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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823777003321

Autore

Dowd Marion

Titolo

The archaeology of caves in Ireland / / Marion Dowd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxbow Books, , 2015

ISBN

1-78297-814-3

1-78297-816-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Disciplina

941.5

Soggetti

Caves - Social aspects - Ireland - History

Community life - Ireland - History

Social archaeology - Ireland

Excavations (Archaeology) - Ireland

Caves - Ireland

Speleology - Ireland

Ireland Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

People in caves, caves in people -- Excursions into places of fearful darkness : 300 years investigating caves -- Caves and cave archaeology in Ireland -- Gathering the dead : the Mesolithic (8000-3900 BC) -- Thresholds to transformation : the Neolithic (3900-2400 BC) -- Journeying deeper into darkness : the Bronze Age (2400-600 BC) -- Eyes full of darkness : the Iron Age (600 BC-AD 400) -- Out of the darkness, into the light : the early Medieval period (AD 400-1169) -- Silent spaces or speaking volumes? : the Medieval period (AD 1169-1550) -- Diverse biographies : post-Medieval period to 21st century (AD 1550-present) -- End note: The future of Irish cave archaeology -- Appendix 1: Caves of archaeological significance in Ireland.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book provides a synthesis of what we currently know about how caves were used and perceived by communities spanning the 10,000 years of human occupation of Ireland, from the earliest Mesolithic hunter gatherers to the 21st century urban dweller"--Provided by publisher.