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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 7 Oct 2017

    Saharan and trans-Saharan contacts and trade in the Roman era — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/10/saharan-and-trans-saharan-contacts.html …pic.twitter.com/CqGUbrglYx

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      2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 7 Oct 2017

        Fwiw, this is what I was referring to when I expressed scepticism over summer re: notion that Sahara was 'impassable barrier' in antiquity…

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      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 7 Oct 2017

        For more on this, see Andrew Wilson's fascinating & important article on 'Saharan trade in the Roman period': http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0067270X.2012.727614 …

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      4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 7 Oct 2017

        See also the papers by David Mattingly+others in 'Money, Trade and Trade Routes in Pre-Islamic North Africa' (2011): http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/Money_Trade_and_Trade_Routes_online.pdf …

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      5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 10 Oct 2017

        'The first towns in the central Sahara'—open access article from 2013 on Garamantian towns & trans-Saharan trade: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00049097 …pic.twitter.com/YYs4s2ZVtW

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      6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 17 Oct 2017

        This is also worth a read :) 'The Saharan Berber Diaspora and the Southern Frontiers of Byzantine North Africa':https://www.academia.edu/3516995/The_Saharan_Berber_Diaspora_and_the_Southern_Frontiers_of_Byzantine_North_Africa …

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      7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 19 Oct 2017

        'Saharan Trade in Classical Antiquity', by Katia Schörle:https://www.academia.edu/607092/Chapter_3_Saharan_trade_in_Classical_Antiquity …

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      8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 26

        'Trade in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond' (2017): https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6ug7DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/hNIQEpRdR6

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      2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 7 Oct 2017

        The most southerly Latin inscription in the Sahara comes from Ti-m-Missaou, Algeria: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epimap.php?p_lat=21.9038889&p_long=3.092500 … & http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epimap.html …pic.twitter.com/Dtfdv5az5Y

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      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 8 Oct 2017

        Items from c.3rd–7thC Kissi, Burkina Faso, sub-Saharan W. Africa, made w/ metal prob imported from Roman Carthage: https://www.academia.edu/3596759/Contacts_Between_West_Africa_and_Roman_North_Africa_Archaeometallurgical_Results_from_Kissi_Northeastern_Burkina_Faso …pic.twitter.com/U8UM0yYOGt

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      4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 8 Oct 2017

        L5th–6thC rims possibly imitative of N. African Roman/Byzantine amphorae, found Tongo Maaré Diabal, Mali, W. Africa: http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/Money_Trade_and_Trade_Routes_online.pdf …pic.twitter.com/siA8J4l6Zi

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      5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 12 Nov 2017

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        Of course, Roman-era material+influences travelled equally far in other directions too, e.g.https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/778958558561959936 …

        Dr Caitlin Green added,

        A close-up view of the second-century AD gold medallion bearing the image of Marcus Aurelius found in Vietnam.
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        A 2ndC AD gold medallion of Marcus Aurelius, found at the important port of Óc Eo, Vietnam (Ptolemy's Cattigara?): https://www.flickr.com/photos/66145957@N05/14141125504/in/album-72157644544313172/ … pic.twitter.com/Xa5kGq614A
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      6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 12 Nov 2017

        Likewise, a 2ndC AD coin of Hadrian (117–138) found in northern Sweden, possibly associated w/ the ancient fur trade: http://samla.raa.se/xmlui/bitstream/handle/raa/3248/2010_187.pdf …pic.twitter.com/rCTO6kfcR0

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      7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 12 Nov 2017

        Or a 2ndC pot found 250km west of Ireland in 1934, inscribed w/ C PISCI FAGI + a graffito of an otter: http://www.jstor.org/stable/297059?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents …pic.twitter.com/nD3oy87Kjm

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      8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 12 Nov 2017

        A slashed gold coin of Augustus, minted in 19 BC in Spain and found at Pudukottai, India: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1216254&partId=1&place=39890&plaA=39890-3-1&page=1 …pic.twitter.com/RY56NYoBA1

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      2. Dr Sophie Hay‏ @pompei79 7 Oct 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Great article & very dear to my heart as I dug in Germa with Mattingly. The aerial photo of site should be credited to @TobysPhotos however.

        3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 7 Oct 2017
        Replying to @pompei79 @TobysPhotos

        Thanks! And how awesome, didn't know! :) On photo, thanks for update—I'll revise credit, assuming ok to use still? (Flickr user had CC'd it)

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      4. Dr Sophie Hay‏ @pompei79 7 Oct 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen @TobysPhotos

        It was awesome! Such a privilege. I’m sure Toby will be fine with it being used with the right credit but I really shouldn’t speak for him!

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      5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 7 Oct 2017
        Replying to @pompei79 @TobysPhotos

        I can only imagine! And thanks, I'll edit it tomorrow when back at computer & remove/re-credit as he wishes :)

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      6. Dr Sophie Hay‏ @pompei79 7 Oct 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen @TobysPhotos

        Thanks! It was taken in 99 with a camera housed in a homemade balsa wood box strapped to a kite! The world before drones!

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      7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 7 Oct 2017
        Replying to @pompei79 @TobysPhotos

        My goodness! Picture is even more remarkable given that! :)

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