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Eustace44 t1_jcdki9s wrote

Reply to Bookclub and Sources Wednesday! by AutoModerator

hello, i’m looking for book recommendations about post-roman britain, up to the early middle ages/unification of england. i’m interested the history of the britons, picts, etc as well as the heptarchy and the angles. i know that that’s a lot of history to cover so i’m not strictly looking for a book that covers everything, but if you know of any books that cover some or all of the above topics i’d really appreciate your recs! tia!

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MeatballDom OP t1_jcd7dyk wrote

Reply to Remains of Roman aristocrat unearthed in ‘extraordinary’ cemetery near Leeds by MeatballDom

>What's with the deleted posts?

About 80% of them are people asking why the comments are being deleted.

It's a super secret method, only few know about it, but I'll tell you if you promise not to tell anyone else: Want to not get your comment deleted? Read the article, comment on the article. Tada.

How to get your comment deleted: "Archaeology is a scam!" "I heard from my cousin's sister's cousin's dad's son's only sister's sibling that Rome isn't real" "lol guys I'm practicing for my first standup routine, check out this one" "insert overused quote from a movie" "WhY aRe ThE ComMeNTs AlL DeLetTeDeDEDd"

It's really not that hard.

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DisserviceToVanilla t1_jccs34f wrote

Reply to comment by lollerkeet in Remains of Roman aristocrat unearthed in ‘extraordinary’ cemetery near Leeds by MeatballDom

Doesn't say, but they date the body to 400AD so presumably.

>Unusually for an ancient cemetery, the remains found in Garforth belonged to people from the late Roman and the early Saxon eras. The skeleton of the late Roman aristocratic woman was found alongside the remains of 60 men, women and children from the two periods. > > Archaeologists traced the burial traditions of both cultures in the cemetery, the precise location of which is being kept secret.

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MainOld697 t1_jccros9 wrote

Reply to Remains of Roman aristocrat unearthed in ‘extraordinary’ cemetery near Leeds by MeatballDom

I'm pretty close to Garforth, I'd love to know where abouts it was to try and go have a nosey.

>Although the exact location remains a secret, the excavation was in part prompted by a discovery nearby of late Roman stone buildings and a small number of Anglo-Saxon-style structures.

They (the council) recently finished a large project to build a trunk road connecting north Leeds with the A1 motorway, I'm almost certain this was what caused the initial discovery.

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