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The Picts were an artistically brilliant people and a nation of great warriors who occupied the eastern part of north Britain around AD 300-900. They were exposed to Christian missions from the sixth century onwards and by the eighth century they were the dominant force in Scotland, ruling from Orkney to the Forth until the arrival of the Vikings and the disappearance of the Picts into a new kingdom of Scots. Yet their symbol stones are still alive with scenes of hunting and music, battle and court. Their characteristic 'pit' names remain and their great forts at Dundurn, Dunnottar and Burghead dominate the surrounding country. Of all the people who built Scotland, none has such deep roots in the prehistory of the land, and none has left such an individual legacy in the form of the symbol stones: the surviving testimony of their ancestry and belief. Surviving in Symbols is part of a newly updated edition of the acclaimed Making of Scotland series produced by Historic Scotland and Birlinn which provides lively, accessible and up-to-date introductions to key themes and periods in Scottish history and prehistory.
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Martin Carver is Professor of Archaeology at the University of York. He is also Director of the Tarbat Discovery Programme, the major Pictish excavation under way in Scotland.
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Depicting the Picts
8 Feb 2004
Format:Paperback
This is a comprehensive update on what is known of the Picts. Hitherto an enigmatic race of people, the Picts were romanticised by their warrior qualities, the wearing of blue paint in battle and their espousal of matrilinear inheritance. They left no written records and many puzzles. Where did they go? What were they like? Where did they come from. The only clues are from their elegantly and very competently carved stones, some archeology and occasional glancing references to them in ancient texts. Martin Carver has captured in easily understood language the flavour of this almost forgotten nation.Like other vanquished peoples, their history has not survived in a substantial form but hints, straws in the wind and wispy allusions have been gathered by Prof. Carver and dispassionately evaluated. He makes tantalising predictions that more is waiting for discovery, mainly through archeology. With that and other areas of research when pursued, will give us more than a glimpse of these aboriginal Scots.
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A good basic introduction
12 April 2007
Format:Paperback
A good basic introduction to what we know - or think we know - about the Picts. Carver emphasises the extent to which experts disagree on many areas, especially language and customs.
Excellent summary
28 Oct 2011
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This thin pub of Historic Scotland is the best summary of the history, culture, and evidence of the Picts and related groups that I have seen. I have traveled to Scotland several times in recent years, exploring all aspects of Scottish history. This Dark Ages culture, with its sparse evidence, mostly in Pictish carvings on standing stones, is the most fasciating aspect to me. Historic Scotland staff, at the sites, and HS pubs are the best: scholarly, accessible, well-written and illustrated.
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