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The elusive image
(Wordwell, 2009)
It is now possible to identify one symbol in Celtic La Tène art found in Continental Europe and in prehistoric Britain and Ireland that appears to be an expression of a complex religious cosmology. This is the elusive (and ...
Editorial
(Royal Irish Academy, 2009)
Cheques and Balances
(Archaeology Ireland, 2005)
Misinformation, disinformation and downright distortion: the Battle to Save Tara 1999-2005
(Arlen House, Galway, 2007)
The routing of a new motorway, the M3, through the valley between the Hill of Tara and Skreen, prompted international controversy. Conor Newman traces the history of a proposal that did irreparable damage to the culturally ...
The Cultural and Environmental Impact of Large Dams in Southeast Turkey
(National University of Ireland, Galway and Kurdish Human Rights Project, 2005)
This study of the cultural and environmental impacts of large dams in Southeast Turkey brings together evidence from and interviews with people affected by hydroelectric dam projects planned for the Munzur, Tigris and ...
The Sword in the Stone: previously unrecognised archaeological evidence of ceremonies of the later Iron Age and early medieval period
(2009)
Published in G. Cooney et al. (eds), Relics of Old Decency: archaeological studies in later prehistory. Festschrift for Barry Raftery (Wordwell, Dublin, 2009), 425-36, this is a proof copy of an introduction to on-going ...
Native Enclosed Settlement and the Problem of the 'Irish Ring-fort'
(Maney, 2009)
One of the most sustained monolithic traditions of Irish archaeology is the classification of a wide variety of earthen and stone enclosures (ráth and caisel) as 'ring-forts'. This is an impediment to understanding the ...
Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon: where the Táin Bó Cúailnge began
(Archaeology Ireland Heritage Guide No. 44, 2009)
A summary account of the royal site of Rathcroghan famous in early Irish epic literature as the seat of Queen Maeve and the place where the great cattle raid of Cooley began. Rich in legend and archaeology, this account ...