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Remnants of Britain鈥檚 ancient societies are visible throughout the landscape of our modern world, from Bronze Age burial cairns dotted across the Scottish islands to clues found on the Norfolk coast of an Ice Age land now far under the North Sea.

What these sites tell us about our ancestors and their relationship with their environment is the subject of a new book by 糖心Vlog wild writer , who goes on to ask what we can learn about our own connection to our natural surroundings.

In Ancient Wonderings Dr Canton travels the length of Britain to discover the treasures, beliefs and cultural practices of our ancestors. Dr Canton said:

鈥淚鈥檝e long been obsessed with the ancient world and I set out to find the prehistoric sites and phenomena that most intrigued me. The lifestyle and ritual practices of our distant ancestors are fascinating, and many of their concerns mirror ours. For example, death rituals are an eternal human preoccupation and evidence has shown that Bronze Age people in the Outer Hebrides learnt mummification techniques.鈥�

From an undeciphered script on a stone north of Aberdeen to remnants of the Roman road network that spanned England, Dr Canton immersed himself in the geography and geology of the landscape.

鈥淭here are still many spots in Britain that are untouched by modern times,鈥� Dr Canton continued. 鈥淵ou can walk the same beaches as our ancestors walked four thousand years ago and the modern world of consumption and digital entertainment feels completely distant.鈥�

Ancient Wonderings is published on 15 June 2017 by and will appeal to anyone with an interest in our natural landscape and British prehistory.

Dr Canton teaches on our , exploring the ties between literature and the landscape.