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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
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    1. John Ma‏ @Nakhthor 24 Aug 2017
      Replying to @Lord_Keynes2 @mapale77 @wmarybeard

      That is surely right. But an African praefectus with a Black ancestor is quite likely and there were lots of them in the army .

      11 replies 3 retweets 35 likes
    2. Evan Schultheis‏ @EvanSchultheis 24 Aug 2017
      Replying to @Nakhthor @Lord_Keynes2 and

      To be honest I somewhat doubt that. The case of the Aethiopian soldier shows that even to the Punic Severus it was unusual.

      4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    3. John Ma‏ @Nakhthor 24 Aug 2017
      Replying to @EvanSchultheis @Lord_Keynes2 and

      Yes you may well be right. Quantification is all the rage in anc history right now. What was pop of Rom Britain ?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Evan Schultheis‏ @EvanSchultheis 24 Aug 2017
      Replying to @Nakhthor @Lord_Keynes2 and

      About 3.5 million with 40,000 from the military, 1.5% of the population was from the army.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    5. John Ma‏ @Nakhthor 24 Aug 2017
      Replying to @EvanSchultheis @Lord_Keynes2 and

      what percentage would be urban ?

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 24 Aug 2017
      Replying to @Nakhthor @EvanSchultheis and

      Most modern RB popn figures derive from Martin Millett's: suggests c.125,000 for army+dependents & c.240,000 for urban popn (1990, tab 8.5)…

      1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
    7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 24 Aug 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Nakhthor and

      > For what it is worth, we do have some potential data on ppl of possibly 'Sub-Saharan' ancestry in RB urban centres. E.g. this paper on >

      1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 24 Aug 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Nakhthor and

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      > Roman York, https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/744286383771127808 …, used forensic anthropology techniques to look at burials in 2 cems, concluded at least 12% in >

      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
      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 24 Aug 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Nakhthor and

      > higher-status The Railway cem likely to be of 'Sub-Saharan' ancestry, & similar results from Roman London & Leicester (at York, closest >

      3:35 PM - 24 Aug 2017
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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 24 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Nakhthor and

          > affinity was found to be to 'African American' sample popn). Make of that what you will, but thought I'd mention :)

          1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
        3. Evan Schultheis‏ @EvanSchultheis 24 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Nakhthor and

          Genetic study on the London cemetery showed local, mediterranean, and 1 levantine ancestry.

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Evan Schultheis‏ @EvanSchultheis 24 Aug 2017
          Replying to @EvanSchultheis @caitlinrgreen and

          The York one and others are based on Skull Morphology and Oxygen/Strontium Osteographic analysis which don't always paint a complete (1/2)

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5. Evan Schultheis‏ @EvanSchultheis 24 Aug 2017
          Replying to @EvanSchultheis @caitlinrgreen and

          and accurate picture. There's multiple pieces of the puzzle and Genetic analysis needs to be done on those cemeteries as well. (2/2)

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        6. mary beard‏ @wmarybeard 24 Aug 2017
          Replying to @EvanSchultheis @caitlinrgreen and

          the people really involved with the science of this know exactly the difficulties and uncertainties and what is possible

          3 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
        7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 25 Aug 2017
          Replying to @wmarybeard @EvanSchultheis and

          Yes, absolutely. The York study makes this v clear, for what it's worth, plus it uses 2 methods and reports only most likely results :)

          0 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
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