'The Girl in Question': A New Text from Roman London

Tomlin, R. S. O.

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“…Londinium in particular is known to have experienced significant socioeconomic fluctuations over its centuries of occupation (Perring, ). Furthermore, Romano‐British populations are considered to have been diverse as a consequence of migration and in terms of social identities (Millett, 1995; Tomlin, ; Mattingly, ; Leach et al, ; Lewis, ; Eckardt et al, ). These features may drive heterogeneity in environmental experience.…”

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“…These features may drive heterogeneity in environmental experience. Particular evidence exists for social diversity and for migration in Londinium , including the presence of child‐migrants, whether free or enslaved, with a writing tablet from Londinium detailing the sale of an enslaved girl from Gaul (Perring, ; Tomlin, ; Gowland and Redfern, ; Millard et al, ). The Londinium cemeteries from which the adolescents of this study derive exhibit a variety of funerary practices that likely relate to such social and ethnic identities (Hall, ).…”

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Coming of age in Roman Britain: Osteological evidence for pubertal timing

Arthur

Gowland

Redfern

2016

American J Phys Anthropol

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Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. ABSTRACT ObjectivesPuberty is a key transitional phase of the human life course, with important biological and social connotations. Novel methods for the identification of the pubertal growth spurt and menarche in skeletal remains have recently been proposed Lewis 2013, 2014). In this study we applied the methods to two Romano-British cemetery samples (1 st -early 5 th centuries AD) in order to investigate the timing of puberty during this period and further assess the veracity of the methods. Materials and methodsShapland and Lewis' methods (2013Lewis' methods ( , 2014 ResultsOverall, the Romano-British males and females experienced the onset of puberty at similar ages to modern European adolescents, but subsequently experienced a longer period of pubertal development. Menarche occurred between the ages of 15-17 years for these Romano-British females, around 2-4 years later than for present-day European females.

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Coming of age in Roman Britain: Osteological evidence for pubertal timing

Arthur

Gowland

Redfern

2016

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…In the imperial household this sense was extended into a grade or title often applied to imperial slaves who exercised a delegated financial authority especially in the provinces (Weaver 1972, 200–11). Such a uicarius called Vegetus is attested by a writing-tablet from London (Tomlin 2003), and we have suggested that after manumission he became the Cocceius Vegetus who receives 352 (see Tab . Vindol .…”

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The Vindolanda Writing-Tablets (Tabulae Vindolandenses IV, Part 2)

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“…The archaeology of Londinium has revealed primary source evidence for children, such as the famous writing tablet detailing the sale of Fortunata, a Gaulish slave girl (Tomlin, 1993), as well as a limited number of funerary inscriptions, such as that of 15 year old Marcus Aurelius Eucarpus (Tomlin, et al, 2009, RIB 10), and a fragment of a sculpture depicting a small child holding a ball. Numerous children's leather shoes have also been recovered, which is unsurprising as leatherworking was an important industry in the settlement, and two small leather bikini briefs, possibly worn by children (Wilmott, 1982, Keily, 2011.…”

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‘From the mouths of babes’: A subadult dietary stable isotope perspective on Roman London (Londinium)

Redfern

Gowland

Millard

et al. 2018

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Citation for published item: edfernD ee nd qowlndD ee nd willrdD endrew nd owellD vindsy nd qr¤ okeD hrren @PHIVA 9prom the mouths of es9 X sudult dietry stle isotope perspetive on omn vondon @vondiniumAF9D tournl of rheologil sieneFD IW F ppF IHQHEIHRHF Further information on publisher's website: httpsXGGdoiForgGIHFIHITGjFjsrepFPHIUFHVFHIS Publisher's copyright statement: c 2017 This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Highlights First temporal analysis of childhood diet in a northern Roman city  Periods of economic instability reflected in dietary choices  Evidence for the childhood consumption of freshwater fish Abstract Londinium (AD 48-410) was the focus for Roman administration and trade in Britain; it was established and inhabited by people from across the Empire who continued to practice their diverse food-ways. Roman London was a unique settlement, whose fluctuating economic and political fortunes throughout Roman occupation are clearly evidenced in the archaeological and historical records. This study conducts stable isotope analysis of the diet of a large sample of subadults (0-20 years old) dating from the 1 st to 4 th centuries AD in London. It includes an assessment of breastfeeding and weaning practices, but aims to focus more on the diets of older children and the transition to 'adult' dietary behaviours. The rib bones of 100 subadults and 20 adults were sampled for carbon and nitrogen isotopes. Using these data, we identified an infant feeding pattern that differed from contemporaneous sites in Italy and which remained unchanged over time, a special diet for nursing females, and temporal changes in diet, whereby subadults consumed greater quantities of freshwater resources compared to adults during periods of economic instability.

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'The Girl in Question': A New Text from Roman London

Cited by 93 publications

References 6 publications

Coming of age in Roman Britain: Osteological evidence for pubertal timing

Coming of age in Roman Britain: Osteological evidence for pubertal timing

The Vindolanda Writing-Tablets (Tabulae Vindolandenses IV, Part 2)

‘From the mouths of babes’: A subadult dietary stable isotope perspective on Roman London (Londinium)

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