Bronze Artefact Production in Late Bronze Age Ireland

Bronze Artefact Production in Late Bronze Age Ireland
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Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015060568386
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Synopsis Bronze Artefact Production in Late Bronze Age Ireland by : Simon Ó Faoláin

By the late Bronze Age the Irish had become masters in metalworking anf the range of objects produced was in stark contrast to those of the earlie Bronze Age. This study presents a comprehensive analysis and reconstruction of late Bronze Age metalworking practices through artefactual evidence and also experimental work and ethnography.

Ritual in Late Bronze Age Ireland

Ritual in Late Bronze Age Ireland
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Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9781784912215
ISBN-13 : 1784912212
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Synopsis Ritual in Late Bronze Age Ireland by : Katherine Leonard

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 of the bronze slashing sword to Ireland at around 1200 BC and the introduction and proliferation of iron technology beginning around 600 BC.

Mapping Society: Settlement Structure in Later Bronze Age Ireland

Mapping Society: Settlement Structure in Later Bronze Age Ireland
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Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 9781784912444
ISBN-13 : 1784912441
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Synopsis Mapping Society: Settlement Structure in Later Bronze Age Ireland by : Victoria Ruth Ginn

This study examines Middle–Late Bronze Age (c. 1750–600 BC) domestic settlement patterns in Ireland. The results reveal a distinct rise in the visibility, and a rapid adaption, of domestic architecture, which seems to have occurred earlier in Ireland than elsewhere in western and northern Europe.

Hillforts, Warfare and Society in Bronze Age Ireland

Hillforts, Warfare and Society in Bronze Age Ireland
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Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages : 538
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ISBN-10 : 9781784916565
ISBN-13 : 1784916560
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Synopsis Hillforts, Warfare and Society in Bronze Age Ireland by : William O'Brien

This is the first project to study hillforts in relation to warfare and conflict in Bronze Age Ireland. This project combines remote sensing and GIS-based landscape analysis with conventional archaeological survey to investigate ten prehistoric hillforts across southern Ireland.

Picturing the Bronze Age

Picturing the Bronze Age
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Publisher : Oxbow Books
Total Pages : 185
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ISBN-10 : 9781782978824
ISBN-13 : 1782978828
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Synopsis Picturing the Bronze Age by : Johan Ling

Pictures from the Bronze Age are numerous, vivid and complex. There is no other prehistoric period that has produced such a wide range of images spanning from rock art to figurines to decoration on bronzes and gold. Fourteen papers, with a geographical coverage from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, examine a wide range of topics reflecting the many forms and expressions of Bronze Age imagery encompassing important themes including religion, materiality, mobility, interaction, power and gender. Contributors explore specific elements of rock art in some detail such as the representation of the human form; images of manslaughter; and gender identities. The relationship between rock art imagery and its location on the one hand, and metalwork and networks of trade and exchange of both materials and ideas on the other, are considered. Modern and ancient perceptions of rock art are discussed, in particular the changing perceptions that have developed during almost 150 years of documented research. Picturing the Bronze Age is based on an international workshop with the same title held in Tanum, Sweden in October 2012.

The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age

The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 1016
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ISBN-10 : 9780191007323
ISBN-13 : 0191007323
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age by : Anthony Harding

The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age is a wide-ranging survey of a crucial period in prehistory during which many social, economic, and technological changes took place. Written by expert specialists in the field, the book provides coverage both of the themes that characterize the period, and of the specific developments that took place in the various countries of Europe. After an introduction and a discussion of chronology, successive chapters deal with settlement studies, burial analysis, hoards and hoarding, monumentality, rock art, cosmology, gender, and trade, as well as a series of articles on specific technologies and crafts (such as transport, metals, glass, salt, textiles, and weighing). The second half of the book covers each country in turn. From Ireland to Russia, Scandinavia to Sicily, every area is considered, and up to date information on important recent finds is discussed in detail. The book is the first to consider the whole of the European Bronze Age in both geographical and thematic terms, and will be the standard book on the subject for the foreseeable future.

The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland

The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 391
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ISBN-10 : 9781108419925
ISBN-13 : 1108419925
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland by : Richard Bradley

Highlights the achievements of prehistoric people in Britain and Ireland over a 5,000 year period.

Burials and Society in Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Ireland

Burials and Society in Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Ireland
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Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : 9781789696325
ISBN-13 : 1789696321
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Burials and Society in Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Ireland by : Cormac McSparron

This book 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.

The Archaeology of Prehistoric Burnt Mounds in Ireland

The Archaeology of Prehistoric Burnt Mounds in Ireland
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Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages : 342
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ISBN-10 : 9781784919870
ISBN-13 : 178491987X
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis The Archaeology of Prehistoric Burnt Mounds in Ireland by : Alan Hawkes

This book 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.

The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland

The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 243
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ISBN-10 : 9781135951429
ISBN-13 : 113595142X
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland by : Nancy Edwards

In the first major work on the subject for over 30 years, Nancy Edwards provides a critical survey of the archaeological evidence in Ireland (c. 400-1200), introducing material from many recently discovered sites as well as reassessing the importance of earlier excavations. Beginning with an assessment of Roman influence, Dr Edwards then discusses the themse of settlement, food and farming, craft and technology, the church and art, concluding with an appraisal of the Viking impact. The archaeological evidence for the period is also particularly rich and wide-ranging and our knowledge is expanding repidly in the light of modern techniques of survey and excavation.