http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2129 2013-05-19T10:49:50Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4313 The Chemistry of Famine: Nutritional Controversies and the Irish Famine c.1845-7 Miller, Ian The activities of Irish medical practitioners in relieving the impact of the Irish Famine (c.1845–52) have been well documented. However, analysis of the function of contemporary medico-scientific ideas relating to food has remained mostly absent from Famine historiography. This is surprising, given the burgeoning influence of Liebigian chemistry and the rising social prominence of nutritional science in the 1840s. Within this article, I argue that the Famine opened up avenues for advocates of the social value of nutritional science to engage with politico-economic discussion regarding Irish dietary, social and economic transformation. Nutritional science was prominent within the activities of the Scientific Commission, the Central Board of Health and in debates regarding soup kitchen schemes. However, the practical inefficacy of many scientific suggestions resulted in public associations being forged between nutritional science and the inefficiencies of state relief policy, whilst emergent tensions between the state, science and the public encouraged scientists in Ireland to gradually distance themselves from state-sponsored relief practices. 2012-10-24T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4307 From Symbolism to Futurism: Poupées Électriques and Elettricità Daly, Selena In this paper I examine how Filippo Tommaso Marinetti transformed his three-act drama Poupées Électriques (1909) into a one-act Futurist sintesi Elettricità (1913). Through the analysis of draft versions of Elettricità and of Futurist manifestos, both the process by which Marinetti enacted this textual transformation and the reasons behind the changes made to the French play in its passage to becoming an Italian playlet will be explored. A series of drafts for Elettricità, which are held at the F. T. Marinetti Papers Collection at the Beinecke Library, Yale University, uncover the progression from French original to Italian translation. Close textual analysis of the two plays will demonstrate how Marinetti sought to change elements of Poupées Électriques so that Elettricità would reflect his new Futurist world vision. The significance of many of the changes Marinetti made only becomes clear when Elettricità is contextualised within other developments in the Futurist ideology and to Marinetti's manifesto output. 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4292 Constructing 'Moral Hospitals': Improving Bodies and Minds in Irish Reformatories and Industrial Schools, c.1851-1890 Miller, Ian 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4282 I significati delle nominalizzazioni in -ATA e i loro correlati morfologici Acquaviva, Paolo 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4234 Sophocles the ironist Lloyd, Michael (Michael A.) This chapter argues that while Sophocles may exploit relatively 'stable' irony, where the audience is confidently aware of truth hidden from the characters, he also uses more complex and 'unstable' irony which unsettles any feelings of certainty which we may have about the real meaning of events. 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4206 Time-space compression, ruination, and the 'profound otherness' of Ground Zero O'Keeffe, Tadhg 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4204 Unloved places revisited: archaeology and urban planning O'Keeffe, Tadhg 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4198 Lexical decomposition meets conceptual atomism Acquaviva, Paolo; Panagiotidis, Phoevos Asking what can be a substantive word in natural language is closely related to asking what can be a lexical concept. However, studies on lexical concepts in cognitive psychology, philosophy and linguistics have little contact with each other. We argue i) that linguistic analyses of lexical items as grammatical structures do not map naturally to plausible models of the concepts corresponding to these lexical items and ii) that roots cannot encapsulate the conceptual content of a lexical item. Instead,we delineate a notion of syntactic root, distinct from that of morphological root: syntactic roots are name-tags, indices, establishing lexical identity for grammatical structures. This makes it possible to view basic lexical items as mappings between syntactically complex structures, identified by their root, with simplex concepts, where the constructional meaning of the former constrains the content of the latter. This can lead to predictive hypotheses about the possible content of lexical items in natural language. 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4194 The morphological dimension of polarity licensing Acquaviva, Paolo Polarity items must, by definition, fit inside the scope of their licenser; items like any N, in addition, appear to require a c-commanding and overt licenser. It is argued that the relevant restriction refers to precedence, not e-command, and that it is morphological, not syntactic. This implies a morphological dimension of dependence, in addition to the semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic ones. The analysis relies on the separation between syntax and a postsyntactic morphological component: the exponents of the relevant polarity items require an [operator] feature that never appears in the corresponding feature bundle at the output of syntax. This mismatch is resolved by copying the feature from the licensing operator, provided it is present at morphological structure (overt) and linearly preceding. 