18 July 2023

Starts: 18:30
Ends: 19:45

Picts, Pilgrims and Pathologies

Online talk by Dr Shirley Curtis-Summers for Hisotry Scotland. Cost £10. The registration fee includes on-demand access to the event recording (released the following day) for 7 days after the broadcast.

For further information and booking details see History Scotland website. 

Bioarchaeological analysis of human remains can reveal important insights into the lives of past peoples, such as diet, inter-personal violence, health, and migration.

Insights into past lifeways

Comprehensive research on skeletons from the Pictish monastic site at Portmahomack (Easter Ross), and recent analysis of skeletons from medieval burials at Whithorn Cathedral Priory (Dumfries) have revealed important insights into past lifeways. Medieval religious centres such as these attracted sick and needy pilgrims seeking prayer and healing, although for some, it would be their final resting place.

This paper will draw on bioarchaeological research and multidisciplinary evidence to reveal what we can learn about the lives, and deaths of people from Scotland’s past.  

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