08-31-2006, 01:25 PM
I think that in this thread 2 basically extreme scenarios have been discussed. The "full scale invasion" against the "elite taking control" scenarios. Rereading an old classic, L. Musset "Barbarian Invasions" I came accross another scneario. It could be described as follows
1) Premise: The Celts in Britain had a basically pastoralist economy, the Saxons a cerealistic one
2) The Saxons came in small numbers, but are well organised and take control of rich cerealistic lands of SE Britain.
3) The Saxon population grows faster than the Celtic population, as a cerealistic economy could support much larger population density.
4) The Saxons push the Celts to the west, to poor lands best suitable to their pastoralist economy.
The theory combines the result of a modern population of largely Saxon origin in England (still to be proved I think on genetic evidence), with a modest inmigration from the Continent, while avoiding rather bizarre"extermination" or "apartheid" theories
1) Premise: The Celts in Britain had a basically pastoralist economy, the Saxons a cerealistic one
2) The Saxons came in small numbers, but are well organised and take control of rich cerealistic lands of SE Britain.
3) The Saxon population grows faster than the Celtic population, as a cerealistic economy could support much larger population density.
4) The Saxons push the Celts to the west, to poor lands best suitable to their pastoralist economy.
The theory combines the result of a modern population of largely Saxon origin in England (still to be proved I think on genetic evidence), with a modest inmigration from the Continent, while avoiding rather bizarre"extermination" or "apartheid" theories
AKA Inaki
