This paper has two primary aims. Firstly, we review new data demonstrating interactions
between people, plants, animals and woodlands in Mesolithic Ireland (ca. 8000–4000 cal …

When prehistoric archaeological sites yield non-carbonised wood, one of the ways to test for
management practices consisting of pollarding and coppicing is analysis of branch diameter …

This paper provides a summary of the palaeoenvironmental evidence from a spread of late
Mesolithic burnt material and two late Neolithic to early Bronze Age burnt mounds. The burnt …

The pyre was an integral part of the ritual of cremation, yet the actual wood that fuelled pyres
has rarely been investigated from Bronze Age sites. This research examines environmental …

People have engaged with Ireland's wetland environments since the earliest times, leaving
a unique, fragile and valuable archaeological and environmental legacy. A long history of …

Swathes of roads and pipelines cut through the Irish landscape during the 'Celtic Tiger'years
(approximately 1994–2008) leading to an unprecedented number of archaeological …

While archaeobotanical research on neolithisation often focuses on subsistence and
farming practices, also wood exploitation practices can provide information on continuity and …

ABSTRACT The Iron Age in Ireland (700 BC-AD 400) has long been considered an
enigmatic period, with a lack of archaeological evidence for everyday settlements. Given the …

The antiquity and context (site or feature type) are the two principal factors that act as a
framework for interpreting charcoal and wood data from archaeological sites in the …

Background Wooden artefacts rarely survive in terrestrial archaeological sites, but can be
preserved in wetlands due to the anoxic conditions found in these environments (eg Coles …