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This resource is a single blog post created as part of the Day of Archaeology initiative. The Day... more This resource is a single blog post created as part of the Day of Archaeology initiative. The Day of Archaeology project aimed to provide a window into the daily lives of archaeologists from all over the world. The project asked people working, studying or volunteering in the archaeological world to participate in a 'Day of Archaeology' each year by recording their day and sharing it through text, images or video on the Day of Archaeology blog.<br>The project asked anyone with a personal, professional or voluntary interest in archaeology to get involved, and help highlight the reasons why archaeology is vital to protect the past and inform our futures. The resulting Day of Archaeology project archive demonstrates the wide variety of work the archaeological profession undertakes day-to-day across the globe, and helps to raise public awareness of the relevance and importance of archaeology to the modern world.<br>The first ever Day of Archaeology was held in 2011 a...

This study is based upon analysis of the documented Early Bronze Age burials of south Leinster, a... more This study is based upon analysis of the documented Early Bronze Age burials of south Leinster, an area including the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Wexford and Wicklow. The information is derived from the bone material in the National Museum of Ireland and from published accounts available at the beginning of 1990, and has been analysed as a single block representing the Early Bronze Age as a whole. Information on the interments with Cinerary Urns (Fig. 1) is comparatively limited and much of the evidence refers to individuals associated with Bowl Food Vessels or in cists (Fig. 2) . More frequent identification and analysis of inhumations in contrast to cremations may have introduced some bias and programme of examination of cremated remains would help to redress this imbalance. Three hundred (72.8%) of the 412 documented graves have details of the number of individuals they contained (Fig. 3). Twelve were empty. 255 (85%) had a minimum of one burial, but many of these contained cremations and some

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The faunal assemblage at Newgrange is one of the few assemblages known from the Late Neolithic/Be... more The faunal assemblage at Newgrange is one of the few assemblages known from the Late Neolithic/Beaker period in Ireland or elsewhere in Europe (see Milisauskas 1978) and is therefore of importance for assessing the economy and the ceremonial activities of the people at the site. Combined with the associated material remains it is central to the debate over the nature of the Beaker complex in Ireland. The bone material has been analysed by Van Wijngaarden-Bakker (1974 & 1986) who believed it was the waste from a domestic ...

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, 1998

Five Early Bronze Age cemeteries were uncovered in counties Kildare and Carlow between 1933 and 1... more Five Early Bronze Age cemeteries were uncovered in counties Kildare and Carlow between 1933 and 1959. A minimum of 22 graves contained a minimum of 34 individuals: 26 were inhumed and 8 were cremated. The graves also contained fifteen bowls, two vases, two vase urns, three encrusted urns, an unidentified food vessel and an unidentified vessel. The non-pottery ceramic finds consisted of two toggles and a plano-convex knife. Accounts of the cemeteries are provided, along with a human palaeopathological report by Laureen ...

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 1999

Excavations and environmental analysis of a mound and two barrows indicate that activity commence... more Excavations and environmental analysis of a mound and two barrows indicate that activity commenced within the range 3930–3520 cal BC with the construction of a large mound enclosed by a substantial ditch on a drumlin which had been largely cleared to grassland. A pollen sequence recovered from the fosse indicates that the drumlin remained under grassland for some time. It was still under grassland in the Iron Age when a pair of sequential barrows was constructed about the period 380 cal BC–cal AD 80. The earlier bowl barrow covered a pyre site with remains of an inhumation burial, and the later saucer barrow contained three token cremation deposits in the low mound and ditch, the last associated with the iron fittings from a wooden artefact. Pollen analysis of the ditch sequences from the barrows indicates that the drumlin remained open and heather-covered.

The peat and aggregate extraction industries are both concerned with the harvesting of natural re... more The peat and aggregate extraction industries are both concerned with the harvesting of natural resources over large areas of Ireland's landscape. Both industries have agreed Codes of Practice with government relating to archaeology. In the last decade development in these industries has led to the excavation of a wide-range of archaeological sites from trackways to barrows, corn-drying kilns, ringforts and prehistoric settlements. The two industries are, however, different in their organisation and approach to archaeology and have fared differently in the post-boom period. Bord na Móna is a single company, while the aggregates industry is composed of competing firms that vary in scale from multi-national to regional firms. Bord na Móna deals with archaeology centrally through multi-annual contracts involving a single consultancy. In contrast the aggregates industry deals with archaeology at the quarry specific level on a seasonal basis and involves a
wide-range of consultants. Development and archaeological excavation has continued in the peat industry uninterrupted by the end of the economic boom, whereas in the aggregates
industry, because of the decline in construction, archaeological excavation has declined.

