Reading the multiple lives of Pictish symbol stones

Clarke, David V

Reading the multiple lives of Pictish symbol stones

Resource type

Journal article

Creator (person)

Clarke, David V

Date published

2007

Abstract

A small number of Pictish symbol stones demonstrate evidence for multiple lives within the Early Historic Period. These stones are reviewed together with their implications for how we view the wider corpus of Pictish stones. The idea that the stones are burial markers is rejected. Instead, it is suggested that they were created in response to, and as a rejection of, Christian missionary activity.

Journal title

Medieval Archaeology

Volume

51

Publisher

Maney Publishing

ISSN

0076-6097

Official URL

https://doi.org/10.1179/174581707x224642

Related URL

http://maney.co.uk/journals/med/

DOI

10.1179/174581707x224642

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