A long way from home - diaspora communities in Roman Britain

罗马统治下的英国是真正的多元文化，有文献证据证明，高卢人、日耳曼人、多瑙河人和北非人等人的存在。这些移民中的一些人是自愿来的(例如作为商人)，但另一些人是被迫迁移的(例如奴隶和应征入伍的人)。这些散居海外的社区对罗马-不列颠文化做出了独特的贡献，这一事实有时在考古学方法中被遗忘，因为考古学只关注罗马帝国的统一和罗马化特征。该项目将通过将物质文化研究与人类遗骸的骨学和化学分析相结合，来调查散居在罗马英国的社区的生活经历。我们将探索那些通过强迫或选择来到英国的社区是如何创造出与当地社会截然不同的身份，并与他们的祖国保持意识形态和个人联系的。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(多切斯特附近的约克和庞德伯里)的骨骼遗骸进行骨学分析将包括研究法医方法，例如研究头骨形态以确定祖先。庞德伯里的一组不寻常的儿童墓地将被研究，以确定他们独特的病理是否由镰状细胞贫血引起，这种疾病几乎仅限于非洲裔人。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)。许多散居海外的社区仍然忠于他们的饮食习惯，通过同位素分析(碳和氮)对食物方式的检查将构成该项目的一个关键方面，特别是富含海洋食品的饮食可能被视为传达“罗马人”和可能的移民身份。我们还将研究选定遗址的文物、墓葬和仪式证据，以揭示罗马英国散居社区的文化经历。

"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."