A long way from home - diaspora communities in Roman Britain

“罗马统治下的不列颠是真正的多元文化，有文献证据证明高卢人、日耳曼人、多瑙河人和北非人等的存在。这些移民中有些是自愿来的（如商人），但其他人是被迫迁移的（如奴隶和应征入伍者）。这些散居的社区对罗马-英国文化做出了独特的贡献，这一事实有时在考古方法中被遗忘，这些考古方法只关注罗马帝国的统一和“罗马化”特征。本项目将通过对物质文化的研究与对人类遗骸的骨学和化学分析相结合，研究罗马时期英国散居人群的生活经历。我们将探讨通过强迫或选择来到英国的社区如何创造与东道国社会不同的身份，并与他们的祖国保持意识形态和个人联系。我们的目标是通过祖先特征和同位素分析来识别移民。对选定地点（多尔切斯特附近的约克和庞德伯里）骨骼遗骸的骨学分析将包括法医研究方法，例如，通过头骨形态学来确定祖先。将对来自庞德伯里的一组不寻常的儿童埋葬进行研究，以确定其独特的病理是否归因于镰状细胞贫血，这种疾病几乎只存在于非洲人后裔中。多代理同位素分析将测试表明地理来源的同位素（锶、氧和铅）。许多散居社区仍然忠实于他们的饮食习惯，通过同位素分析（碳和氮）检查食物方式将成为本项目的一个重要方面。特别是，富含海洋食物的饮食可能被视为传达“罗马”，甚至可能是移民身份。我们还将检查来自选定地点的人工制品、埋葬和仪式证据，以揭示罗马不列颠散居社区的文化体验。”

"Britain under Rome was truly multi-cultural, with documentary evidence attesting to the presence of, among others, Gaulish, Germanic, Danubian and North African peoples. Some of these immigrants came by choice (e.g. as merchants) but others were forced to move (e.g. slaves and conscripts). These diaspora communities made distinct contributions to Romano-British culture, a fact that is sometimes forgotten in archaeological approaches that focus on only the unifying and 'Romanising' features of the Roman Empire. This project will investigate the life experiences of diaspora communities in Roman Britain by combining the study of material culture with osteological and chemical analysis of human remains. We will explore how communities that came to Britain either through coercion or choice created identities that were distinct from the host society and maintained ideological and personal links with their homeland. We aim to identify immigrants through ancestral traits and isotopic analysis. Osteological analysis of skeletal remains from selected sites (York & Poundbury near Dorchester) will include forensic methods of studying, for example, skull morphology to establish ancestry. A group of unusual child burials from Poundbury will be studied to establish whether their distinct pathologies are due to sickle cell anaemia, a condition almost exclusively limited to people of African descent Multi-proxy Isotopic analysis will test for isotopes (strontium, oxygen and lead) that are indicative of geographical origin. Many diaspora communities remain faithful to their dietary habits and the examination of foodways through isotopic analysis (carbon & nitrogen) will form a crucial aspect of this project In particular, a diet rich in marine foods may be seen as conveying ""Roman"" and possibly immigrant identities. We will also examine artefact, burial and ritual evidence from selected sites to reveal the cultural experience of diaspora communities in Roman Britain."