Discovery Programme Reports: No. 5
Royal Irish Academy (Publisher)
Published on 9. January 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
146 pages
978-1-874045-69-4 (ISBN)
Description
This fifth report in the Discovery Programme archaeological series includes an insightful review by Martin Doody on excavations undertaken at Chancellorsland, south Tipperary. Barry Masterson writes a detailed survey on Carn Tigherna in County Cork and discusses the use of up-to-date surveying techniques. Tom Condit and Aidan O'Sullivan address the importance of assessing sites by moving through landscape and waterways, and Eoin Grogan presents an interim report on excavations at Mooghaun hillfort in County Clare.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Maps; Illustrations, color; Illustrations, black and white; Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 300 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
626 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-874045-69-4 (9781874045694)
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Persons
Martin Doody was an archaeologist and lecturer in the Archaeology Department of University College Cork. He was a significant archaeologist of the Bronze Age in Ireland, with a number of books to his credit. He contributed to the Discovery Programme Reports No. 2 and No. 5. Eoin Grogan specialises in landscape archaeology, social and political analysis of prehistoric societies, GIS, and the Late Bronze Age. He worked in the Department of Archaeology, University College Dublin as a researcher (1974-89) and Deputy Director on the excavations at Knowth, Co. Meath (1980-85). He is currently working at the Centre for Irish Cultural Heritage and the Department of Early Irish at Maynooth University. Dr Grogan contributed to the Discovery Programme Reports No. 2 and No. 5