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4184 Constraining inherent inflection: Number and Nominal Aspect Acquaviva, Paolo Since Booij (1994, 1996) it has become increasingly clear that inflectional morphology can take part in lexeme formation and compounding. Booij (1994) recognized the need for substantive constraints on the ways inflection can feed derivation, and restricted its derivational use to deictic categories, including Number. Pursuing this search for constraints, I propose that Number is a single morphological category covering two abstract functions (cf. Beard 1995), and that it can be inherent only when it expresses the more “lexical” of those functions, and thus means more than the grammatical feature would. This “lexical” Number expresses properties of the lexeme but stands halfway between the lexical core and the properly inflectional categories. It encodes mereological (part-whole) properties of the noun’s interpretation, thus paralleling the role of Aspect in the verbal domain, and like Aspect it can be integrated to different degrees in the grammatical system of a language. In some languages, this type of information has a specific morphological expression (so-called collective affixes). In others, it appears only as non-canonical semantics (and sometimes form) for Number inflection. Inherent Number, both as a component of lexemeformation and as fixed Number value on certain nouns, consists in the expression of Nominal Aspect through the morphology of Number. Morphology is not “split”, but its uses are. Inherent inflection, specifically Number, arises in certain languages as a by-product of the separation of (morphological) form and meaning. The article develops these views by presenting first a relatively detailed exemplification from several sources (section 1), followed by some critical reflections on the peculiarities of these constructions, to the effect that inherent Number must be qualitatively different from inflectional Number (section 2). Section 3 sets out in detail the hypothesis that inherent Number is the inflectional expression of Nominal Aspect, and section 4 concludes the argument by hypothesizing that Number not only can, but must have a distinct interpretation as a lexicalized property than as a regular inflectional one. 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4182 Goidelic inherent plurals and the morphosemantics of number Acquaviva, Paolo After numbers above 2, nouns are singular or plural depending on the language. But in Irish and Scottish some nouns must be singular and others plural, in a variety of dialectal patterns. Once the semantic basis underlying all these patterns is clarified, the ‘‘irregular’’ distribution of number in Goidelic fits neatly into the typological pattern of classifier constructions. Number seems arbitrary in some constructions, because that is where nouns are interpreted as transnumerals: apparent singulars are just numberless, and plurals are inherently plural stems. This provides a unified explanation for a host of constructions beside numeratives, and affords a deeper understanding of the way aspects of lexical semantics are encoded by number morphology. 2006-11-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4148 Roots and Lexicality in Distributed Morphology Acquaviva, Paolo This paper examines the nature and content of morphological roots in relation to their syntactic context. A careful consideration of doublets, where the same root may take alternative noun - inherent features, leads to the claim that roots do not carry selectional features or class diacritics. Relying on the distinction between syntactic nodes and their exponents, central to a realizational model like Distributed Morphology, I argue that the syntactic atoms corresponding to root nodes are associated with open - class exponents but not with a specific meaning that might select a licensing syntactic context. "Lexical" meaning arises constructionally, and so do lexical properties like gender or class, which however emerge at Vocabulary insertion and may show selectional properties. Content and exponence of roots are thus dissociated, in line with the separationist character of Distributed Morphology. This predicts the existence of root - like elements with mixed status, namely open - class exponents used as grammatical morphemes (like auxiliaries or classifiers), or category - free root extensions below the innermost category - assigning head (like de- in de-struction). Fifth York-Essex Morphology Meeting (YEMM), 9th February and 10th February 2008, Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York 2009-05-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3970 A paved way in Bloomhill Bog, Counties Westmeath and Offaly McDermott, Conor 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3966 Fulacht fiadh in