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Wild Harvesters: Scotlands First Settlers (Scotland's First Settlers) (Hardcover)

by Bill Finlayson (Author), Harry Bland (Illustrator)
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  • Hardcover: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Birlinn Ltd (1 Jun 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0862417791
  • ISBN-13: 978-0862417796
  • Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 18.6 x 0.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 877,261 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is the story of Scotland's very fine people. From about 8000BC to 4000BC migrant hunter gatherers were slowly moving north as the great ice sheets of the last Ice Age gradually melted. This represents the longest single period in Scotland's past. These peoples did not use metals, farm, or build great monuments, but their success in harvesting the resources available to them allowed them to flourish for thousand of years. The land they lived in was far different from the Scotland of today, great swathes of coastline were under water and much that is now sea was the land. Bill Finlayson weaves a story of the ways of life and beliefs of these people often unfairly caricatured as "squat, grunting savages". They have left but few traces on the landscape - the great shell mounds of Oronsay, cave shelters, scattered stone tools and hearths - but these few traces represent the first sign the first sign of man in Scotland.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Introduction, 9 Nov 2003
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Part of the Canongate series, introducing readers to Scottish history. This volume covers the prehistory of 8000-4000 BC. Accessible, beautifully illustrated, it gives a thorough introduction to the period and should stimulate your interest. An excellent little work.
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