The development of the Pictish symbol system
Inscribing identity beyond the edges of Empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3328331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gordon Noble (0000-0003-4670-5658, University of Aberdeen, corresponding author), Martin Goldberg (National Museums Scotland), Derek Hamilton (0000-0003-4019-3823, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 365 |
| Pages | 1329-1348 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2018.68 |
| OpenAlex | W2796115062 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 35 |
The date of unique symbolic carvings, from various contexts across north and east Scotland, has been debated for over a century. Excavations at key sites and direct dating of engraved bone artefacts have allowed for a more precise chronology, extending from the third/fourth centuries AD, broadly contemporaneous with other non-vernacular scripts developed beyond the frontiers of the Roman Empire, to the ninth century AD. These symbols were probably an elaborate, non-alphabetic writing system, a Pictish response to broader European changes in power and identity during the transition from the Roman Empire to the early medieval period
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Empire · Genealogy · Identity (music) · Linguistics · Sociology · Symbol (formal) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Philosophy
Picti
North-West Europe
Risk and Resources
From Human Remains to Powerful Objects
Dunnicaer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
The symbol carving process as a mnemonic manipulator of ‘deep’ genealogy in Early Medieval Scotland
The Use of Coherent Geometry in the Design of Pictish Stone Sculpture
Stone and the gods
Warrior ideologies in first-millennium AD Europe
From Caledonia to Pictland Scotland to 795
From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070
In Praise of Later Roman Emperors
Literacy in Traditional Societies
The use of information theory to determine the language character type of Pictish symbols
The Reinterpretation of the Pictish Symbols
Ancient Symbols, Computational Linguistics, and the Reviewing Practices of the General Science Journals
The Animal Art of the Scottish Iron Age and its Origins
The Interpretation of the Pictish Symbols
Excavations in the Dairy Park, Dunrobin, Sutherland, 1977
The date and origin of the Pictish symbols
Reconnaissance excavations on early historic fortifications and other royal sites in Scotland, 1974-84; 5
Death, Decapitation and Display? The Bronze and Iron Age Human Remains from the Sculptor's Cave, Covesea, North-east Scotland
An Early Date For Ogham
Reading the Multiple Lives of Pictish Symbol Stones
A Powerful Place of Pictland
On the Nature of the Picts
Pictish Progress
Probability and Dating
IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP
Development of the Radiocarbon Calibration Program
Radiocarbon Calibration and Analysis of Stratigraphy
Bayesian Analysis of Radiocarbon Dates
A Computer Program for Radiocarbon Age Calibration
Extended 14 C Data Base and Revised Calib 3.0 14 C Age Calibration Program
Discussion Reporting of 14 C Data
Memory, Orality and Literacy in an Early Medieval Society
Communication and display
The evidence for early writing
Between prehistory and history
The early history of the Greek alphabet
| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |