Browsing Archaeology by Subject "Ireland"
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Aran Islands, western Ireland: farming history and environmental change reconstructed from field surveys, historical sources, and pollen analyses
(Eagle Hill Institute, 2019)The Aran Islands are exceptional cultural landscapes at the Atlantic fringe of Europe. They are strongly influenced by human settlement and small-scale farming that is still pursued according to traditional practices. ... -
The Archaeology of Aran
(Tír Eolas, Kinvara, 1994)The Book of Aran contains chapters on the geology, flora and fauna, archaeology, history and culture of the three Aran Islands, Inis Mór, Inis Meáin and Inis Oírr. Chapter 5 is a detailed account of the islands' archaeology ... -
Ballinderry Crannóg No. 2, Co. Offaly: the Later Bronze Age
(Wordwell Limited in association with the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland, 1997)A reconsideration of the later Bronze Age horizon at Ballinderry No. 2 where the Harvard Archaeological Mission uncovered a substantial rectangular wooden building. A case is made for the former existence of a second such ... -
Bog-deal in Co. Clare, with particular reference to bog-pine and its significance
(Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society, 2022)The results of radiocarbon dating of bog-deal (three pine and one oak) from the north-west Burren (Gragan West) and south-west Clare (Binvoran and Tullaher) are reported on. The Binvoran and Tullaher samples yielded ... -
The Bronze Age Burials of Ireland
(Galway University Press, 1990)A county-by-county survey of Irish Bronze Age burials recorded up to the mid 1980s -
Continuity, cult and contest
(Four Courts Press, 2011)The degree to which pagan traditions influenced early medieval Irish literature has been the subject of some debate. The phrase a window on the Iron Age once encapsulated a view that epic tales in particular depicted a ... -
Crewbane souterrain and nearby archaeologial features, Brugh na Bóinne, Slane, Co. Meath
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The elusive image
(Wordwell, 2009)It is now possible to identify one symbol in Celtic La Tène art found in Continental Europe and in prehistoric Britain and Ireland that appears to be an expression of a complex religious cosmology. This is the elusive (and ... -
Excavation at 'Dathi's Mound', Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon
(Journal of Irish Archaeology, 1988)The partial excavation of the embanked mound and standing stone known as 'Dathi's Mound' at the royal site of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon, confirmed that the mound had been cut from a natural gravel ridge. It also revealed ... -
The Funerary Bowls and Vases of the Irish Bronze Age
(Galway University Press, 1993)This illustrated corpus of pottery from burial contexts in Bronze Age Ireland c. 2500-1500 BC was prepared by John Waddell with the assistance of Breandán Ó Ríordáin and the National Museum of Ireland. It includes a study ... -
Future-proofing heritage in Ireland: community, education and stewardship
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Geomagnetic survey on the Hill of Tara, Co. Meath, 1998-9
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The geophysial survey of the M3 toll-motorway corridor: a prelude to Tara's destruciton?
(Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 2005)The geophysical survey of the ‘emerging preferred route’ of the M3 toll-motorway through the Tara/Skryne valley has identified a wealth of new archaeological monuments. Still greater numbers of sites have come to light ... -
Holocene vegetation dynamics, landscape change and human impact in western Ireland as revealed by multidisciplinary, palaeoecological investigations of peat deposits and bog-pine in lowland Connemara
(MDPI, 2021-11-15)Palaeoecological investigations, involving pollen analysis, dendrochronology, and radiocarbon dating of bog-pine, provide the basis for reconstruction of vegetation dynamics, landscape development, and human impact in two ... -
Interpreting a cultural landscape: a case for seaweed-harvesting at Aughris, Co. Sligo
(Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI), 2007)This paper presents archaeological, historical andfolkloric evidence for a local seaweed industry on the Aughris head land, Co. Sligo, in the modem period. It is argued that over 200 earthen enclosures dotting the <ruans> ... -
The Irish Sea in Prehistory
(Journal of Irish Archaeology, 1992)The role of the Irish Sea in the study of past contacts between Ireland and Britain is reviewed. Analysis of a selection of distribution maps relating to the period c. 4000 B.C. to c. 500 B.C. suggests the possibility of ... -
The last kings of Ireland: material expressions of Gaelic lordship c.1300-1400 A.D.
(Routledge, 2016-04-27)During the later medieval period in Ireland, Gaelic lords continued to publicly identify themselves as immediate descendants of kings through carefully chosen elements of material culture. Evocations of Gaelic kingship in ... -
The magnetic presence of queen Medb: magnetic gradiometry at Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon
(Wordwell, 1999)[No abstract available]