Additional evidence, like genetics and forensic craniometry, can give clues about ancestry
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Replying to @shakenbeck @caitlinrgreen
Contrasted with burial practice picture gets complex and exciting re identity. You know this, of course, but I thought it worth restating.
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Yes, def worth restating :) And reason for my scepticism re: using O to identify 'natives' vs 'Anglo-Saxon immigrants' in 5–6thC England! >
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @shakenbeck
> Also yes, a fascinating paper! Agree, v tricky, esp if looking at main area of Europe; but argue slightly clearer w/ v high results tho >
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> eg all results in post v high, above normal UK/Europe, w/ 21.0‰+ δ¹⁸Op from several individuals in post etc etc etc; also, all results >
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @shakenbeck
> used in blog much higher than expected local results (3–10‰) plus mainly from Evans et al's eastern zone of lower levels etc, fwiw :)
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
I would not (and don't) attempt to convert human values back to drinking water. The error! The error! The horror!
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Replying to @shakenbeck @caitlinrgreen
.. and they can have very different O values. Then there is the problem of cooking https://bradscholars.brad.ac.uk/handle/10454/5804 …. O, my least favourite isotope.
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Indeed to both :) But imho interesting to do with extreme outliers etc, to get sense of divergence from local :) fwiw, played around with >
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all 2012 data in this regard, median diff of calc dw (via Daux) vs cem's local dw shows generally in line but slight elevation (median >
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> being +0.5 to 1.0) - as you say error! etc + thus not scientific! But was bored and interesting nonetheless :)
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