Submitted 7 months ago by KentNavalesi@mstdn.social to archaeology@mander.xyz
Ancient DNA Studies Find Black Africans in England, in the Early Middle Ages
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Cool! Though as we have portraits, I'm not certain DNA was required!
Where exactly do we have portraits for early medieval (7th century) england?
They are on mastodon and as far as I understand probably won’t see your reply unless you tag them?
Haha my first thought
@KentNavalesi @archaeology @medievodons @histodons “Error 404”
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Fixed. Try again.
@KentNavalesi @archaeology @medievodons @histodons Thanks! Now it works as it should.
Captivating findings.
morgan@sfba.social 7 months ago
@KentNavalesi @archaeology @medievodons @histodons the haaretz URL is returning an error, but here's the original report:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/west-african-ancestry-in-seventhcentury-england-two-individuals-from-kent-and-dorset/F00D6E3182A79B643ADC8994F2EA5818
This is wild, thanks for sharing it.
#humans #archaeology #Britain #genetics
KentNavalesi@mstdn.social 7 months ago
@morgan
@archaeology the link should be fixed now, and thanks for the cambridge link!
morgan@sfba.social 7 months ago
@KentNavalesi @archaeology the Cambridge paper is a fascinating read, especially the second half, where they get past the science and technology of the discovery and discuss the context.
"The churches in Africa were powerhouses of early-medieval Christendom, and the African Abbot Hadrian who joined Archbishop Theodore in Canterbury in the later seventh century played a fundamental role in the practical establishment of Christianity in England (Lapidge 2004)."
Wow