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in general was the bulk racial stock of Britain from Paleolithic through to the Neolithic and to more recent periods. They had black or brown hair, and swarthy skin "like those of the Southern Italians" (p. 126) and have survived in numerous pockets of Britain to the modern day (p. 139)
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despite that the later Anglo-Saxon and Norse settlement, who were fairer in appearance, Mackenzie believed their genetic input or admixture was very limited but that they subjugated the British imposing a new civilization and culture (p. 227).
323:, Mackenzie devoted several chapters supporting his theory that traders and "prospectors" (miners) arrived in Britain c. 2500 BC, originally from the Eastern Mediterranean (pp. 98–101). This theory was initially developed by 86:, Secretary of the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland between 1913 and 1935. He died in Edinburgh on 2 March 1936 and was buried in Cromarty. 147:(1928) he developed the theory that Buddhists were in Britain and Scandinavia long before the spread of Christianity. His main evidence can be summarised as follows: 417: 295:
According to Mackenzie, the Aurignacian and Solutrean peoples of Britain traded in shells with Cro-Magnons of France. They later intermingled with later arriving
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race, who had minor Eskimo phenotypic traits. Mackenzie also believed that there was a highly depigmented racial type in small numbers in Britain during the
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Mackenzie believed that these Mediterraneans who colonised parts of Britain survived well into later historic periods (p. 118) and that the
331:(1939), the theory was revived, and the Mediterraneans who colonised Britain during the late Neolithic or Bronze Age were associated with the 404: 720:"The gods and goddesses of Old Europe: 7000 to 3500 BC myths, legends and cult images" , University of California Press, 1974, p. 262. 288:. This indigenous proto-Mediterranean racial stock was later invaded by another "variety of the Mediterranean race" who initiated the 864: 115:
Indo-European patriarchal ("androcratic") culture supplanted it. Mackenzie's matristic theories were notably influential to
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of North Africa (p. 25), who he theorised were one of the earliest representatives of the
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called "A Highland Goddess" attempting to trace the very early presence of goddess worship.
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by Vergilius Ferm, International Journal of Ethics Vol. 39, No. 3, April 1929, pp. 357–358.
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reviewed the work positively, but other scholars criticised it for its lack of evidence.
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who settled in Britain were dark haired and dark eyed, racially akin to the French
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times, from a strong ethnological basis. The foreword of the book was written by
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colonised the globe in ancient antiquity and were responsible for spreading the
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The World's Heritage of Epical, Heroic And Romantic Literature Volume II
155:"on which the Celtic god, Cernunnos, is postured like a typical Buddha". 107:
times, pre-Indo-European societies were matriarchal and woman-centered (
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The World's Heritage of Epical, Heroic And Romantic Literature Volume I
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Ancient civilizations from the earliest times to the birth of Christ
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The Migration of Symbols and their Relations to Beliefs and Customs
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The work received a mixed reception. Professor of Philosophy
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earlier called these colonists "Atlanto-Mediterranean".
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and in 1903 moved to Dingwall as owner and editor of
103:(1917), Mackenzie argued that across Europe during 22:(24 July 1873 – 2 March 1936) was a Scottish 363:Finn and his warrior band;: Or, Tales of old Alban 836: 386: 165:, who launched Buddhist activities into Europe. 111:), where goddesses were venerated but that the 453:Lord Kitchener, the story of his life and work 292:culture around 20,000 years ago (p. 50). 249:, a work covering the history of Britain from 158:Gaulish coins with seated figures like Buddha. 70:. From 1916 he represented the Glasgow paper, 573:Myths and Traditions of the South Sea Islands 803:Works by or about Donald Alexander Mackenzie 780:, Vol. 33, No. 3, Jul. – Sep., 1929, p. 457. 182: 828:Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend 733:, Vol. 7, No. 28, Jan., 1912, pp. 336–345. 543:The Story of Ancient Babylonia and Assyria 465:Wonder tales from Scottish Myth and Legend 405:Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria 729:A Highland Goddess, Donald A. Mackenzie, 233:Learn how and when to remove this message 435:Heroes and Heroic Deeds of the Great War 261:from around 35,000 years ago during the 126: 94: 837: 627:Songs of the Highlands and the islands 561:Tales from the Moors and the Mountains 489:Sons & daughters of the Motherland 471:Myths of Crete and Pre-Hellenic Europe 101:Myths of Crete and Pre-Hellenic Europe 335:(or long-barrow Megalithic culture). 62:. His next move, in 1910, was to the 387:Donald Alexander, Mackenzie (1913). 186: 812:Works by Donald Alexander Mackenzie 794:Works by Donald Alexander Mackenzie 13: 615:Myths from Melanesia and Indonesia 299:racial types, including the proto- 45: 16:Scottish journalist and folklorist 14: 896: 787: 756:Buddhism in Pre-Christian Britain 549:Buddhism in Pre-Christian Britain 145:Buddhism in Pre-Christian Britain 865:20th-century Scottish historians 819: 745:, Vol. 46, Part 1, 1926, p. 139. 621:Scottish folk-lore and folk life 191: 135:. 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Index

journalist
folklorist
religion
mythology
anthropology
Cromarty
Glasgow
Dundee
Edinburgh
Celtic mythology
William Mackay Mackenzie
Neolithic
gynocentric
Bronze Age
Marija Gimbutas
diffusionist
Buddhists
swastika
Gundestrup bowl
Asoka
Origen
Vergilius Ferm
citation style
citation
footnoting
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Upper Paleolithic
Grafton Elliot Smith
modern humans
Aurignacian

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