Noble / Evans Picts

Scourge of Rome, Rulers of the North
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-78885-506-8
Verlag: John Donald
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Shortlisted for the EAA Book Prize and the Current Archaeology Book of the Year Award The Picts have fascinated for centuries. They emerged c. ad 300 to defy the might of the Roman empire only to disappear at the end of the first millennium ad, yet they left major legacies. They laid the foundations for the medieval Scottish kingdom and their captivating carved stones are some of the most eye-catching yet enigmatic monuments in Europe. Until recently the Picts have been difficult to trace due to limited archaeological investigation and documentary sources, but innovative new research has produced critical new insights into the culture of a highly sophisticated society which defied the might of the Roman Empire and forged a powerful realm dominating much of northern Britain. This is the first dedicated book on the Picts that covers in detail both their archaeology and their history. It examines their kingdoms, culture, beliefs and everyday lives from their origins to their end, not only incorporating current thinking on the subject, but also offering innovative perspectives that transform our understanding of the early history of Scotland.

Gordon Noble is Professor in Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen and has undertaken award-winning landscape research and field projects, working on projects from the Mesolithic to Medieval periods. He is author of Neolithic Scotland: Timber, Stone, Earth and Fire (Edinburgh University Press 2006), Woodland in the Neolithic of Northern Europe: The Forest As Ancestor (Cambridge University Press 2017) and co-author of King in the North: The Pictish Realms of Fortriu and Ce (Birlinn 2019). He works on two current major projects: Northern Picts and Comparative Kingship, the research for which won the Current Archaeology Research Project of the Year 2021, a highly prestigious accolade. His research has featured on BBC 2 Digging for Britain, BBC Radio 4 In Our Time and many other media outlets.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Noble, Gordon

