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Ancient DNA reveals West African ancestry in 7th-century skeletons from England Archaeologists have unearthed surprising genetic evidence that two individuals buried at opposite ends of the south coast of England in the 7th century CE had recent West African ancestry. The findings, published in Antiquity, contradict centuries of traditional beliefs about the extent of migration and cultural connections in the Early Middle Ages. The discovery comes from DNA analysis of two Anglo-Saxon cemetery burials: one at Updown in Kent, in the southeast of England, and another at Worth Matravers in Dorset, in the southwest. The majority of individuals interred there had northern European or West British and Irish ancestry, as was the norm. However, one person in each cemetery was different...
Ancient DNA reveals West African ancestry in 7th-century skeletons from England Archaeologists have unearthed surprising genetic evidence that two individuals buried at opposite ends of the south coast of England in the 7th century CE had recent West African ancestry. The findings, published in Antiquity, contradict centuries of traditional beliefs about the extent of migration and cultural connections in the Early Middle Ages. The discovery comes from DNA analysis of two Anglo-Saxon cemetery burials: one at Updown in Kent, in the southeast of England, and another at Worth Matravers in Dorset, in the southwest. The majority of individuals interred there had northern European or West British and Irish ancestry, as was the norm. However, one person in each cemetery was different...
Ancient DNA reveals West African ancestry in 7th-century skeletons from England Archaeologists have unearthed surprising genetic evidence that two individuals buried at opposite ends of the south coast of England in the 7th century CE had recent West African ancestry. The findings, published in Antiquity, contradict centuries of traditional beliefs about the extent of migration and cultural connections in the Early Middle Ages. The discovery comes from DNA analysis of two Anglo-Saxon cemetery burials: one at Updown in Kent, in the southeast of England, and another at Worth Matravers in Dorset, in the southwest. The majority of individuals interred there had northern European or West British and Irish ancestry, as was the norm. However, one person in each cemetery was different...
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@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
Assoc for Scottish Literature
Assoc for Scottish Literature
@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
Assoc for Scottish Literature
Assoc for Scottish Literature
@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
Text is too long for ALT-text – however full text can be found via the link, lines 25 to 85. Image description: “Bruce and de Bohun”, by John Duncan (1866–1945), Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. King Robert I, wearing chain mail, with a gold circlet around his helmet, and a flowing red-gold cloak and a surcoat bearing the Scottish lion rampant (red, on a yellow background) , stands up in the stirrups of the grey horse he is riding. He holds the reins tightly in his left hand and wields a battle-axe in his right. Sir Henry de Bohun, with golden plate armour and a flowing red cloth tied to his helm, rides past, his long lance missing the king. He is crouched low, almost seeming to bow, his head lined up for the blow from the king's axe.
Text is too long for ALT-text – however full text can be found via the link, lines 25 to 85. Image description: “Bruce and de Bohun”, by John Duncan (1866–1945), Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. King Robert I, wearing chain mail, with a gold circlet around his helmet, and a flowing red-gold cloak and a surcoat bearing the Scottish lion rampant (red, on a yellow background) , stands up in the stirrups of the grey horse he is riding. He holds the reins tightly in his left hand and wields a battle-axe in his right. Sir Henry de Bohun, with golden plate armour and a flowing red cloth tied to his helm, rides past, his long lance missing the king. He is crouched low, almost seeming to bow, his head lined up for the blow from the king's axe.
Text is too long for ALT-text – however full text can be found via the link, lines 25 to 85. Image description: “Bruce and de Bohun”, by John Duncan (1866–1945), Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. King Robert I, wearing chain mail, with a gold circlet around his helmet, and a flowing red-gold cloak and a surcoat bearing the Scottish lion rampant (red, on a yellow background) , stands up in the stirrups of the grey horse he is riding. He holds the reins tightly in his left hand and wields a battle-axe in his right. Sir Henry de Bohun, with golden plate armour and a flowing red cloth tied to his helm, rides past, his long lance missing the king. He is crouched low, almost seeming to bow, his head lined up for the blow from the king's axe.
Assoc for Scottish Literature
Assoc for Scottish Literature
@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
Assoc for Scottish Literature
Assoc for Scottish Literature
@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
Text is too long for ALT-text – however full text can be found via the link, lines 25 to 85. Image description: “Bruce and de Bohun”, by John Duncan (1866–1945), Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. King Robert I, wearing chain mail, with a gold circlet around his helmet, and a flowing red-gold cloak and a surcoat bearing the Scottish lion rampant (red, on a yellow background) , stands up in the stirrups of the grey horse he is riding. He holds the reins tightly in his left hand and wields a battle-axe in his right. Sir Henry de Bohun, with golden plate armour and a flowing red cloth tied to his helm, rides past, his long lance missing the king. He is crouched low, almost seeming to bow, his head lined up for the blow from the king's axe.
Text is too long for ALT-text – however full text can be found via the link, lines 25 to 85. Image description: “Bruce and de Bohun”, by John Duncan (1866–1945), Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. King Robert I, wearing chain mail, with a gold circlet around his helmet, and a flowing red-gold cloak and a surcoat bearing the Scottish lion rampant (red, on a yellow background) , stands up in the stirrups of the grey horse he is riding. He holds the reins tightly in his left hand and wields a battle-axe in his right. Sir Henry de Bohun, with golden plate armour and a flowing red cloth tied to his helm, rides past, his long lance missing the king. He is crouched low, almost seeming to bow, his head lined up for the blow from the king's axe.
Text is too long for ALT-text – however full text can be found via the link, lines 25 to 85. Image description: “Bruce and de Bohun”, by John Duncan (1866–1945), Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. King Robert I, wearing chain mail, with a gold circlet around his helmet, and a flowing red-gold cloak and a surcoat bearing the Scottish lion rampant (red, on a yellow background) , stands up in the stirrups of the grey horse he is riding. He holds the reins tightly in his left hand and wields a battle-axe in his right. Sir Henry de Bohun, with golden plate armour and a flowing red cloth tied to his helm, rides past, his long lance missing the king. He is crouched low, almost seeming to bow, his head lined up for the blow from the king's axe.