Bofeenaun Townland, Lough More, Co. Mayo McDermott, Conor 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3963 The Acquisition of Community Speech Norms by Asian Immigrants Learning English as a Second Language: a preliminary study Adamson, H. D. (Hugh Douglas); Regan, Vera We investigate Vietnamese and Cambodian immigrants' acquisition of the variable (ing), which occurs in progressive tenses, participles, noun phrases, etc., and which can be pronounced [iŋ] or [In]. A VARBRUL 2 program analysis of native speaker speech shows that the production of (ing) is constrained by phonological, grammatical, stylistic, and social factors. An analysis of the nonnative speakers' acquisition of these norms shows that [In] is more frequent before anterior segments (reflecting ease of articulation), and that males use [In] more frequently than females, especially in monitored speech (perhaps reflecting their desire to accommodate to a male native speaker norm rather than to an overall native speaker norm). The analysis also shows evidence of grammatical constraints which are different from those in the native speakers' speech. This difference may reflect the fact that it is easier to acquire the [In] variant in “frozen forms,” such as prepositions, than in productive rules. 1991-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3960 Introduction: The acquisition of sociolinguistic competence Regan, Vera; Bayley, Robert 2004-08-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3939 Sociolinguistics and Language Learning in a Study Abroad Context Regan, Vera This article will focus on the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence by second language learners during a period of study abroad. Various aspects of sociolinguistic competence will be discussed and some of the principal factors which affect it will be described. Factors which affect sociolinguistic competence emerging from research in the area of study abroad include some which are central to the acquisition of second languages in general: context of acquisition, level of proficiency, degree of contact with native speakers, role of input, individual differences and the issue of native speaker norms. The research described will outline what we know about the sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of study abroad. The literature which exists to date on this aspect of second language acquisition (SLA) will be reviewed, including both quantitative and qualitative studies. Finally, we will address the question of the benefits (if any) of studying abroad for the acquisition of sociolinguistic and sociocultural competence. Where possible, an attempt will be made to see how this experience compares with that of learners who have not been abroad. Some of the studies to be discussed in this article were carried out with the explicit intention of focusing on the sociolinguistic area (Marriott 1995; Regan 1995; and Siegal 1995). There are also other year abroad studies which, although not focusing specifically on the sociolinguistic aspects of the process, nevertheless reveal further information about what happens during a study abroad period, for example, Lafford (1995) and Lapkin, Hart and Swain (1995). Various aspects of the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence are addressed in these articles. 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3938 The relationship between the group and the individual and the acquisition of native speaker variation patterns: a preliminary study Regan, Vera The relationship between group and individual has been explored within the variationist paradigm. In L1, group patterns of variation are replicated by the individual. Second language acquisition research is concerned with the individual learner, but second language acquisition variationist researchers tend to group learners. Little empirical evidence exists that such grouping is valid, given the importance of individual variation. This article investigates whether it is meaningful to group learners. This is a longitudinal, quantitative study of the acquisition of variation by Irish speakers of French L2 over three years, of which one is a year abroad experience. Participants are five advanced learners, twenty years old, with five years of French classes at secondary school and two at university. A computer (Varbrul) analysis shows similar patterns in group and individual, in the deletion of ne. Theoretical implications are that it is legitimate to apply group standards to individual speakers and that native speaker variation acquisition is linked to a prolonged stay in the native speaker community. 