FROM the top of the highest mountain to the bottom of the deepest
peat bog, the landscape of Scotland bears the mark of the people
who have lived and worked on the land for generations. It is the
role of archaeology to recognise and interpret these traces, and in
this book archaeological skills are brought to bear on the
landscape of today. Beautiful scenery conceals traces of how the
land was used by its communities - how the wealth of the land was
extracted and exploited through mining and industry; how
communities interacted through trade and warfare; and how religion
and burial were performed. Each subject is explained using
representative sites from all periods and all parts of the country,
such as farmsteads, castles, Roman remains and standing stones.
Each of the 150 sites bears an illustration and concise analysis
using a broad range of physical and human factors. Wickham-Jones
takes us to humps and bumps and piles of stone - the ordinary sites
which explorers of the countryside come across every day. After
reading this book a walk in the countryside will never be the same
again.
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