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Scotland After the Ice Age: Environment, Archaeology and History 8000 BC - AD 1000
Kevin J (Ed Edwards
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Description for Scotland After the Ice Age: Environment, Archaeology and History 8000 BC - AD 1000
Paperback. This book charts the environmental transformation of Scotland from the end of the ice age in an empty land 10,000 years ago to the Viking invasions of an established society 9,000 years later. Editor(s): Edwards, Kevin J.; Ralston, Ian. Num Pages: 336 pages, Extensively illustrated with maps and photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3B; 3D; 3F; HBJD1; HBLA; HBLC; HDD; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 246 x 21. Weight in Grams: 722.
This book charts the environmental transformation of Scotland from the end of the ice age in an empty land 10,000 years ago to the Viking invasions of an established society 9,000 years later. When the icefields and glaciers disappeared forests covered the land and sea level rose to create the Hebridean islands. Elk, aurochs, bear, boar, red deer, beaver and horse crossed the land bridge from Europe to colonise the land, first followed by hunter gatherers and later by waves of Celts, Romans, Scots, and Normans, each marking the landscape in distinctive ways. This book brings together environmental, ecological, historical, ... Read more
This book charts the environmental transformation of Scotland from the end of the ice age in an empty land 10,000 years ago to the Viking invasions of an established society 9,000 years later. When the icefields and glaciers disappeared forests covered the land and sea level rose to create the Hebridean islands. Elk, aurochs, bear, boar, red deer, beaver and horse crossed the land bridge from Europe to colonise the land, first followed by hunter gatherers and later by waves of Celts, Romans, Scots, and Normans, each marking the landscape in distinctive ways. This book brings together environmental, ecological, historical, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748617364
SKU
V9780748617364
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99-5
About Kevin J (Ed Edwards
Kevin Edwards is Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Aberdeen. He was previously Professor of Palaeoecology at the University of Sheffield. Ian Ralston is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.
Reviews for Scotland After the Ice Age: Environment, Archaeology and History 8000 BC - AD 1000
Includes a welcome guide to the vast array of literature that has emerged since the mid-nineties! brings together environmental and archaeological approaches to shed very considerable light on Scotland's cultural landscapes. This volume is an important survey of an emerging science and as such has the potential to act as a stimulus for renewed and refocused research for years to ... Read more