Were there camels in Roman Britain? A brief note on the nature and context of the London camel remains — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/11/were-there-camels-in-roman-britain.html …pic.twitter.com/BXlMvE3cUH
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Worth noting, fair amount of textual refs to camels in Late Antiquity/early medieval period—see further https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/736624442328092672 …—but less arch evidence, though not totally absent…
A complete skeleton of a dromedary (aka the Arabian camel) from early Byzantine Constantinople, radiocarbon dated to AD 566–646: https://www.academia.edu/7459812/Preliminary_Report_on_the_Animal_Remains_Uncovered_at_Yenikapı_Metro_and_Marmaray_Excavations …pic.twitter.com/mmcQJTFdT5
Fwiw, other remains of Byzantine-era camels found scattered at same site+these have butchery marks, suggesting consumption of camels... Same true for 5thC Marseille.
Looking westwards, camel remains have been found in early medieval Lyon (8th/9thC) and on several sites in southern Spain e.g. https://www.academia.edu/32458324/The_signature_of_a_blacksmith_on_a_dromedary_bone_from_Islamic_Seville_Spain_ …pic.twitter.com/RWVfIMCITO
Fwiw, Otto I of Germany also had camels in the mid-10thC, along with lions, monkeys & ostriches, gifts from delegations of 'Saracens', Greeks & Romans :) https://www.academia.edu/8482748/Cosmopolitan_Claims_Islamicate_Spolia_during_the_Reign_of_King_Henry_II_1002_24_in_Medieval_History_Journal_15_2_2012_S._299-318 …pic.twitter.com/xhT9m6NtTt
Camels in 9th- to early 20th-century Romania, including two finds from Byzantine-period sites (9th-12thC and 11thC): https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adrian_Balasescu/publication/269167531_Camels_in_Romania/links/5489fde00cf2d1800d7aa6a2.pdf … (pic=camels in Dobruja, c.1900)pic.twitter.com/Njn9ln4Pd8
A rather nice medieval illustration of a camel :)https://twitter.com/yvonneseale/status/970279944692486145 …
A monkey riding a camel; MS M.1004 f. 160r, France, c.1420–25: http://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/page/220/76924 …pic.twitter.com/cBLLbxXMxV
There is also the story that Chlothar II had Brunhild paraded around on a camel before she was torn apart by wild horses. So possible evidence for them in early 7thC Francia.
Yes! Intriguing isn't it?! Camels also used this way in Spain and Constantinople too...! More here: https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/736624442328092672 … :)
I wondered if the story about Brunhild came from Spain originally. No way of knowing of course, but interesting that Sisebut mentions it and Fredegar doesn't.
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