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Donald A. Mackenzie. Ancient Man in Britain
Ancient Man in Britain
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
PREFACE
LIST OF PLATES
CHAPTER I. Britons of the Stone Age
CHAPTER II. Earliest Traces of Modern Man
CHAPTER III. The Age of the "Red Man" of Wales
CHAPTER IV. Shell Deities and Early Trade
CHAPTER V. New Races in Europe
CHAPTER VI. The Faithful Dog
CHAPTER VII. Ancient Mariners Reach Britain
CHAPTER VIII. Neolithic Trade and Industries
CHAPTER IX. Metal Workers and Megalithic. Monuments
CHAPTER X. Celts and Iberians as Intruders and. Traders
CHAPTER XI. Races of Britain and Ireland
CHAPTER XII. Druidism in Britain and Gaul
CHAPTER XIII. The Lore of Charms
CHAPTER XIV. The World of Our Ancestors
CHAPTER XV. Why Trees and Wells were Worshipped
CHAPTER XVI. Ancient Pagan Deities
CHAPTER XVII. Historical Summary
INDEX
FOOTNOTES:
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Donald A. Mackenzie
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"His short, thick-set, and coarsely built body was carried in a half-stooping slouch upon short, powerful, and half-flexed legs of peculiarly ungraceful form. His thick neck sloped forward from the broad shoulders to support the massive flattened head, which protruded forward, so as to form an unbroken curve of neck and back, in place of the alteration of curves, which is one of the graces of the truly erect Homo sapiens. The heavy overhanging eyebrow ridges, and retreating forehead, the great coarse face, with its large eye-sockets, broad nose, and receding chin, combined to complete the picture of unattractiveness, which it is more probable than not was still further emphasized by a shaggy covering of hair over most of the body. The arms were relatively short, and the exceptionally large hands lacked the delicacy and the nicely balanced co-operation of thumb and fingers, which is regarded as one of the most distinctive of human characteristics."[4]
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