The remains of the warlord. Credit: University of Reading
The remains of the warlord. Credit: University of Reading
Will the new map affect the Tory or Labour Party more?
Has his death been attributed to COVID-19 yet?
Just kidding. It’s a really cool find, but I’m not seeing the “redrawing the map” all that much. Borders were inexact and in a constant state of flux. The mid-Thames region could have been vitally important when this guy was alive and a backwater 5 years after he was gone. I’m guessing there will be a few more finds in the area.
Did they find Draco, too?
Kisagen?
Good movie.
“with significant levels of immigration from the continent”
So Saxon raids and invasion were “immigration”?
All part of the “immigrants uber alles” meme being pushed here and in Britain.
I’m a detectorist and history and archeology nerd. I love this stuff when detectorists make amazing discoveries, yet the academia archeologists eschew our hobby.
I wouldn’t ‘sensationalize’ this discovery with that type of headline, but it does provide another bit of knowledge of post-Roman Britain. Hopefully careful study of the find and also the location plotted to other post-Roman Anglo-Saxon settlements in the general region.
Alas, some “wag” will probably start shouting “We’ve found King Arthur.” I wish a couple of the Anglo-Saxon experts from the old Time Team show could provide some comments on this find.
It doesn’t look like Marlow Warlord is capable of drawing any maps. Maybe when he was alive (if he knew what a map was).
I'm thinking this is an understatement as the average Roman male was between 5'5"-7" and the native Britons of that era seem about the same.
Rome sucked out its military in the early 400s and was gone by 430. England's southeast coast already had fortification identified as "Saxon Shore" from the 200s but there is still a lot of controversy over how 'violent' the Anglo-Saxon incursions were in the period after Rome. Truly a 'dark age' with few records or chroniclers.
One thing noted in the article was how shallow the burial had become over time. After the mentioned 1,400 years, there would have been erosion and then near continuous agriculture. Kind of shows why these metal-detector enthusiasts do have successes, even when someone else has already 'worked' an area.
Thanks for an interesting post, SunkenCiv!
I know the article said the deceased was tall -- but, to me, his "long bones" look extraordinarily long.
Thanks for posting this!
TXnMA
