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The archaeology of caves in Ireland
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Title
The archaeology of caves in Ireland / Marion Dowd.
ISBN
9781782978138 (hardback)
9781782978145 (digital)
9781782978169 (e-book)
Publication
Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2015.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 online resource (335 pa)ges) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"This book provides a synthesis of what we currently know about how caves were used and perceived by communities spanning the 10,000 years of human occupation of Ireland, from the earliest Mesolithic hunter gatherers to the 21st century urban dweller"--Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Print version: Dowd, Marion. Archaeology of caves in Ireland. Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2015
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
People in caves, caves in people
Excursions into places of fearful darkness : 300 years investigating caves
Caves and cave archaeology in Ireland
Gathering the dead : the Mesolithic (8000-3900 BC)
Thresholds to transformation : the Neolithic (3900-2400 BC)
Journeying deeper into darkness : the Bronze Age (2400-600 BC)
Eyes full of darkness : the Iron Age (600 BC-AD 400)
Out of the darkness, into the light : the early Medieval period (AD 400-1169)
Silent spaces or speaking volumes? : the Medieval period (AD 1169-1550)
Diverse biographies : post-Medieval period to 21st century (AD 1550-present)
End note: The future of Irish cave archaeology
Appendix 1: Caves of archaeological significance in Ireland.
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