2007-07-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3904 The Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Native Speech Norms: effects of a year abroad on L2 learners of French Regan, Vera 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3903 Variation in French Interlanguage : a longitudinal study of sociolinguistic competence Regan, Vera 1996-06-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3898 Plural mass nouns and the compositionality of number Acquaviva, Paolo It is true that, as is well known since Allan (1980), mass and count are best seen as preferences rather than absolute values for lexical items; for instance, clothes cannot be governed by a numeral, but it tolerates the count quantifier a few. Even so, the existence of plurals that, at the very least, share some properties with mass nouns, raises questions about the chain of reasoning I have sketched out above. In fact, the assumption that plural nouns must refer to collections of individuals is simply wrong, even in languages where the number category would appear to correlate straightforwardly with the contrast between one and more than one. My first goal here will be to substantiate this empirical claim (section 2). Secondly, I will address in section 3 a theoretical question that cannot even be posed, let alone answered, without realizing that plural nouns can be non-count: the relation between semantic and morphological structure in mass plurals, whose interpretation does not seem to accord with the interpretation of the plural affix. How can a noun modified by this affix fail to denote non-singleton sets and still retain a compositional interpretation? The answer is that mass plurals are indeed semantically plural, but they refer to manifold complexes of non-individual parts. The familiar onemany contrast of book vs. books is not a primitive, defining trait of plurality, but a consequence of the semantics of the noun and of the way plurality combines with it. Variation along either of these two dimensions can bring about different readings—which are the empirical concern of this paper. 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3877 Roots, categories, and nominal concepts Acquaviva, Paolo This paper investigates what is specifically nominal in lexical semantics and how it relates to nouns as morphosyntactic objects. Nouns are argued to refer primarily to kind-level sorts, which define categories of entities in the speakers' conceptualization. This notion is characterized in semantic, ontological, and cognitive terms. Not all nominalized properties are concepts; in particular, not transparent deverbal nominalizations. Concepts thus provide a substantive notion of nominality not coextensive with the morphosyntactic one. Evidence is presented for the explanatory value of nominal concepts, as the semantic contribution of noun stems in word formation and in non-standard modification patterns like "plastic flower". Concepts also express semantic restrictions on affixation ("ornamental", but "employmental"). Finally, concepts are the value of nouns as whole complexes, not of their roots. This accords with the view that lexical categories have content, but roots are category-free. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3825 Space in Euripides Lloyd, Michael (Michael A.) This is the chapter on Euripides in a volume which discusses space in Greek literature from the point of view of narratology. 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3717 The printed book on the Iberian peninsula, 1500-1540 Wilkinson, Alexander S. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3716 'Homicides royaux' : the assassination of the Duc and Cardinal de Guise and the radicalization of French public opinion Wilkinson, Alexander S. The propaganda campaign launched in response to the assassination of the Duc and Cardinal de Guise on the orders of Henri III in December 1588 was the largest waged in the history of sixteenth-century France. Yet, it has never been the subject of systematic investigation. This article aims to fill this historiographical lacuna by presenting a broad survey of the principal arguments and techniques employed both by the Royalists, who sought to justify the act, and the League who exploited the event to radicalise Catholic opinion against Henri III. It finds that while the king was partly unwilling and partly unable to engage in any serious attempt to influence public opinion, the League exploited the media to defend the Guises as Catholic martyrs and to discredit the king as a criminal and irreligious tyrant. 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3715 Lost books printed in French before 1601 Wilkinson, Alexander S. Research into the history of the book before 1601 has reached an important moment. Within five years, scholars will have at their disposal short title catalogues covering almost all of the print domains of Europe. Such significant advances in research infrastructure will fundamentally transform our understanding of the first great age of print. It is, therefore, timely, that we begin to address one of the most inconvenient of truths – the issue of lost books. This article focuses on publishing in French as a case study. This is a particularly fertile avenue of investigation because of the existence of two exceptional sources – short title catalogues of French books published in the 1580s. By mapping the entries in these sources to the most recent short title catalogue of French print published in 2007, we can begin to explore the extent and character of the survival and loss of vernacular print in this period. 