Garranes : an early medieval royal site in south-west Ireland /
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This title presents the results of an interdisciplinary project (2011-18) where archaeological survey and excavation, supported by specialist studies, examined the early medieval landscape of Garranes. A ringfort in the mid-Cork region of south-west Ireland, this 'royal site' is considered to have been a centre of political power and elite residence.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (x, 386 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789699203 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Ritual in Late Bronze Age Ireland : material culture, practices, landscape setting and social context /
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This text develops a new perspective on Late Bronze Age (LBA) Ireland by identifying and analysing patterns of ritual practice in the archaeological record. The bookends of this study are the introduction and proliferation of iron technology beginning around 600 BC. Therefore, it is societal change related to new technology which defines the period discussed as the Irish Late Bronze Age (LBA) herein.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784912215 (PDF ebook) :
The archaeology of prehistoric burnt mounds in Ireland /
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This work details the archaeology of burnt mounds (fulachtaí fia) in Ireland, one of the most frequent and under researched prehistoric site types in the country. It presents a re-evaluation of the pyrolithic phenomenon in light of some 1000 excavated burnt mounds.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (viii, 328 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784919870 (ebook) :
Irish late Iron Age equestrian equipment in its insular and continental context /
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This is the first practical archaeological study of Irish Iron Age lorinery. The horse and associated equipment were very much at the heart of the social changes set in motion by contact with the Roman Empire; the examination of the snaffles and bosals allows us to bring the people of the Late Iron Age in Ireland into focus.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (xii, 278 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789699920 (PDF ebook) :
Burials and society in late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Ireland /
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This text describes and analyses the increasing complexity of later Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age burial in Ireland, using burial complexity as a proxy for increasing social complexity, and as a tool for examining social structure.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696325 (PDF ebook) :