New Bone test could rewrite history....

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyx9nv4mleo

could be very interesting indeed....

[Jim Webster]

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

[Imperial Dave]

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...

[Jim Webster]

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

[Duncan Head]

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.

[Imperial Dave]

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

Robin Fleming makes the same point in her book