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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
caitlingreen.org
Joined August 2014

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    1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Jul 2017

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      Fwiw, c.47% of Romano-British cemeteries investigated isotopically have evidence of at least 1 person from Africa…https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/734829125404364800 …

      Dr Caitlin Green added,

      Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
      A note on the evidence for African migrants in Bronze Age–Medieval Britain — new post :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/05/a-note-on-evidence-for-african-migrants.html … pic.twitter.com/lnldjbZaKI
      9 replies 175 retweets 294 likes
    2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Jul 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      Moreover, some cemeteries have significantly more than 1 person from Africa or of African ancestry, see further:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/657981747154522112 …

      Dr Caitlin Green added,

      Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
      Some oxygen isotope evidence for Africans in Britain, c. 1100 BC–AD 800---new post :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/10/oxygen-isotope-evidence.html … pic.twitter.com/fUiIFCbj9r
      2 replies 21 retweets 55 likes
    3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Jul 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      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 …

      Dr Caitlin Green added,

      Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen
      Interesting paper on 2 cemeteries from Roman York suggesting considerable diversity then: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.21104/abstract … pic.twitter.com/Qd3QpZXHKZ
      3 replies 74 retweets 111 likes
      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Jul 2017

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      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 …

      Dr Caitlin Green added,

      Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen
      Multiple ppl w/ African ancestry and/or isotope results indicative of an origin in N.Africa, buried at Roman London: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440316301030 …
      4:49 AM - 28 Jul 2017
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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Jul 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          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 …

          2 replies 26 retweets 48 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Jul 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          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 …

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen
          '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
          1 reply 27 retweets 49 likes
        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Jul 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Likewise, evidence indicates not just 1st gen migrants but also 2nd gen who grew up in Britain etc & presence of people of 'mixed' ancestry…

          2 replies 18 retweets 43 likes
        5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Jul 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          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!

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen
          'A Lady of York: migration, ethnicity and identity in Roman Britain'--available online here: http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/17041/1/M_Lewis_Bangle_Lady.pdf … pic.twitter.com/VlzoUPQ2dH
          1 reply 21 retweets 44 likes
        6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Jul 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          Of course, this all largely separate/additional to evidence from inscriptions/military units &c—see, for example, https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/744866290846818305 … :)

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen
          A nice overview by Hella Eckardt---'Seeing Black: Africans in Roman Britain' (2014): https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dIgbBQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA63&pg=PA63#v=onepage&q&f=false … pic.twitter.com/ZLMQ487s6D
          2 replies 18 retweets 32 likes
        7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Jul 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          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 …

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          A fifteenth-century map of the world based on the second-century AD Geography of Claudius Ptolemy, with the British Isles on the far left and China on the far right.
          A first- to fourth-century AD Roman glass bead found in a fifth-century AD grave in Japan.
          A bronze coin of the Roman emperor Constantius II (337–61), found in China.
          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          Some evidence for people of 'East Asian' ancestry living in Roman London — new post :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/09/east-asian-people-roman-london.html … pic.twitter.com/ibCwBoXakZ
          2 replies 29 retweets 61 likes
        8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 29 Jul 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          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 :)

          4 replies 30 retweets 96 likes
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        2. Ollie‏ @ollieshrews 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          great tweets Caitlin - loving the focus on Roman Britain!

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @ollieshrews

          Thanks! :)

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        1. W. Dust‏ @WDust00 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Thank you. @nntaleb just got schooled. It's actually surprising that anyone would *challenge* that the Roman Empire was ethnically diverse.

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        1. Altijdverder‏ @Altijdverderrda 29 Jul 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          that is not that strange the map of the roman empire included those area's and the easy way to citizenship was to join the army. Trader etc

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        1. Apes2Angels‏ @Apes2Angels 3 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @nntaleb That would be higher than now wouldn't it?!? That sounds simply wrong.

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