The Pictish Symbol Stones of Scotland
Author: Iain Fraser
Publisher: Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 168
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Pictish Symbol Stones
Author: Iain Fraser
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Picts
Author: Tim Clarkson
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 2012-09-28
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1907909036
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Picts were an ancient nation who ruled most of northern and eastern Scotland during the Dark Ages. Despite their historical importance, they remain shrouded in myth and misconception. Absorbed by the kingdom of the Scots in the ninth century, they lost their unique identity, their language and their vibrant artistic culture. Amongst their few surviving traces are standing stones decorated with incredible skill and covered with enigmatic symbols - vivid memorials of a powerful and gifted people who bequeathed no chronicles to tell their story, no sagas to describe the deed of their kings and heroes. In this book Tim Clarkson pieces together the evidence to tell the story of this mysterious people from their emergence in Roman times to their eventual disappearance.
The Art of the Picts
Author: George Henderson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2011-09-20
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0500289638
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A major study of the art of the Picts.” —Library Journal Drawing on their extensive research and expertise, renowned historians George and Isabel Henderson illuminate one of the great enigmas of medieval art: the unique metalwork and sculpture of the Picts. Tribal Celtic-speaking warriors and farmers in what is now Scotland, the Picts were one of the major peoples of early medieval Britain, but their culture and their beautiful art have puzzled historians for centuries. George and Isabel Henderson’s acute analysis reveals an art form that both interacted with the currents of “Insular” art and was produced by a sophisticated society capable of sustaining large-scale art programs. The illustrations include specially commissioned drawings that help one understand the mysterious symbols found in the art.
Prehistory Decoded
Author: Martin Sweatman
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2019-06-07
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1838599665
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of a major scientific discovery, solving one of the greatest puzzles on Earth. Connects geoscience and astronomy with ancient archaeology to uncover an astronmical code used for over 40,000 years. Explains the meaning of some of the greatest ancient artworks.
The King in the North
Author: Gordon Noble
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Published: 2019-05-16
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1788851935
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome years ago a revolution took place in Early Medieval history in Scotland. The Pictish heartland of Fortriu, previously thought to be centred on Perthshire and the Tay found itself relocated through the forensic work of Alex Woolf to the shores of the Moray Firth. The implications for our understanding of this period and for the formation of Scotland are unprecedented and still being worked through. This is the first account of this northern heartland of Pictavia for a more general audience to take in the full implications of this and of the substantial recent archaeological work that has been undertaken in recent years. Part of the The Northern Picts project at Aberdeen University, this book represents an exciting cross disciplinary approach to the study of this still too little understood yet formative period in Scotland's history.
State and Society
Author: John Gledhill
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 0415122554
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe traditional Eurocentric view of state formation and the rise of civilization is challenged in this broad-ranging book. Bringing archaeological research into contact with the work of ethno-historians and anthropologists, it generates a discussion of fundamental concepts rather than a search for modern analogies for processes that occurred in the past.
The Last of the Druids
Author: Iain W. G. Forbes
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2012-06-15
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 1445612151
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fascinating new study into the Picts, one of Europe’s most enigmatic peoples.
Decoding the Pictish Symbols
Author: W. A. Cummins
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780752452395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Picts, the most powerful group in northern Britain for some 500 years, mysteriously disappeared from contemporary records in the 9th century. All that remains of their language are fragments in the names of places and people, along with symbols carved on monuments and cave walls. This book explains these symbols.
The Stones and the Stars
Author: Duncan Lunan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-11-28
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 1461453542
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere are at least 48 identified prehistoric stone circles in Scotland. In truth, very little is known about the people who erected them, and ultimately about what the stone circles were for. Most stone circles are astronomically aligned, which has led to the modern debate about why the alignment was significant. The megaliths certainly represented an enormous co-operative effort, would at the very least have demonstrated power and wealth, and being set away from any dwellings probably served a ceremonial, or perhaps religious, purpose. Observations at the site of the stone circles, of solar, lunar, and stellar events, have already cast light on some of the questions about the construction and use of ancient megalithic observatories. In his capacity as manager of the Parks Department Astronomy Project, author Duncan Lunan designed and built the first astronomically aligned stone circle in Britain in over 3,000 years. 'The Stones and the Stars' examines the case for astronomical alignments of stone circles, and charts the development of a fascinating project with a strong scientific and historical background. The work was documented in detail by the artist and photographer Gavin Roberts, and this archive has been added to since - so an appropriate selection of illustrations will bring the project vividly to life.
