About DNA, historical genetics are in their infancy, but I found this useful: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/09/if-africans-were-in-roman-britain-why-dont-we-see-their-dna-today-mary-beard …
This book is also worth a look on units & people etc from N. Africa in Britain :)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/744943218115100672 …
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And this is important on Saharan & trans-Saharan trade etc not being post-Roman; already significant from 1stC AD…:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/895401293275123712 …
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Thx..."evidence for Saharan trade" went from being a quite difficult endeavor, to now being a "typical family".. so easy in the digital age.
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Did I say that? I don't think I did :) I was merely offering 2 additional interesting references on the topic to
@Nakhthor :) I have > -
> thus far avoided commenting on 'typicality', as it strikes me as being in the eye of the beholder :) I can cite you some data pertaining >
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> to topic if genuinely interested, however? E.g. this paper on Roman York, https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/744286383771127808 …, used forensic anthropology techniques >
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> to look at burials in 2 cems, concluded at least 12% in higher-status The Railway cem likely to be of 'Sub-Saharan' ancestry & similar >
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> results from Roman London & Leicester (at York, closest affinity was found to be to 'African American' sample popn). Make of that what >
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> you will :) If you want an opinion on the cartoon beyond
@Twhittermarsh's excellent piece, my guess is Prof Beard could well be on right > - 4 more replies
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Exlnt map. Shows a fair amount of N Africa points of origin, where skin is Mediterranean, but nothing in SubS. Makes sense!
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