I do not think I can do this foreword and thank-you list in cool and emotionless academic
words. This is from the heart, as one person may write a body of research, but it'sa whole …

To what extent did climate change steer the trajectories of early societies? The final
prehistoric (Developed to Late Iron Age) and early medieval periods in Ireland witnessed …

Recent studies emphasize the sacral nature of kingship in later prehistoric Ireland, and by
extension, the religious character of royal landscapes. 1 While this implies that such locales …

There is a pressing need for more materially centred narratives and analytical frameworks
for the study of later Iron Age and early medieval Ireland, which account explicitly for the …

In this paper the archaeological evidence for pre-eminent elite assemblies in medieval
Scotland is explored. The paper presents the first accurate reconstructed layout of an …

During the early medieval period (c. AD 400–1200), the Baltinglass landscape in eastern
Ireland may be interpreted as a major central place connected with important regional …

The motive for discussing the topic of Silver Ingots from the Balline Hoard is to highlight their
importance and to focus on this aspect of the hoard. Not since 1940, when it was discovered …

This paper discusses, with special attention to its Irish find-spot, the early fifth-century hoard
of Roman silver from Ballinrees, which contained almost 9kg of bullion (fragmentary …

Archaeological investigations of a site in Rogerstown, Co. Dublin, following the accidental
disturbance of human remains during construction works revealed the presence of a burial …

Although the study of assembly places in Ireland has advanced considerably in recent
years, much work remains to be done. Repeated themes in place-names, archaeology and …