River Road. The Archaeology of the Limerick Southern Ring Road., 2013

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: …, Jan 1, 1997

The Encyclopaedia of Ireland, Sep 2003

Tara—from the past to the future. Towards a new research agenda, Aug 2013

The Early Bronze Age cemetery in the Mound of the Hostages is exceptional in the context of Early... more The Early Bronze Age cemetery in the Mound of the Hostages is exceptional in the context of Early Bronze Age burial in Ireland. The cemetery was placed in an already ancient passage tomb monument, at a time when most Early Bronze Age graves were placed in either flat cemeteries or newly-built barrow monuments. Of the well investigated cemeteries of the period it is one of a small number where burials in simple pits outnumber those in stone-built cists. The cemetery is one of the largest known from the period and was used for relatively frequent burial. The cemetery also has the largest collection of grave goods recorded from any site in Ireland and is notable for the range of artefacts, including the largest collection of Food Vessel tradition pottery and daggers. Finally, the artefact associations and extensive radiocarbon dating of the site allows us for the first time to analyse the sequence of burial in an Irish Bronze Age cemetery.

Journal of Irish Archaeology XXI, Aug 2013

Not long ago Beaker period burials in Ireland had only been identified in association with megali... more Not long ago Beaker period burials in Ireland had only been identified in association with megalithic tombs, primarily Wedge and Court Tombs. However, in recent years a small number of pit burials of the Beaker period have been found. This note describes the burials that have been found to date.

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: …, Jan 1, 2001

Five Early Bronze Age cemeteries were uncovered in counties Kildare and Carlow between 1933 and 1... more Five Early Bronze Age cemeteries were uncovered in counties Kildare and Carlow between 1933 and 1959. A minimum of 22 gravescontained a minimum of 34 individuals: 26 were inhumed and 8 were cremated. The graves also contained fifteen bowls, two vases, two vase urns, three encrusted urns, an unidentified
food vessel and an unidentified vessel. The non-pottery ceramic finds consisted of two toggles and a plano-convex knife. Accounts of the cemeteries are provided, along with a human palaeopathological report by Laureen Buckley and radiocarbon dates.

Archaeological knowledge is explicit and tacit and is held by individuals and groups.

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. …, Jan 1, 1993

"The surviving Irish Bronze Age socketed axes ranged from just 13 gm to 736 gm in weight and have... more "The surviving Irish Bronze Age socketed axes ranged from just 13 gm to 736 gm in weight and have a total weight of about 377 kg of metal. The development of the socketed axe allowed the metalsmith to produce a cutting edge on a long well balanced body while using considerably less metal than earlier axe types.

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Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, 1998

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 1999

River Road. The Archaeology of the Limerick Southern Ring Road., 2013

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: …, Jan 1, 1997

The Encyclopaedia of Ireland, Sep 2003

Tara—from the past to the future. Towards a new research agenda, Aug 2013

Journal of Irish Archaeology XXI, Aug 2013

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: …, Jan 1, 2001

Five Early Bronze Age cemeteries were uncovered in counties Kildare and Carlow between 1933 and 1... more Five Early Bronze Age cemeteries were uncovered in counties Kildare and Carlow between 1933 and 1959. A minimum of 22 gravescontained a minimum of 34 individuals: 26 were inhumed and 8 were cremated. The graves also contained fifteen bowls, two vases, two vase urns, three encrusted urns, an unidentified
food vessel and an unidentified vessel. The non-pottery ceramic finds consisted of two toggles and a plano-convex knife. Accounts of the cemeteries are provided, along with a human palaeopathological report by Laureen Buckley and radiocarbon dates.

Archaeological knowledge is explicit and tacit and is held by individuals and groups.

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. …, Jan 1, 1993

IDEAL HOMES. DOMESTIC MATERIALITY AND PAST IDENTITIES, 2024

What makes a home? At its most basic, walls and roof to keep out the elements, a doorway, a fire ... more What makes a home? At its most basic, walls and roof to keep out the elements, a doorway, a fire for warmth, plus family, pets, and friends. But there is more. A home is also the place where we keep the possessions we value. A snapshot of the contents of a home at any moment tells us about the people who live there and the things they value. However, the archaeological record is mostly made of the remains of abandoned houses, from which the things of value have been removed. To accurately describe the variety of material that potentially filled the Bronze Age home we must look very broadly at the archaeology of the period. In recent decades development-led excavations in Ireland have uncovered a wealth of new evidence for Bronze Age settlement and domestic life. At the time of writing there is evidence for about 290 Bronze Age settlements and more than 620 structures in Ireland. This chapter uses this new evidence to describe the architecture and internal arrangements of the buildings, and the range of activities carried out. It looks at the range of material associated with the houses to build up a picture of what the Bronze Age home was like.

Keywords: #BronzeAge #Domestic #Artefacts #Ireland #Household