https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyx9nv4mleo
could be very interesting indeed....
Yes indeed. And things like is isotope tests on teeth etc which give an idea where the individual was brought up also could tell us an awful lot
I read a book recently by Robin Fleming (The Material Fall of Roman Britain) that goes into some of this and with context
fascinating stuff...
I was reading Cerdic (CERDIC: Mysterious Dark Age king who founded) and the author mentions it a number of times pointing out that an entirely Saxon burial site from early in the period had very few 'Saxons' who weren't born in the area
And this:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/01/scandinavians-came-to-britain-long-before-vikings-and-anglo-saxons-finds-study
- looks like it's the same technique, uncovering Scandinavian DNA in Roman York.
Quote from: Jim Webster on January 01, 2025, 05:31:20 PMI was reading Cerdic (CERDIC: Mysterious Dark Age king who founded) and the author mentions it a number of times pointing out that an entirely Saxon burial site from early in the period had very few 'Saxons' who weren't born in the area
Robin Fleming makes the same point in her book