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Dún Ailinne : Excavations at an Irish Royal Site, 1968-1975 / Bernard Wailes, Susan A. Johnston.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (356 p.) : 205 illusContent type:
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  • 9781931707992
  • 9781934536407
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 936.1/5
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chronological Chart of Irish Archaeological Periods -- Summary of the Excavation -- 1. Excavation Strategy -- 2. Excavation of the Summit Area -- 3. Perimeter Survey and Excavation -- 4. Feature and Artifact Summary -- 5. Lithic Remains -- 6. Ceramics -- 7. Iron -- 8. Non-Ferrous Metals -- 9. Glass -- 10. Worked Bone -- 11. Miscellaneous Objects -- 12. Specialist Analyses -- 13. Biological Remains -- 14. Medieval and Modern Objects -- 15. Chronology -- 16. Dún Ailinne's Role in Folklore, Myth, and the Sacred Landscape -- 17. The Larger Archaeological Context -- 18. The Social and Cultural Context of Dún Ailinne -- References Cited -- Contributors -- Index -- Dún Ailinne. Excavations at an Irish Royal Site, 1968-1975 -- Contents -- Figures -- Plates 1-1- Plate 7-8 -- Plate 8-1-Plate 10-26 -- Plate 11 -1- Plate 14-1
Summary: The site of Dún Ailinne is one of four major ritual sites from the Irish Iron Age, each said to form the center of a political kingdom and thus described as "royal." Excavation has produced artifacts ranging from the Neolithic (about 5,000 years ago) through the later Iron Age (fourth century CE), when the site was the focus of repeated rituals, probably related to the creation and maintenance of political hegemony. A series of timber structures were built and replaced as each group of leaders sought to claim ancient descent from a deep past and still create something unique and lasting.Pam J. Crabtree and Ronald Hicks provide analyses on, respectively, biological remains and Dún Ailinne's role in folklore, myth, and the sacred landscape, while Katherine Moreau examines bronze and iron artifacts and Elizabeth Hamilton, slag.Content of this book's CD-ROM may be found online at this location: http://core.tdar.org/project/376584.University Museum Monograph, 129
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chronological Chart of Irish Archaeological Periods -- Summary of the Excavation -- 1. Excavation Strategy -- 2. Excavation of the Summit Area -- 3. Perimeter Survey and Excavation -- 4. Feature and Artifact Summary -- 5. Lithic Remains -- 6. Ceramics -- 7. Iron -- 8. Non-Ferrous Metals -- 9. Glass -- 10. Worked Bone -- 11. Miscellaneous Objects -- 12. Specialist Analyses -- 13. Biological Remains -- 14. Medieval and Modern Objects -- 15. Chronology -- 16. Dún Ailinne's Role in Folklore, Myth, and the Sacred Landscape -- 17. The Larger Archaeological Context -- 18. The Social and Cultural Context of Dún Ailinne -- References Cited -- Contributors -- Index -- Dún Ailinne. Excavations at an Irish Royal Site, 1968-1975 -- Contents -- Figures -- Plates 1-1- Plate 7-8 -- Plate 8-1-Plate 10-26 -- Plate 11 -1- Plate 14-1

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The site of Dún Ailinne is one of four major ritual sites from the Irish Iron Age, each said to form the center of a political kingdom and thus described as "royal." Excavation has produced artifacts ranging from the Neolithic (about 5,000 years ago) through the later Iron Age (fourth century CE), when the site was the focus of repeated rituals, probably related to the creation and maintenance of political hegemony. A series of timber structures were built and replaced as each group of leaders sought to claim ancient descent from a deep past and still create something unique and lasting.Pam J. Crabtree and Ronald Hicks provide analyses on, respectively, biological remains and Dún Ailinne's role in folklore, myth, and the sacred landscape, while Katherine Moreau examines bronze and iron artifacts and Elizabeth Hamilton, slag.Content of this book's CD-ROM may be found online at this location: http://core.tdar.org/project/376584.University Museum Monograph, 129

Issued also in print.

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In English.

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