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 @wallaceme
I don't doubt they did. But as a hugely diverse place, i have huge doubts. Esp when several sites show concentration. Not all over.
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Replying to @Jam_mil73 @wallaceme
I think the latter point is reasonable, just as it would be for today - major urban centres, military centres, coastal areas etc seem >
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> to have highest degree of evidence, less elsewhere. But recognising likely variations across Britain doesn't mean that not significant >
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> diversity to be encountered and at a potentially surprising number and variety of sites :)
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @wallaceme
I know you've mentioned DNA analysis fraught with difficulty. Yet, the diversity correlation between graves/DNA mix?
seems short
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I think modern DNA evidence is genuinely v questionable as a source here due to methodologies etc, but too late to develop point, I fear :)
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @wallaceme
I don't know enough to debate dna or it's methods at all.
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @wallaceme
I understand what you're saying, plenty of evidence on auxiliaries, certain enclaves etc.
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