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The girl is estimated to have died in the 7th century at around the age of ten or eleven. The grave goods accompanying her burial - a pot, a bone comb, a knife and a spoon<ref>''The Times''(London), 6th October 2022, J. Blackburn: "DNA sheds light on diversity in the Dark Ages": </ref> - were typical of local culture of the period. DNA analysis however suggests either her paternal grandfather, or possibly her great-grandfather, came from the Esan or [[Yoruba]] population groups; while analysis of the skeletons of two women buried nearby indicates they were her great aunts, and both of North European ancestry. |
The girl is estimated to have died in the 7th century at around the age of ten or eleven. The grave goods accompanying her burial - a pot, a bone comb, a knife and a spoon<ref>''The Times''(London), 6th October 2022, J. Blackburn: "DNA sheds light on diversity in the Dark Ages": </ref> - were typical of local culture of the period. DNA analysis however suggests either her paternal grandfather, or possibly her great-grandfather, came from the Esan or [[Yoruba]] population groups; while analysis of the skeletons of two women buried nearby indicates they were her great aunts, and both of North European ancestry. |
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Although the girl's remains were first discovered in the 1980s it is only recently that her ancestry has been investigated in any detail. As part of a study of migrations in the post-Roman period <ref> [[https://www.mpg.de/19242859/0919-evan-the-anglo-saxon-migration-150495-x| From Continental Europe to England]]</ref> undertaken jointly by the [[University of Central Lancashire]] and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology of [[Leipzig]] researchers examined 460 skeletons from 37 archaeological sites across Europe, using recent |
Although the girl's remains were first discovered in the 1980s it is only recently that her ancestry has been investigated in any detail. As part of a study of migrations in the post-Roman period <ref> [[https://www.mpg.de/19242859/0919-evan-the-anglo-saxon-migration-150495-x| From Continental Europe to England]]</ref> undertaken jointly by the [[University of Central Lancashire]] and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology of [[Leipzig]] researchers examined 460 skeletons from 37 archaeological sites across Europe, using recent aDNA and stable isotope techniques to plot shifts in population in [[Sub-Roman Britain]]. DNA analysis showed a high proportion of those living in the South Eastern parts of England in the 7th century had genetic links with Continental Northern Europe, particularly with regions corresponding to modern [[Germany]] and [[Denmark]]. |
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| Created | 7th century AD |
| Period/culture | Early Middle Ages |
| Discovered | 1980s Eastry, Kent |
Updown Girl is the nickname given to the skeletal remains of a girl found in the 1980s at a 7th. century burial site in Kent, England (the site is close to Updown Farm, near Eastry). Although the girl's remains were first found several decades ago they have only recently attracted interest after modern aDNA and stable isotope analysis indicated she was of partly North European and partly West African descent.
The girl is estimated to have died in the 7th century at around the age of ten or eleven. The grave goods accompanying her burial - a pot, a bone comb, a knife and a spoon[1] - were typical of local culture of the period. DNA analysis however suggests either her paternal grandfather, or possibly her great-grandfather, came from the Esan or Yoruba population groups; while analysis of the skeletons of two women buried nearby indicates they were her great aunts, and both of North European ancestry.
Although the girl's remains were first discovered in the 1980s it is only recently that her ancestry has been investigated in any detail. As part of a study of migrations in the post-Roman period [2] undertaken jointly by the University of Central Lancashire and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology of Leipzig researchers examined 460 skeletons from 37 archaeological sites across Europe, using recent aDNA and stable isotope techniques to plot shifts in population in Sub-Roman Britain. DNA analysis showed a high proportion of those living in the South Eastern parts of England in the 7th century had genetic links with Continental Northern Europe, particularly with regions corresponding to modern Germany and Denmark.
Possible tags Women of African Descent 7th century in England Medieval England Kent South East England Migration Period
References
- ^ The Times(London), 6th October 2022, J. Blackburn: "DNA sheds light on diversity in the Dark Ages":
- ^ [From Continental Europe to England]