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Parks and Deer-Hunting: Evidence from Medieval Ireland
(2012-05-14)
This thesis examines aspects of hunting in later medieval Ireland, with particular reference to the Anglo-Norman period, from 1169 to c. 1350. The focus is on deer hunting and on parks, in which fallow deer could be kept. ...
Ritual in Late Bronze Age Ireland - Material Culture, Practices, Landscape Setting and Social Context
(2014-02-20)
This thesis develops a new perspective on Late Bronze Age (LBA) Ireland by identifying and analysing patterns of ritual practice in the archaeological record, as well as determining how distinct ritual practices relate to ...
Medieval settlement enclosures and resource management of living trees in Gaelic Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2019-08-23)
The aim of this thesis is to problematise and investigate relationships between living trees and earthen settlement enclosures, mainly termed ráth and commonly used by Gaelic society in medieval Ireland (c. 8th – 17th ...
Archaeological watermarks: Settlement, landscape and seasonal flooding in historical Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2020-09-21)
Turloughs are karst wetland ecosystems that are virtually unique to Ireland. They are intermittently inundated on an annual basis, mainly from groundwater. This thesis concerns the interaction of past communities with the ...
Negotiating the landscape: Prehistoric and early medieval movement in a landscape of esker and bog
(2017-10-20)
The aim of this thesis is to understand movement and the evolution of routeways. The role of the individual and their decision-making process is discussed as a fundamental factor in the origins of paths and routeways. This ...