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

Kevin J. Edwards and Ian B. Ralston

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. The book brings together environmental, ecological, historical, geological, and archaeological approaches to show how changing

climatic conditions and a sequence of cultural impacts shaped the succession of Scottish landscapes that has led to its present unique, beautiful, fleeting forms and variety.

Related Subjects

• Earth Sciences
• Geography

About the Author

Kevin J. Edwards and Ian B. Ralston are professors of archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.

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