Corrstown : a coastal community : excavations of a bronze age village in Northern Ireland / edited by Victoria Ginn and Stuart Rathbone ; with contributions by Orni Akeret ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ginn, Victoria (Victoria R.)

Rathbone, Stuart.

Akeret, Örni.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Northern Ireland.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Bronze age--Northern Ireland.

Bronze age.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Northern Ireland.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books ; Oakville, Conn. : David Brown Book Co., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Corrstown in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a highly important Bronze Age site. This came to light during excavations carried out by Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in 2002-2003, the results of which are detailed here. A total of 74 Middle Bronze Age roundhouse platforms was identified and organised into pairs or short rows, the majority of which appeared to be contemporary. The Corrstown village represents a site type hitherto unknown in Britain and Ireland, where the standard settlement pattern consists of roundhouses occ

Contents:

Cover; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Excavation Results; Chapter 3: Material Culture and Environmental Analysis; Chapter 4: Analysis of the Corrstown Site; Chapter 5: From Inception to Abandonment; Chapter 6: Corrstown in Context; Bibliography; Appendix I: An analysis of the Radiocarbon Dates from Corrstown,Co. Londonderry by Cormac McSparron; Appendix II: Medieval Corrstown: with contributions by Maria Lear; Appendix III: Cappagh Beg: Steve Linanne with contributions by Victoria Ginn

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-84217-710-9

OCLC:

831118181