Discovery Programme: Report 6
Royal Irish Academy (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
165 pages
978-1-874045-95-3 (ISBN)
Description
Volume 6 of the Discovery Programme Reports examines the findings from Tara, Co. Meath. Among the contributions by noted archaeological scholars are Joe Fenwick and Conor Newman's geomagnetic survey of the Hill of Tara.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Line drawings, black and white; Maps; Illustrations, color; Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 295 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
688 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-874045-95-3 (9781874045953)
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Persons
Edel Bhreathnach is a historian of medieval Ireland who has worked extensively on many aspects of the field including the Hill of Tara, the nature of the Irish historical tradition, the Irish Franciscans, Irish monasticism and death and burial in early medieval Ireland. She is the CEO of the Discovery Programme, Dublin and has contributed to Discovery Programme: Report 6 (2002). Conor Newman is a lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at NUI Galway. He directed the Discovery Programme's Tara: Archaeological Survey Project before joining the Department of Archaeology, NUI, Galway, in 1996. Three times visiting professor of Celtic archaeology at the University of Toronto, he has studied at the Institute of Archaeology, Oxford, and at Edinburgh University. He was Vice-Dean for Research at the Arts faculty in 2007-08. A member of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland, he was editor of the Journal of Irish Archaeology from 2003-2008. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and chairman of the Heritage Council. He contributed to Discovery Programme: Report 6 (2002).