"PLANTS AND PEOPLE OF ANCIENT SCOTLAND"

 PUBLISHED BY TEMPUS PUBLISHING LTD. SOFTBACK, 2OOO. 8VO. 320PP.

THIS BOOK GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF PLANT EXPLOITATION IN SCOTLAND BY THE EARLIEST INHABITANTS, THE MESOLITHIC PEOPLE, BY THEIR SUCCESSORS OF THE NEOLITHIC,BRONZE AND IRON AGES, BY THE PICTS AND THE NORSE, AND BY THE PEOPLE OF MEDIEVAL TIMES DOWN TO AD 1500.

 THE AUTHORS DEAL WITH BOTH WILD AND CULTIVATED FOOD PLANTS, WITH SPICE PLANTS, PLANTS USED IN ALCOHOL PRODUCTION, MEDICINAL PLANTS,DYE PLANTS AND PLANTS USED FOR FUEL AND BUILDING.

THERE ARE DETAILED DISCUSSIONS OF THE PLANT REMAINS FROM THE  NEOLITHIC VILLAGE OF SKARA BRAE ON ORKNEY,FROM BRONZE AGE GRAVES IN FIFE, FROM THE DEFENSIVE DITCH AT BEARSDEN ROMAN FORT, AND FROM THE BENEATH PAISLEY ABBEY AND MUCH MORE.

THIS IS A BOOK OF GREAT INTEREST FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS, HISTORIANS,NATURAL HISTORIANS AND CONSERVATIONISTS.

THE ILLUSTRATED COVERS ARE IN VERY CLEAN, BRIGHT CONDITION, WITH ONLY VERY MINOR HANDLING MARKS.THERE IS A CREASE TO THE BOTTOM FORE EDGE AND VERY, VERY SLIGHT WEAR TO THE EDGES AND CORNERS.