Scotland After the Ice Age: Environment, Archaeology and History 8000 BC - AD 1000

Kevin J. Edwards; Ian B. M. Ralston

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2003

Scotland After the Ice Age

Environment, Archaeology and History 8000 BC - AD 1000

Kevin J. Edwards and Ian B. M. Ralston

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474467995

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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, geological, and archaeological approaches to show how changing climatic conditions and this sequence of cultural impacts shaped the succession of Scottish landscapes which have led to its present unique, beautiful, fleeting forms and variety.

The seventeen authors are scholars from a range of fields, all writing for students and general readers. The first six chapters consider interactions of human ecology, climate, landscape, soils, vegetation and faunal change. The next seven are a chronological narrative history of Scotland's environment over 9,000 years. The final chapter unites these systematic and historical approaches.

The book is extensively illustrated with maps and photographs. The paperback edition includes a new and extensive guide to further reading.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Plates Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
List of Authors Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
1 Environment and People in Prehistoric and Early Historical Times: Preliminary Considerations Kevin J. Edwards and Ian B. M. Ralston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Climate Change Graeme Whittington and Kevin J. Edward Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
3 Geomorphology and Landscape Change Colin K. Ballantyne and Alastair G. Dawson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
4 Soils and Their Evolution Donald A. Davidson and Stephen P. Carter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
5 Vegetation Change Kevin J. Edwards and Graeme Whittington Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
6 Faunal Change Finbar McCormick, Paul C. Buckland, P. Carter and Jon P. Sadler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
7 The Mesolithic Bill Finlayson and Kevin J. Edward Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
8 The Neolithic Gordon J. Barclay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
9 The Bronze Age Trevor G. Cowie and Ian A. G. Shepherd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
10 The Iron Age Ian Armit and Ian B. M. Ralston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
11 The Roman Presence: Brief Interludes William S. Hanson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
12 The Early Historic Period: An Archaeological Perspective Ian B. M. Ralston and Ian Armit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
13 The Early Norse Period John R. Hunter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
14 Environment and Archaeology in Scotland: Some Observations Kevin J. Edwards and Ian B. M. Ralston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
A Guide to the Literature since 1996 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Illustrations
- Other: Extensively illustrated with maps and photographs
Keywords: Geography

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Published: February 15, 2022
ISBN: 9781474467995