People, Prehistory and the Past: essays in honour of John Waddell
Edited by Michelle Comber, and Kieran O'Conor
Published by Four Courts Press Ltd, January 2025.
ISBN: 978-1-80151-164-3
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Published by Four Courts Press Ltd, January 2025.
ISBN: 978-1-80151-164-3
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Abstract
Dedicated to John Waddell, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Galway, an internationally renowned and popular scholar whose long career and research changed the direction of prehistoric studies in Ireland, this collection of essays, authored by a number of his colleagues, continues John's work by examining aspects of Irish prehistory and the interaction of people with the past.
Chapters
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Capstones and potential capstones at the Carrowmore megalithic complex
By Stefan Bergh, and Robert Hensey
In People, Prehistory and the Past: essays in honour of John Waddell Link
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Going to sea in a lunula
By Mary Cahill
In People, Prehistory and the Past: essays in honour of John Waddell Link
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From prehistory to medieval: living among the ancestors in the Burren, Co. Clare
By Michelle Comber, and Noel McCarthy
In People, Prehistory and the Past: essays in honour of John Waddell Link
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Evidence for the heroic narratives as seen in Machaire Connacht
By Daniel Curley
In People, Prehistory and the Past: essays in honour of John Waddell Link
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An exploration of passage tomb alignment, related kerbstone art and cycles of monumental construction at Brú na Bóinne
By Joseph Fenwick
In People, Prehistory and the Past: essays in honour of John Waddell Link
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Carleton Jones Identity in Early Bronze Age western Ireland – a study of pottery and landscape
By Carleton Jones
In People, Prehistory and the Past: essays in honour of John Waddell Link
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A contribution to the debate concerning archaeology and early vernacular literature
By Conor Newman
In People, Prehistory and the Past: essays in honour of John Waddell Link
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The Mac Diarmada inauguration site at Croghan (Cruachán), County Roscommon
By Máirín Ní Dhonnchadha
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