A Long Way from Home: Diaspora Communities in Roman Britain

Hella Eckardt, Gundula Müldner, Mary Lewis, 2012. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000405. How to cite using this DOI

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Overview

Catterick

Isotope analysis of 26 individuals from the fort and associated small town at Catterick was carried out, suggesting a largely 'local' population, despite the military presence and a nearby major road.

Chenery, C., Eckardt, H., Müldner, G. (2011). Cosmopolitan Catterick? Isotopic evidence for population mobility on Rome's northern frontier. Journal of Archaeological Science. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.018


Gloucester

For this isotopic investigation of population and dietary diversity in Roman Gloucester, we examined 21 individuals, 11 of which were found in a late 2nd century mass burial pit at London Road, and 10 found in nearby discrete burials.

Chenery, C., Müldner, G., Evans, J., Eckardt, H., Leach, S. and M. Lewis 2010. Strontium and stable isotope evidence for diet and mobility in Roman Gloucester, UK. Journal of Archaeological Science 37, 150-163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.025


Lankhills (Winchester)

In this study we examined 40 individuals from recent excavations of the late Roman cemetery at Lankhills School, Winchester (carried out by Oxford Archaeology), where earlier excavators have identified a number of individuals with burial rites thought to indicate origins in the Danube region. A comparison of grave goods, burial rites and isotopic signatures shows that in many cases burial practice was dictated not just by ethnicity, but by factors such as kinship, marriage or cultural and political preferences.

Eckardt, H., Booth, P., C. Chenery, Müldner, G., J.A. Evans and A. Lamb 2009. Isotope evidence for mobility at the late Roman cemetery at Lankhills, Winchester. Journal of Archaeological Science 36, 2816-2825. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.010


York

York was an important military and civilian centre with epigraphic and historical evidence for long-distance migration, and for this site we combined isotope analysis with forensic ancestry assessment: this resulted in two papers by Leach et al. (2009; 2010). There is also a paper on isotopic analysis of the unusual cemetery of beheaded males from Driffield terrace.

The data consists of:

  1. Data table for Driffield Terrace
  2. Data table for York AJPA paper (excel spreadsheet) - this has 3 spread sheets. The first is the database we used for the AJPA paper (skull results and isotopic information) the second contains the skull measurements and any other information (trauma, grave goods etc.). The final sheet contains information on the Trentholme Drive skeletons recorded at the Natural History Museum. Most do not end up in the final study but they are provided for completeness. I have also indicated where a FORDISC table and figure are provided and if there is a picture of the skull on the second sheet. The Images and Fordisc results have been renamed to be consistent with the numbers we used in the study, and are included in the information provided. I also include a Table that explains the codes for the 'nearest populations' used on the spreadsheet, and information on the measurements taken.
  3. Skull photographs
  4. Result tables from the forensic analysis (Fordisc)

Leach, S., Eckardt, H. , C. Chenery, G. Müldner and M. Lewis 2010. A 'lady' of York: migration, ethnicity and identity in Roman York. Antiquity 84, 131-145.

Leach, S., Lewis, M., Chenery, C., Eckardt, H. and G. Müldner 2009. Migration and diversity in Roman Britain: a multidisciplinary approach to immigrants in Roman York, England. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 140: 546-561.

Müldner, G., Chenery, C. and H. Eckardt. 2011. The 'Headless Romans': Multi-isotope investigations of an unusual burial ground in Roman York, UK. Journal of Archaeological Science 38, 280-290. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2010.09.003


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