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3703 Inscribed landscapes: contextualising prehistoric rock art in Ireland O'Connor, Blaze This study addresses the landscape context of Atlantic rock art, comparing three study areas in Ireland; the Inishowen Peninsula, Donegal, the Louth/Monaghan area, and the Dingle Peninsula,Kerry. Recent dating evidence is reassessed, suggesting a Late Neolithic terminus ante quem for the practice and a potentially earlier origin, with related traditions continuing into the Bronze Age. A combination of field observations and GIS analyses reveals that a complex range of landscape features, as well as taphonomic and survey biases, have influenced the known rock art distribution. At the regional level geological formations, topography, wetlands and soil types played a role in structuring general distribution. Within these areas, rock art appears to cluster on particular topographical features, outcrop formations, distinctive soil zones, and specific viewpoints or ‘hidden’ parts of the landscape. This echoes recent landscape theory that such distinctive places were actively used to enhance certain experiences and activities. A pilot study into motif analysis is conducted using an innovative recording method combining photogrammetry and epigraphic survey, and three new approaches to classification. By linking these classifications to the GIS, subtle variations across the landscape are also investigated. The collation of survey and excavation evidence indicates that in these areas rock art was located in relative proximity to prehistoric settlement, yet frequently removed from contemporary monument complexes. This suggests that many panels may have formed foci for ‘everyday’ ritual activity by broad and unrestricted social groups, contrasting with the proposed specialist nature of megalithic art. Within each study area a distinction between dispersed panels and regional clusters is identified, the latter situated in removed locales, demonstrating that different panels played different roles. One of the regional clusters formed the focus for further field investigations. By employing a high-resolution data collection method, a geophysical survey identified a wide range of low visibility archaeological features across the site. Following this, excavation (the first at an in situ rock art site in Ireland)demonstrated that the features dated to the Early and Middle Neolithic, as well as later periods. The various contextual studies presented here suggest that rock art research can be approached as a way of accessing the complexities of different social relationships and identities in the past, and that the practice of carving may have played a key role in the maintenance of social memory. (Thesis submitted to University College Dublin for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the College of Arts and Celtic Studies) 2006-02-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3677 A late Mesolithic lithic scatter from Corralanna, Co. Westmeath, and its place in the Mesolithic landscape of the Irish Midlands Warren, Graeme; Little, Aimee; Stanley, Michael This report discusses a surface collection of late Mesolithic date from Corralanna, Co. Westmeath. The site, which was discovered after peat extraction in 1999, is characterised by a lithic assemblage comprised almost exclusively of chert, two axes, some coarse stone tools and a small range of organic finds including uncarbonised hazelnut shells. This discussion reviews the material from Corralanna, with an especial emphasis on the character of the chipped stone assemblage, placing the site in its appropriate landscape and archaeological contexts. Three radiocarbon dates from hazelnut shells were obtained. These are not demonstrably associated with the lithics, but the dates are in keeping with late Mesolithic stone tool technology. Although the assemblage is derived from a surface collection, and suffers from some of the problems associated with this, the site at Corralanna offers a significant contribution to our understanding of Mesolithic settlement in the midlands, an area rich in Mesolithic archaeology, but one that has been somewhat neglected until recently. 2009-03-10T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3676 Eriksen, B. V. (ED.) 2010. Lithic technology in metal using societies. Proceedings of a UISPP Workshop, Lisbon, September 2006. Moesgaard, Jutland Archaeological Society Publications Volume 67 Warren, Graeme 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3603 Dendrochronological analysis of oak from a shipwreck, Rostock Ost FPL71, Germany Daly, Aoife Marie Curie funded project: Chronology, Culture and Archaeology, based at the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin. In this report the dendrochronological analysis of eight oak samples from a shipwreck found at Rostock Ost is described. 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3588 Thinking mesolithic, by Stefan Karol Kozłowski, 2009 Warren, Graeme 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3560 Dendrochronological sampling of medieval fishweirs on the Fergus Estuary, Co. Clare, Ireland Daly, Aoife; Sands, Rob At the spring tides, during the summer of 2011, a team from the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, made several research trips to a complex of medieval fishweirs at a location close to Boarland Rock on the Fergus estuary, Co. Clare, Ireland. The purpose of these visits was to obtain samples for part of a Marie Curie funded IEF fellowship. In this phase of the project two case studies from the fishweir complex are underway using dendrochronological techniques to refine approaches to understanding their construction and use history along the River Fergus. 