Archaeological Origins of Scotland How British is Scotland?

Stephen Driscoll, Professor of Historical Archaeology, and Ewan Campbell, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, from the University of Glasgow explore how the concept of Scottish nationality is applied in the field of archaeology. Professor Driscoll emphasises how difficult it is to ascribe Scottishness to archaeological finds, but notes how they have been packaged as Scottish in modern times. Dr Campbell looks at the varied origin myths of the Scottish nation, noting that identity was fluid in the early medieval period. He also asserts that Scotland was culturally conversant with other parts of Europe in this period, and only peripheral in a strictly geographical sense.