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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Subtitle
- Monastery of the Picts
- EAN
- 9780748697670
- ISBN
- 9780748697670
- Release Year
- 2016
- Book Title
- Portmahomack
- Title
- Portmahomack
- Genre
- History
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Release Date
- 02/28/2016
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
ISBN-10
0748697675
ISBN-13
9780748697670
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219274319
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Portmahomack : Monastery of the Picts
Subject
Archaeology, Monasticism, Christian Church / History, Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, Europe / Western, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
2016
Features
New Edition
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
19.9 Oz
Item Length
6.8 in
Item Width
9.5 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
'Carver's meticulous work has illuminated the discussion of Pictish monasticism, and given context for the unparalleled sculpture of the Tarbat Peninsula, marking this as one of the most remarkable early medieval sites in Western Europe... The second edition allows us to see how post-excavation analysis further revolutionised our understanding, connecting the fifth to seventh century occupants with a horse riding warrior aristocracy with links across Britain, a theme which resonates on the later cross-slabs on the Peninsula.'
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
941.15601
Table Of Content
List of figures List of plates Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Welcome to Portmahomack 2. Designing the expedition 3. What we found 4. An Elite farmstead, sixth to seventh century (Period 1) 5. The Monastery: its rituals and industries, eighth century (Period 2) 6. Serving new masters, ninth to eleventh century (Period 3) 7. Medieval church and village, twelfth to sixteenth century (Period 4) 8. Ritual landscape, with portage: the Tarbat Peninsula in history 9. Reflections Bibliography Index
Edition Description
New Edition
Synopsis
Portmahomack today is a serene fishing village on the Dornoch Firth, north east Scotland where archaeological excavations have written a new history of the origins of Scotland. This book brings alive the expedition and its discoveries, most famously a monastery of the eighth century in the land of the Picts. Starting from chance finds of a Pictish carved stone in St Colman's churchyard, the archaeologists unearthed four settlements one on top of the other. An elite farm was succeeded by the Pictish monastery, which, following a Viking raid in AD800, became a trading place and then a medieval village. Scientific analysis shows at each stage where the people came from, their life-style and what they ate. Together it creates a story of the heroic adaptation of a European nation to new politics between the sixth and sixteenth century. The Picts were the outstanding sculptors of their day, producing carved stone monuments equal to anything being made in contemporary Europe. They were Britons, who resisted the Romans invaders and created their own warrior nation in the north east of the island. Coming under pressure from the Scots and the Norse, they disappeared from history in the ninth century AD. Now archaeology is finding them again. This massively updated new edition follows eight years intensive research on the huge assemblage of artefacts, human bone, animal bone and plant remains that were recovered. This has revealed a world of high mobility, rich in ideas and constantly changing it political orientation in a greater European context., Portmahomack today is a serene fishing village on the Dornoch Firth, north east Scotland where archaeological excavations have written a new history of the origins of Scotland. This book brings alive the expedition and its discoveries, most famously a monastery of the eighth century in the land of the Picts. This massively updated new edition follows eight years intensive research on the huge assemblage of artefacts, human bone, animal bone and plant remains that were recovered. This has revealed a world of high mobility, rich in ideas and constantly changing it political orientation in a greater European context.
LC Classification Number
DA880.R7
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- t***c (44)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseWhat a great experience. Michael 537 immediately responded to my purchase & the book was sent out right away. I received the book in 6 days, which included a weekend. That is lighting-fast for a book. The packaging was the finest I've ever seen for a book. The book was excellent condition, better than advertised, & it was even a signed copy. I shopped around and this was the best price I could find. This is a seller aiming to please,& I'm very pleased!This Heres A Good'un Hardcover Book By Bill Brett 1983 (#225022939191)