Evans, Nicholas

Leseproben

List of Illustrations

In-text illustrations

1.1   A Pictish symbol stone from Broomend of Crichie

1.2   Ptolemy’s (AD 140×150) and Roman fortifications of the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD

1.3   Picts and their neighbours in early 7th century

1.4   Picts and their neighbours . AD 700

1.5   The geography of Pictland and the probable location of Pictish regions

1.6   Sites in Pictland referenced in early sources

1.7   Aerial image of Dundurn hillfort

1.8   Craig Phadrig hillfort

1.9   Dwelling within Dunnicaer promontory fort

1.10   Craw Stane complex aerial photo

1.11   The Craw Stane complex under excavation

1.12   Aerial photograph showing the traces of the Pictish barrow cemetery at Tarradale

1.13   Long cist under excavation at Portmahomack

1.14   A reflectance transformation image (RTI) of a Pictish symbol stone from Dandalieth

1.15   The Maiden Stone cross-slab with symbols

1.16   Pictish symbol stone and symbol-bearing cross-slab

1.17   Examples of Pictish symbols

1.18   Discovery of new Pictish stone at Aberlemno

1.19   Fragment of decorated cross-slab from Portmahomack with inscription

1.20   Newton Stone, Aberdeenshire, with inscriptions

1.21   Metalworking crucible sherds from the Craw Stane complex, Rhynie

1.22   Ingot mould, Rhynie

1.23   Metalworking tongs, Rhynie

1.24   Axe pin, Rhynie

1.25   A sherd of Roman Samian Ware from Dunnicaer

1.26   A small sherd of a fine Anglo-Saxon glass claw beaker from Rhynie

1.27   The zones of Pictland used in the book

2.1   Main sites referenced in Chapter 2

2.2   Pitcarmick-type and Pictish-era sub-rectangular structures

2.3   Reconstruction of the longhouse settlement at Lair

2.4   Schematic reconstruction plan of the Pitcarmick longhouse

2.5   Lowland Pictish structures

2.6   Cropmarks of buildings at Lathrisk, Fife

2.7   Traces of a large building at the Craw Stane complex

2.8   Hill of Keir, Aberdeenshire

2.9   Tap o’ Noth hillfort aerial view of excavations

2.10   The complex defences of East Lomond hillfort

2.11   Longhouses at Wag of Forse

2.12   Comparative plan of rectangular structures in Atlantic Pictland

2.13   Gurness settlement

2.14   Comparative plan of cellular structures from Atlantic Pictland

2.15   Comparative plan of figure-of-eight structures from Atlantic Pictland

2.16   Plan of the wheelhouses at Scatness

2.17   Wheelhouses Jarlshof

2.18   Settlement change through time in Pictland

2.19   Dunnicaer – ashes from raking of the fire

2.20   A barrel padlock from one of the longhouses at Lair

2.21   A Pictish stone from Bullion, Angus

2.22   Drawing of the cart shown on a lost stone from Meigle

2.23   Boats depicted on carvings from Pictland

3.1   Principal power centres and hoard sites referenced in Chapter 3

3.2   Dunnicaer as it survives today

3.3   Pictish stone from Dunnicaer

3.4   Rhynie Man

3.5   Plan of the enclosures and buildings identified at the Craw Stane complex

3.6   Animal figurine mould from the Craw Stane complex

3.7   Tap o’ Noth LiDAR survey

3.8   Dundurn hillfort 3D model

3.9   Plans of a number of complex early medieval forts from Scotland

3.10   Aerial view of Mither Tap o’ Bennachie hillfort

3.11   Animal bone middens at Mither Tap o’ Bennachie

3.12   Drawing of the surviving Burghead bulls

3.13   Burghead bull held in Elgin Museum, Moray

3.14   The Burghead well

3.15   Part of a massive building and activity area Burghead fort

3.16   Dunnottar Castle

3.17   Upper Gothens, a possible lordly residence

3.18   Dupplin or Constantine’s Cross, Forteviot

3.19   Plan of the main features of the royal centre at Forteviot

3.20   A silver sword pommel from Rhynie

3.21   The warrior carvings from Tulloch, Collessie and Rhynie

3.22   Aberlemno churchyard cross-slab

3.23   Sueno’s Stone

3.24   Sculptural fragment from Dull, Perthshire

3.25   The Moss of Auquharney deer trap

3.26   Wild animals shown on Pictish symbol stones

3.27   Hunt scenes from Pictish cross-slabs

3.28   Drawing of images scratched into the Portsoy whetstone

3.29   The back of Dunfallandy cross-slab

3.30   The Gaulcross hoard

3.31   Late Roman amphorae sherds from Rhynie

4.1   Rosemarkie Cave

4.2   Metalworking tongs from Rhynie

4.3   The carving of a bullock from Inverness

4.4   Major ecclesiastical sites referred to in Chapter 4

4.5   The front panel of the St Andrew’s shrine

4.6   St Andrews

4.7   Dunkeld Cathedral and the King’s Seat hillfort

4.8   Carved stone from Dunkeld

4.9   Plans of vallum enclosures at churches in Pictland compared

4.10   The modern church of St Vigeans

4.11   The Forteviot arch

4.12   Plan of the monastic vallum and settlement at Portmahomack

4.13   The calf stone, Portmahomack

4.14   Roof finial Portmahomack

4.15   Parc-an-caipel

4.16   Altar frontal from Papil

4.17   Raasay cross

4.18   Carved stone with four human heads from Abernethy

4.19   Harp-playing figure on the Dupplin Cross

4.20   Incised crosses at Caiplie Caves

4.21   The cross-slab from Nigg

4.22   Meigle 26

5.1   Square and round barrows and cairns and long cists with major sites in Chapter 5

5.2   Examples of barrow cemeteries identified from the air or upstanding

5.3   Plan of three barrows excavated at Greshop

5.4   Plan of the cemetery at Lundin Links

5.5   Lundin Links under excavation

5.6   The cemetery at Redcastle

5.7   The Pictish cemetery at Bankhead

5.8   Rhynie square barrows under excavation

5.9   Plan of Rhynie square barrows

5.10   Circular barrow at Croftgowan under excavation

5.11   The Tarradale, Highland, Pictish cemetery under excavation 5.12   Tarradale log burial

5.13   Hallow Hill long cist cemetery

5.14   Plan of the barrow cemetery adjacent to the Collessie warrior stone

5.15   Rosemarkie Man facial reconstruction

5.16   Isle of May cemetery and later church

5.17   St Ninian’s Isle cemetery and church

6.1   Distribution of symbol-bearing stones and objects

6.2   A range of animals shown on Pictish symbol stones

6.3   Pictish beasts

6.4   A selection of abstract symbols along with mirrors and combs

6.5   The Rossie cross-slab from John Stuart’s

6.6   The Pictish symbol stone from Dairy...