Gordon Noble is Senior Lecturer in Archaeologyand Honorary Curatorial Fellowto the University Museums atthe University of Aberdeen. Hehas also been director of the RhynieEnvirons Archaeological Project. He is author of a number of books, including NeolithicScotland: Timber, Stone, Earth and Fire.
Nicholas Evans is a Research Fellow working on the University of Aberdeen Comparative Kingship: the Early Medieval Kingdoms of Northern Britain and Ireland project, led by Gordon Noble.
'Picts is an extraordinary work that covers seven centuries of
Pictish history and archaeology, but is also engagingly written
with the general reader in mind'
*Current Archaeology Magazine*
'An impressive book that brings together between its covers pretty
much all that is currently known about its elusive and enigmatic
subject'
*Undiscovered Scotland*
'This book is a triumph. It marks a milestone in Pictish studies,
and will be the starting place for all those interested in the
Picts. We will be indebted to Noble and Evans for many years to
come.'
*The Pictish Arts Society*
'A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated volume'
*West Highland Free Press*
'Both archaeologically and historically rich and provides an
entirely new synthesis and viewpoint on a critical era of
Scotland's history'
*Deeside Piper and Herald*
'this intriguing study by two Aberdonian academics will help to
dispel the myth that Pictland was merely rough and
unsophisticated'
*Country Life*
'This is an irresistible glimpse into their [the Picts'] shadowy
world'
*Little Brown Book Group*
'You'll discover fascinating info about, and images of, some of the
beautifully carved Pictish artefacts that have been discovered in
the North of Scotland'
*Scottish Field*
'This is a volume that scholars of early-medieval Britain have
needed for many decades now... not only accessible, but thoroughly
enjoyable, and one that should be on the bookshelf with other
essential books of early medieval Britain'
*Medieval Archaeology*
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