I should have mentioned in my previous post some of the colloquial phrases that the Scots brought with them: redneck, cracker, gringo. Even though the actual meaning of the words or phrases have changed for the worst. It is interesting how some words have evolved.
As for the above article; some people believe that the Soulutrean culture travelled from Southern France, to Ireland, and following the edges of the Ice Cap all the way to the Americas, down as far as Florida.
I still say the Irish and Welsh race are a genetically enhanced people, as a result of a group of aliens doing a crash and burn on the countryside. Any fair maiden they could catch was just an added benefit.
Mind you, when they mention an ancient Welsh culture I automatically think of the Druids and the Stonehedge people.
and i found it very ironic that the article i posted referenced Tolkien and a talk he gave on Celtic culture.
far ahead of getting to his mention, i began to think of his mythic world where the British Isles play an important part (before the "changing of middle earth (after the events of LOTR's)" what is now the BI's was where the Shire and NW ME was located
the notion of these pre-celtic ppls being on the fringes of britain and in ireland-and the possibility of the relationship to the chumash-reminds me of Tolkien's advanced human Numenorian society that settled the edges of ME and other lands in the world they found in their travels
this is barely mentioned in any of his works but the notion of them as great travelers spreading advanced (Elven) culture to less advanced humans is the core for his post hobbit writings
you won't know what I am referencing unless you have read beyond HOBBIT,LOTR'S and even past Simarilion--but its not important
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additionally, it is very possible that along with all the other new things we are finding in archaeology or through genetics,etc, that 'back up' the timeline of modern man, that the Solutrean culture was far more advanced then just ppl in skins and leather boats--nothing "iron age" but perhaps something more akin to what must have been relatives-the peoples of the Far Ancient-pre historic Mediterranean
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with the Welsh (remember, not what they called themselves-that is the derogatory word the Saxons used for them) after the Roman withdraw, that was not complete BTW, many Romanized Britons and those even more so Roman, retreated along with the Britons to what is now Wales
we only get these notions through the Arthurian legends and the associated stories of men like Ambrosius-a Romano-Briton General who is recorded as fighting the Saxons
The saxons found the Welsh to be -in addition to their own tongue, also speakers of Latin, a language they both used for peace and treaty talks between one another. The welsh-and Cornish,were also Christian long before the Saxons were
So the "welsh culture" owes much to the Romano-Briton survivors who, rather then either dying or mixing with the Saxons, retreated into the hills and strongholds of Wales
we have windmills all over our mtn tops here) from taking the mtn over
