Fwiw, c.47% of Romano-British cemeteries investigated isotopically have evidence of at least 1 person from Africa…https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/734829125404364800 …
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For example, a study of Roman York's cems suggests at least 11% of ppl were of African ancestry, w/ 51% as poss max…https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/744286383771127808 …
Similar figures from other urban sites too eg. Roman London, where 24% of ppl studied were of prob African ancestry:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/781944932550512642 …
See also recent large study of Roman Leicester, where 6% of those interred in cemetery are poss of African descent: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/38172433 …
Worth noting, incidentally, that men, women and children all feature, and examples not just from urban burials, e.g.https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/735761635806060544 …
Likewise, evidence indicates not just 1st gen migrants but also 2nd gen who grew up in Britain etc & presence of people of 'mixed' ancestry…
People also of varying status+roles, incl v high status eg. https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/736890264728539136 … Indeed, higher-status cem at York has higher proportion!
Of course, this all largely separate/additional to evidence from inscriptions/military units &c—see, for example, https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/744866290846818305 … :)
And, of course, worth noting that is some potential evidence for ppl of East Asian ancestry in Roman London too…https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/778304115638202368 …
In sum, seems clear that there is, in fact, notable evidence for diversity in Roman Britain, & that we can start to put figures on this :)
@MikeStuchbery greet thread.Prison plonker won't like this one bit.
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