Ireland's first settlers : time and the Mesolithic

1. Verfasser: Woodman, Peter C.,
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2021.
Umfang/Format: vii, 366 pages ; 29 cm
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: Woodman, Peter C., author., Ireland's first settlers (Online version:) | ISSN: 9781782977780
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Part I. In the beginning
  • Why?
  • Understanding Ireland's environment and ecology
  • It's about time
  • Part II. Laying the foundations
  • Where did it all come from?
  • Chronology, flint facts and other artefacts
  • Part III. Often an island too far
  • Anything earlier?
  • The first arrivals
  • Settling in
  • Part IV. Lifeway
  • Patterns in the landscape
  • Food, sustenance and procurement
  • Part V. Where to now
  • A critical analysis of fieldwork and methodologies
  • Life and death.