Climate change, whether gradual or sudden, has frequently been invoked as a causal factor
to explain many aspects of cultural change during the prehistoric and early historic periods …

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 …

Abstract In Ireland, the Middle to Late Bronze Age (1500–600 cal bc.) is characterised by
alternating phases of prolific metalwork production (the Bishopsland and Dowris Phases) …

In 2003, the remains of an Early Iron Age bog body, known as 'Oldcroghan Man', were
recovered during the cutting of a drainage ditch in a bog in the Irish Midlands. Only some …

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 …

The first Irish pollen diagram was published by Gunnar Erdtman in the Irish Naturalists'
Journal in 1927. Since then over 475 pollen diagrams have been produced from locations …

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 …

Abstract The Irish Late Bronze Age (1200-600 BC) is characterised in the archaeological
record by several distinctive phases of material culture, the earliest hillfort constructions, an …

The development of towns in Ireland was greatly influenced by the arrivals of the Vikings in
the mid-ninth century ad. A variety of settlement types existed prior to this time, from ringforts …