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Footmarks

A Journey Into our Restless Past

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By: Jim Leary
Narrated by: Kris Dyer
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Archaeologist Jim Leary reanimates the past with this riveting 'archaeology of movement'

All too often we think of the past as static, 'frozen in time', and indeed movement is not always easy to decipher from the archaeological record. With Jim Leary's expert eye we explore the tangible remains, from fossilised footprint tracks to prehistoric wooden trackways, ridgeways, holloways, droveways, green ways, corpse roads, and Roman roads. Isotope studies and archaeogenetics now allow us see the arduous journeys that people made across continents and oceans, proving that migration has been continuous throughout our past, an endless ebb and flow of populations.

This new story of our past shows that history was warm and full of life, and no doubt at times cold, dark and miserable - but it was never motionless. Footmarks will make you look at the landscape around you with fresh eyes.©2023 Jim Leary (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Anthropology Archaeology Architecture Civilization World
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A fascinating book absolutely ruined by the awful narration. I have 250 audiobooks in my library and this is by far the most irritating reading, sounds like he’s reading a cartoon book for under fives

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A reasonably good book made challenging by the bizarre narration. Comes across as
patronising and ruins the gravitas of some of the more interesting passages.

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