Before Scotland

The Story of Scotland Before History

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The story of the land that became Scotland is one of dramatic geological events and impressive human endeavour.

The story of the land that became Scotland is one of dramatic geological events and impressive human endeavour Alistair Moffats gripping narrative ranges from the great thaw at the end of the Ice Age which was instrumental in shaping Scotlands magnificent landscape through the megalith builders the Celts and the Picts to the ascension of King Constantine IIbrbrMoffat deploys his knowledge with wit and deftness interweaving the story with numerous special features on topics as diverse as cave drawings of dancing girls natural birth control the myth of Atlantis and the Zoroastrian Towers of Silence all of them valuable sometimes quirky additions to the whole picture Rounding out the account is a selection of carefully chosen colour photographs that give a strong sense of the Scottish landscape and monumentsbrbrErudite and entertaining iBefore Scotlandi transforms our understanding of a neglected period A story of dramatic geological events and impressive human endeavour it is essential reading for anyone interested in the land that became Scotland
Extent: 352 pp
Format: Paperback
Illustrations: 22
Publication date: 2009-03-16
Size: 19.8 x 12.9 cm
ISBN: 9780500297254
1. The Painted Islands • 2. The Ice Domes • 3. The Wildwood • 4. The Kindred Ground • 5. Homely Geometry • 6. The Iron Warlords 7. Caledonia • 8. The Last of the British

Press Reviews

There’s a timelessness about people and landscape which is brought out quite brilliantly here. This book deserves to be very, very widely read
Professor Barry Cunliffe, Oxford University

Lively and entertaining … the text is sprinkled with the sort of facts that should make even the doziest reader sit up and think
Scottish Field

Enthralling
Scotsman


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