Environmental Archaeology in Ireland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Eileen M.

Contributor:

Whitehouse, Nicki J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental archaeology--Ireland.

Ireland--Antiquities.

Local Subjects:

Environmental archaeology--Ireland.

Ireland--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (680 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Oxbow Books, 2007.

Summary:

This edited volume of 16 papers provides an introduction to the techniques and methodologies, approaches and potential of environmental archaeology within Ireland. Each of the 16 invited contributions focuses on a particular aspect of environmental archaeology and include such specialist areas as radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology, palaeoentomology, human osteoarchaeology, palynology and geoarchaeology, thereby providing a comprehensive overview of environmental archaeology within an Irish context. The inclusion of pertinent case studies within each chapter will heighten awareness of the pro

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1 - Radiocarbon Dating: A Practical Overview; Abstract; Introduction; History of Radiocarbon Dating in Ireland; Methods; Methodological Summary; Conclusion; Online Archive Sources; References; 2 - Dendrochronology and Lessons Learned from Irish Examples; Abstract; Introduction; Practicalities of Dendrochronology; Moving From General to Specific Issues; Sapwood Estimation and Preservation; Late and Post Medieval House Structures and Sequences

Early Christian Examples: Nendrum Tidal Mill and Island MacHugh CrannogWider Considerations; Longer Distance Connections; Some Point Events-Splitting Up Archaeological Time; Conclusions; References; 3 - The Use of Tephra in Linking European Sequences of Terrestrial, Lacustrine, Marine and Ice Palaeoenvironmental Records; Abstract; Introduction; Geographical Distribution and Temporal Range; Practicalities; How do we Detect Tephra in a Sediment Core or Sample?; Preparation for Geochemistry; Recognition of Tephra; Chemical Fingerprinting of Tephras; Type Material and Matching

Why is Tephra Useful?Tephra for Correlation Between Cores, Between Sample Sites and Between Regions; Tephra as a Taphonomic Guide; Tephra as a Chronology; Tephra from Ice Cores; An Example of the Use of Tephra in a Palaeoenvironmental Investigation; Problems; References; 4 - Human Osteoarchaeology in Ireland; Abstract; Introduction; Methodology; Why Study Irish Human Remains?; Conclusions; References; Acknowledgements; 5 - Mammal Bone Studies from Prehistoric Irish Sites; Abstract; Introduction; Methodology; Animal Exploitation in Prehistoric Ireland; Iron Age; Conclusions; References

6 - Exploitation of Birds and Fish in Historic Ireland: A Brief Review of the EvidenceAbstract; Introduction; Methodological and Taphonomic Considerations; The Evidence: Birds; The Evidence: Fish; Priorities for Future Research; References; Acknowledgements; 7 - Molluscs and Middens: The Archaeology of 'Ireland's Early Savage Race'?; Abstract; Introduction; Mesolithic (c. 7000-4000 BC); Neolithic (c. 4000-2500 BC); Bronze Age (c. 2500-600 BC); Iron Age (c. 600 BC-400 AD); Early Christian (400-twelfth century AD); Conclusion; References

8 - The Study of Fossil Insect Remains in Environmental and Archaeological Investigations: An Irish PerspectiveAbstract; Introduction; Principles and Methods; Practicalities: Sampling and Analysis of Fossil Insect Material; Quaternary Entomology and Climate Change; Quaternary Entomology and Holocene Environmental Change; Rural and Urban Settlement Assemblages; Concluding Remarks; References; Acknowledgements; 9 - Environmental Archaeology in Ireland: A Personal and Archaeobotanical Perspective; Abstract; Introduction; A Personal Reflection on Archaeobotanical Studies: Future Perspectives

Conclusion

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-78297-480-6

1-78297-478-4

OCLC:

881570312