The archaeology of caves in Ireland

1. Verfasser: Dowd, Marion
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford : Philadelhia Oxbow Books, 2015.
Umfang/Format: xix, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9781782978138
Schlagworte:
Caves > Social aspects > Ireland > History.
Caves > Ireland.
Community life > Ireland > History.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Ireland.
Soziologie > de > Ireland.
Speleology > Ireland.
Ireland-Éire (island) > eng > Antiquities.
iDAI.gazetteer: Ireland-Éire (island)
Parallelausgabe: Dowd, Marion., Archaeology of caves in Ireland (Online version:)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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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