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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
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    Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 2 Aug 2017

    > 1600–2000 yrs is a long time! NB, worth pointing out here that modern DNA evidence is no real help here, horribly difficult to use >

    3:20 PM - 2 Aug 2017
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      2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 2 Aug 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        > historically, I fear: lots of methodological issues & factors over intervening 1600+ yrs mean can't project back like that in a simple >

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      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 2 Aug 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        manner, cf. my occasional tweets on disconnect between modern DNA proportions in England & likely size of Anglo-Saxon immigration etc :)

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      4. Rob Smith‏ @rcssmedasmith 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Fuller view of who was where and when. And as more people put their DNA up for analysis hopefully we can trace it thru time. END

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      5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @rcssmedasmith

        I agree we definitely need more research on ancient bones! On 11%, would we really expect traces to survive? Don't forget each person has >

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      6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        > 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents and so on. By he time you get back to the Norman Conquest, that's multiplies up to >

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

        > 137 billion theoretical answers, and we're still 700 years later than the Roman period. Fact is, most people have no DNA from most of >

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      8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        > their ancestors when you get back into early periods! Plus for York you have to factor in the deurbanisation of the 5thC and after, the >

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      9. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        > Anglo-Saxon immigration of the 5th–6thC, the Viking invasions, Normans, etcetc! In other words, can't assume linear relationship between >

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      1. John Peek #FBPE‏ @john196201 6 Aug 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Dentist here, I remember learning IIRC in forensic odontology something about how teeth can be used to show origins until teeth fully formed

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