The Picts were actually a Celtic tribe- v basically a collection of warrior Celtic tribes first documented in 297 by the Romans. They remained until 840 until defeated by Kenneth Mac Alpin and Pictland became Scotland.
The V rod (with crescent) appears on 59 stones. The Z rod (with double disc) on 49 stones, serpent and Z rod on 10 and Z rod and 'notched rectangle' on 9 stones.
A good place to start book-wise would be 'The Pictish Giude' by Elizabeth Sutherland which has a brief intro and then lots of routes round Scotland. The best Pictish book I've read (in fact one of the best book on any subject) is 'In Search of the Picts' again by Elizabeth Sutherland. Then there is the mighty two volume tome the ECMS (Early Christain Monuments of Scotland) in its loverly dark green box- yum ;)
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