which is thought to be poss tin related!
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