The Chronology and Context of Pictish Relief Sculpture

@article{Laing2000TheCA,
  title={The Chronology and Context of Pictish Relief Sculpture},
  author={Lloyd Robert Laing},
  journal={Medieval Archaeology},
  year={2000},
  volume={44},
  pages={114 - 81}
}
  • L. Laing
  • Published 1 June 2000
  • Art
  • Medieval Archaeology
Abstract Several alternative schemes for the dating if Pictish relief sculpture have been advanced during the last century. Representations if artifacts which can be dated archaeologically, decorative devices associated with the Viking Period and details if animal ornament are used to provide new date-ranges for some stones usually dated earlier. The early dating often advanced for some low-relief sculptures is accordingly questioned, and a tentative scheme for the dating if Pictish relief… 
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