ABSTRACT
The natural inheritance: The seas – Wind and water – Navigation – Types of boats – Overseas contact – THE ISLAND OF BRITAIN – Productivity – Agricultural strategies – Entry points – Rivers – Trackways – Horses – Other animals – Natural territories – The prehistoric inheritance – Ancient memory: the early prehistoric inheritance – Living memory: the Iron Age inheritance in Ireland – In Britain – Inherited language – Religious practice (and other relics) – Living memory 2: the Roman inheritance – Living memory 3: the German inheritance – ATTITUDES TO THE PAST: Fm 1, 2, 3 – Where ideas came from – The seven regions as cultural areas – The structure of the book
