“Iām going to study the history prior to the Picts and Celts.”
Well, the problem with that is it’s into prehistory and not history. The people who were there first didn’t leave any written records. All we have are stone age monuments similar to Stonehenge and some archaeological remains to go off, maybe a cave painting here or there.
We have a lot from DNA analysis now too, but the guys classifying groups that ancient by their DNA give them a different name than the archaeologists who are digging up their graves assign to them. So if you want to get a fuller picture you have to figure out that the group the DNA guys called “X” is probably the same group the archaeologists call “Y”. They’re just labelled with different names depending on who is talking about them.
Way over my head! I did notice the 5000-year reference though and knew Scotland wasn’t a country then. The tomb is not Scots, it’s just on Scottish territory NOW.
Most little girls wanted to be nurses and secretaries when I was a kid. I wanted to be an archaeologist. š That was my dream!
When Rome was in the last years of decline in Britain, organized groups of raiders were making the short trip to what is now Scotland from Ireland to burn, steal and pillage-some of them apparently stayed after awhile-the Romans and Brits called them “Scots”-probably a mix of Celt and maybe Norse.
My ancestors were from Spain-Pyrenees, mostly-a couple of Native Americans, and one immigrant originally from W Prussia, but that was very recent-early 19th century. I have a keen interest in where people came from and why-one of my cousins married an archaeologist who invited my 1st hubby and I to go and work on several digs in both Mexico and NM-Paleo-Indian and later Native stuff-fascinating-you can pick up things like arrowheads, pieces of pottery, ornaments-just holding those thing in your hand is a rush because the detailing is so intricate and pretty, but your pockets, packs, etc have to be emptied every day at closing time-you are not allowed to even keep a stick from any site-it all goes to study and then exhibit in museums...