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SUMMARY:New evidence and model for the early medieval &quot\;Adventus Saxo
 num&quot\; - Dr Sam Leggett\, University of Oxford
DTSTART:20210528T121500Z
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CONTACT:Laura Courto
DESCRIPTION:Mobility during the first millennium AD across Europe is both 
 well attested and highly contested. The lines of evidence are now broadeni
 ng with more genetic studies (both modern and ancient DNA)\, and a larger 
 corpus of stable isotope data to draw on alongside the material culture an
 d historical sources. In this talk I utilise new and published isotopic da
 ta for early medieval England and western Europe to clearly demonstrate mi
 gration to England in the early middle ages at a large scale\, with fluctu
 ating patterns of mobility across the first millennium AD. I also show tha
 t migration was gendered\, and furthermore that there are differences in t
 he volume and nature of migrants to different areas of England\, with litt
 le to suggest migrants and "locals" were treated different in death. This 
 suggests a model of large-scale and relatively continuous migration across
  the period\, at odds with previous models of elite-replacement and cultur
 al segregation. I also demonstrate that the isotopic data from early medie
 val burials shows evidence for climate change and a possible "beer event h
 orizon".
LOCATION:Online via zoom
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