Hi Daryl,
That’s a big ask as the books cover big complex topics.
The Faded Map seems to use a blend of the historical sources, recent archaeology and linguistic analysis to try to delineate the Celtic and Pictish tribes/realms (he calls them 'kindreds') in the British Isles and near Continent from the Iron Age up to the Normans. DNA does not feature. Written in 2014. He highlights where scholars disagree, and his credentials and reputation are sound.
The DNA book covers a wider region and period from post glacial, hunter-gatherers, Beakers, etc. and again using a blend of historical, archaeological and linguistic analyses to support his 'story'.
My thoughts: it would be hard to get a better synthesis and exposition unless you are prepared to do years (I typed ‘tears’!) of detailed scholarly reading. He has done it for the reader.
HTH, Chris
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On 16 Aug 2022, at 00:50, Class1 Driver <class1driver@...> wrote:
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Hi Chris:
Could you give an outline of the content of these books in including your thoughts about them?
Best,
Daryl
I'll try to respond soon to Leake's posting
A nice summary of the murky post-Roman history is "The Faded Map - the Lost Kingdoms of Scotland" by Alistair Moffat, who regularly writes on Border material. He has also written a book covering the same period and area summarising major DNA results, but that may have dated since 2019: "Britain’s DNA Journey - our Remarkable Genetic Story".
Both have quite good indexes.
HTH, Chris
