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Ancient Skulls Show Anglo-Saxon Identity Was More Cultural Than Genetic
Discover Magazine ^ | July 27, 2021 | Mark Collard, Keith Dobney, and Kimberly Plomp

Posted on 08/30/2021 9:07:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

The results we obtained suggested a substantial difference between the Early Anglo-Saxon Period sample and the Middle Anglo-Saxon Period. We found that between 66 and 75 per cent of the Early Anglo-Saxon individuals were of mainland European ancestry, while between 25 and 30 per cent were of local ancestry. In contrast, we found that 50 to 70 per cent of the Middle Anglo-Saxon Period individuals were of local ancestry, while 30 to 50 per cent were of mainland European ancestry.

While our estimates of the percentage of Anglo-Saxons who had mainland European ancestry fall comfortably within the range of estimates derived from genetic data, they contradict the picture painted by both the historical documents and the isotopic evidence. Specifically, our estimates suggest that there was greater persistence of the Romano-British population than the historical documents claim, and a larger number of immigrants than the isotope evidence has been taken to indicate.

We think these discrepancies can be explained relatively easily. It seems likely that the mismatch between our results and the historical documents relates to the fact that the documents were written long after — in some cases, several hundred years after — the migration, and therefore are of questionable accuracy, which a number of scholars have argued.

We suspect the difference between our results and the isotopes may be the consequence of a misunderstanding. While strontium and oxygen isotopes are informative about where an individual grew up, they don’t tell us about a person’s ancestry. Hence, it is feasible that some, if not all, of the individuals with local isotopic signatures were second-generation immigrants — that is, their parents originated in mainland Europe but they themselves were born and raised in the British Isles.

(Excerpt) Read more at discovermagazine.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: anglosaxons; britain; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; jutes; middleages; romanempire
An Anglo-Saxon burial mound in Taplow Court, England. (Credit: mbarredo/Shutterstock)
An Anglo-Saxon burial mound in Taplow Court, England - shutterstock 1778768042

1 posted on 08/30/2021 9:07:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

More “we are all immigrants” propaganda to try to legitimize the immivasion in Britain.


2 posted on 08/30/2021 9:27:17 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: SunkenCiv
The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings were, in other words, strikingly similar to the multiracial societies of contemporary northern Europe.

Perhaps. But they were not multicultural. In fact, the Anglo-Saxon conversion to Christianity led them to sever many existing cultural ties to Scandinavia and tied them much more closely to Merovingian and Carolingian France.

3 posted on 08/30/2021 9:29:21 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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4 posted on 08/30/2021 9:33:03 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Bookmark


5 posted on 08/30/2021 9:40:07 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: SunkenCiv

Slightly off topic: I watched ‘The Dig’ last weekend - interesting ‘based on true story’ UK archeological movie … it was pretty good


6 posted on 08/30/2021 9:44:41 AM PDT by 11th_VA (Stolen elections have consequences.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Did you watch The Dig?


7 posted on 08/30/2021 9:47:02 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: 11th_VA

LOL — noticed your comment after posting mine.


8 posted on 08/30/2021 9:48:47 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SunkenCiv

If you read Tacitus, he describes hundreds of Germanic tribes. Most of them were amalgamated into just a few groups only 500 years later. Since their languages were mutually intelligible, this was a relatively straightforward process, and they gradually joined up into quasi-national groups.

Generally speaking, tribal peoples are not very picky about merging. American Indian tribes would fight wars, and the losing tribe would just be taken over by the winner. Many of the male warriors were killed, but whoever was left was absorbed.

Nobody asked for any documents, because nobody could read or write.


9 posted on 08/30/2021 10:07:18 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: 11th_VA; Gene Eric

The story of the Sutton Hoo discovery is pretty great, not even considering how spectacular the finds were. The landowner always thought it was a king’s burial up there, a hunch, or premonition, or what have you.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/death-and-memory/anglo-saxon-ship-burial-sutton-hoo

https://freerepublic.com/tag/suttonhoo/index

Netflix ‘The Dig’ author John Preston meets Time Team
13,204 viewsPremiered Feb 16, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBvm9cvBm54

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=vid&q=%22the+dig%22


10 posted on 08/30/2021 10:17:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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https://www.bitchute.com/video/QzjzUwewN6o/

https://www.bitchute.com/hashtag/anglosaxons/


11 posted on 08/30/2021 10:20:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Regulator

All right, raise your hands: Who thought of biden, pelosi, kerry, waters et all when seeing the phrase “ancient skulls”?

Not me.


12 posted on 08/30/2021 11:02:49 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: DPMD

Well, the word Cretin does come to mind...


13 posted on 08/30/2021 12:11:20 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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