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3559 Dendrochronological analysis of oak from a shipwreck, Skjernøysund 3, Mandal, Norway Daly, Aoife In this report the dendrochronological analysis of 20 oak samples from a shipwreck named Skjernøysund 3, Norway, is described. 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3524 Fieldwork in Belderrig, Co. Mayo 2004-2008: 04E0893 Warren, Graeme This report provides a retrospective review of research carried out in Belderrig, North Co. Mayo from 2004-2008 and primarily funded via the National Committee for Archaeology of the Royal Irish Academy and with support in kind from the UCD School of Archaeology and ITAS Bealdeirg. The project began in 2004 as a small test pit investigation of a lithic scatter with associated organic remains, and has expanded to include a wide range of aspects. Preliminary reports on some of these developments are included here. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3504 Dendrokronologisk undersøgelse af træ fra skibsvrag, Knudedyb, Ribe Havn Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of a boat found at Knudedyb, Ribe Harbour, Denmark. Result: summer 1264. 2006-08-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3503 Dendrokronologisk undersøgelse af skibsvrag fra Spodsbjerg Drej, Svendborg amt. Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of a boat found at Spodsbjerg Drej, Svendborg amt, Denmark. Result: after AD 1775. 2004-08-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3502 To skibe fra Larvik, Norge Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of two boats found at Larvik, Norway. Result: Boat 5 c. 1700, Boat 6 spring/summer 1728. 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3492 Bestumkilen Båd, Norge Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of a boat found at Bestumkilen, Norway. Result c. 1890 2008-10-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3491 Mollökoggen, Sverige Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of a ship found at Mollö, Sverige. Result c. 1365 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3490 Juvre Sand Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of a ship found at Juvre Sand, Denmark. Result after c. 1770 2008-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3489 Melby Overdrev, Nordsjælland : J.nr. MAJ 2548 Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of a ship found at Melby Overdrev, Zealand, Denmark. Result c. 1765 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3488 Strandmøllen 2 : J.nr. 2528 Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of a ship found at Strandmøllen, Denmark. Result after c. 1790 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3487 Gåsehage, Randers amt : FHM 4817 WM 2307 Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of a boat found at Gåsehage, Randers amt, Denmark. Result c. 1577 2009-06-21T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3486 Skib fra Bovet Læsø : VHM 00124 (WM 2294) Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of a boat found at Bovet Læsø, Denmark. Result c. 1381 2009-04-25T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3485 Gedserbrogård, Falster : 1147 Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of a boat found at Gedserbrogård, Falster, Denmark. Result c. 1490 2009-06-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3484 Väskinde, Gotland : 431-3506-09 Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of a boat found at Väskinde, Gotland, Sweden. Result after c. 1535 2009-11-23T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3483 Orekilen Båd, Norge Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of a boat found at Orekilen, Norway. Result after c. 1815 2008-11-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3482 Endelave : J.nr. 2532 Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of a ship found at Endelave, Denmark. Result after c. 1810 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3481 Amager Strandvraget : J. nr. 2423 Daly, Aoife Dendrochronological dating and timber provenance of a ship found at Amager Strand, Denmark. Result 1560-70 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3430 How can we understand researchers' perceptions of key research developments? A case study focusing on the adoption of agriculture in Ireland Warren, Graeme Understanding how researchers perceive key research developments in their fields is not straightforward. This paper reports on a project focusing on perceptions of key developments in the adoption of agriculture (Mesolithic-Neolithic transition) in Ireland. The project involved over 60 interviews with active researchers, generating qualitative data that provide overview of these perceptions. Despite much diversity, several areas emerge as having been particularly important: including methodologies and wider developments in archaeological practice. Variation between Ireland and other areas of north-west Europe is suggested by some aspects of the data. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z