http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2130 2013-06-19T23:10:41Z 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/10197/3970 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/10197/3703 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 http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2959 Cave sites in Northeastern Luzon, Philippines : a preliminary soil micromorphological study Mijares, Armand Salvador B.; Lewis, Helen Soil micromorphology was among the approaches used to explore site formation in two cave sites in northern Luzon: Eme and Dalan Serkot Caves. Interplay of biogenic, sedimentary, and anthropogenic processes worked and reworked the archaeological sediments at both sites. Eme Cave was found to be highly bioturbated by faunal activities and shrink-swell processes, and caution is needed in interpreting its archaeological contexts. However, thin section study revealed wood ash and possible burnt soil fragments, along with charcoal, attesting to later prehistoric burning activity at the site at some time. In Dalan Serkot Cave, along with standard cave sediments a volcanic ash deposit was identified, apparently deposited before 6200 b.p., that must have affected local communities, and that could be used as a stratigraphic marker for future research in the area. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2958 Archaeological investigations in northern Laos : new contributions to Southeast Asian prehistory White, Joyce C.; Lewis, Helen; Bouasisengpaseuth, Bounheuang; Marwick, Ben; Arrell, Katherine 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z