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Past Orders: the archaeology of beer
The Archaeology of Beer
Category:HistoryReads:319Uploaded:11 / 03 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionExcavating death on the M6: 3500 BC to AD 1500
A report of two funerary sites excavated in advance of the new M6 moroway in Ireland.
Category:HistoryReads:142Uploaded:11 / 03 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionPast Orders: The Archaeology of Beer
The Bronze Age burnt mounds of Ireland are enigmatic, and many theories have been proposed for their purpose, from cooking sites to Prehistoric saunas. But were these monuments actually microbreweries for Bronze Age beer? brendon Wilkins samples the evidence.
Category:HistoryReads:800Uploaded:10 / 20 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionThe Archaeology of Royal Weddings
As Prince William and Kate Middleton’s nuptials this month stir feverish national excitement, what light can archaeology shed on the pomp and pageantry of the most magnificent of Royal occasions? Brendon Wilkins goes in search of the evidence.
Category:HistoryReads:973Uploaded:04 / 27 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionSaints and Sinners: religion and conflict in Medieval Ireland
Religion, and religious strife, have defined modern Ireland. New archaeological evidence is showing that this cultural clash began long ago, with the very arrival of Christianity. In our final article on the top ten sites of Celtic Tiger archaeology, Brendon Wilkins looks at the physical evidence of this spiritual struggle.
Category:HistoryReads:1,484Uploaded:12 / 08 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionIreland's Invisible People: the Celtic present meets the Celtic past
Comparing Ireland with the fast growing ‘tiger’ economies of the Far East, economists coined the term ‘Celtic Tiger’; the irony is that evidence for ‘Celtic’ Ireland is almost as rare as evidence for an indigenous species of Irish tiger. Has a decade of development-led excavations altered this picture? Brendon Wilkins assesses the new evidence emerging for the Irish Iron Age, in the third article in the series on the top ten sites of the Celtic Tiger.
Category:HistoryReads:1,188Uploaded:12 / 08 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionIreland's Prehistoric Beginnings
As Ireland’s land-hungry Celtic Tiger economic boom encroached on wetland landscapes once thought too boggy for modern development, it became clear that these sites, near to rivers, had been home to vibrant prehistoric communities that had settled along what would have been ancient thoroughfares. In the second part of this series on the top-ten sites of the Celtic Tiger, we investigate the new evidence for Ireland’s prehistoric beginnings.
Category:HistoryReads:1,542Uploaded:12 / 08 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionTop Ten Sites of the Celtic Tiger
A four-part series by Brendon Wilkins, published in Current Archaeology, examining the top ten sites excavated during the ‘Celtic Tiger’ economic boom, as chosen by the archaeologists who were working in Ireland at the time.
Category:HistoryReads:2,111Uploaded:12 / 08 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionWhen the Celtic Tiger roared: Ireland's golden age for archaeology
Weighing up the legacy of the ‘Celtic Tiger’ economic boom, it is clear that it was a golden age for archaeologists; however, was it also a golden age for archaeology? And, what insight does that give us into how archaeology is practiced in the UK?
Category:HistoryReads:2,754Uploaded:09 / 23 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionExcavating Death: Newford, Ballygarraun and Carrowkeel
Ireland Multi-period burials Excavating death Newford, Ballygarraun, and Carrowkeel The Galway to Ballinasloe N6 road scheme in the Republic of Ireland was 56km long: metre for metre, one of the largest archaeological projects anywhere in the world. The archaeology found along the scheme has shed new light on the treatment of the dead at crucial stages of Irish history. Brendon Wilkins explains the evidence. all photoS: Headland Archaeology Ltd unless otherwise noted. T he massive scale of t
Category:HistoryReads:1,069Uploaded:07 / 31 / 2010ShareAdd to collection
