Archaeological excavations in Moneen Cave, the Burren, Co. Clare : insights into Bronze Age and post-medieval life in the West of Ireland /

In 2011, cavers exploring a little-known cave on Moneen Mountain in County Clare in the west of Ireland discovered part of a human skull, pottery and an antler implement. An archaeological excavation followed, leading to the discovery of large quantities of Bronze Age pottery, butchered animal bones...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dowd, Marion (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Archaeopress, [2016]
Temas:
Bronze age > Ireland > Clare.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Ireland > Clare.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Irlande > Clare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Antiquities
Bronze age
Excavations (Archaeology)
Clare (Ireland) > Antiquities.
Ireland > Clare
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I The site, background and archaeological excavation ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Geology and geomorphology
  • David Drew; 3. History of investigation; 4. Cave morphology; 5. Excavation and post-excavation methodology; 6. Stratigraphic report; Part II Excavation results and specialist analyses; 7. Radiocarbon dates; 8. Mammalian faunal remains
  • Fiona Beglane; 9. Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) analysis of four butchered animal bones
  • Keri Rowsell and Matthew Collins; 10. Bird and fish bones
  • Sheila Hamilton-Dyer; 11. Late Bronze Age oyster (Ostrea edulis) shells
  • Rory Connolly; 12. Charcoal; 13. Early Bronze Age antler hammerhead/macehead
  • Ruth F. Carden; 14. Middle/Late Bronze Age pottery
  • Elaine Lynch and Helen Roche; 15. Post-medieval human skeletal remains
  • Catriona McKenzie; 16. DNA analysis of the human skeletal remains
  • Mike Taylor; 17. Metagenomic analysis and mitochondrial genome reconstruction of the post-medieval individual from Moneen Cave
  • Åshild J. Vågene, Johannes Krause and Kirsten I. Bos; 18. Isotopic analysis of the human skeletal remains
  • Thomas Kador; 19. Analysis of Growth Recovery Lines (Harris lines) in the human skeletal remains
  • Fran O'Keeffe; 20. Historical context of the adolescent boy from Moneen Cave
  • Ciarán Ó Murchadha iHis; 21. Hints of an Early Mesolithic and/or Neolithic presence; Part III Discussion and interpretation: Moneen Cave in context; 22. An Early Bronze Age horizon: an antler hammerhead/macehead and a pig pelvis; 23. Middle and Late Bronze Age deposits; 24. Moneen Cave within the wider Bronze Age landscape of the Burren; 25. A post-medieval boy; 26. Public archaeology and Moneen Cave; 27. Future work; 28. References; Appendix 1 Context register; Appendix 2 Finds register; Appendix 3 Mammalian faunal remains by context
  • Fiona Beglane; Appendix 4 List of human bones
  • Catriona McKenzie.

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