Scotland: Environment and Archaeology, 8000 BC to AD 1000, edited by Kevin
Edwards and Ian Ralston, explores the diverse impacts of culture on nature. From
the palaeo-environment of early hunter-gatherers to the arrival of the Vikings,
this authoritative book is a definitive publication on Scotland’s unique past.
Published by Wiley, £45, ISBN 047194873X.
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