I'm of the opinion that good old fashioned experimental work can't be a bad thing. James Mathieu published some work on this in a BAR volume in 2002, and I...
Barry Molloy
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Mar 1, 2006 1:57 pm
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Barry, ... Yep, I've seen this, and also read similar discussions and spoken with people who've experimented with stone axes of varying types. [snip] ... True,...
Recently there was a report that a bronze age settlement site was not going to slow or stop development of a new roadway in Co Carlow. Fair enough. These ...
There's a huge amount of stuff in here, all relating to Tara, but frustratingly little detail about Barronstown 1. Still, I present it here for people to read,...
I'm sorry to come back to this if no one wants to talk about it and I have been waiting for someone else to point this out, but as I would like to know the...
Kevin, ... Don't be sorry. This sort of activity is what the group is here for, after all. ... Well, the original issue was really about the purpose to which...
... Good. That was what I thought and expected. They're the only native species that are really abundant islandwide and burn well enough (hot and slow without ...
Stuart, ... Damn. I got hold of a copy from the local library recently, but I was looking for something totally different. It'll ake me weeks to get hold of it...
Stiof, Silly me. When I said 'exotic' I meant 'not used very often for construction purposes etc'. As for the cutting across the grain, I do recall one huge...
Stuart, ... Thought so... A nerdy point, but worth making (spot the tree nerd!) as there is a terrible lack of awareness even amongst 'environmentalists' here...
... Stiof, It was actually lying beside a trackway, not an integral part of it. There was a hollowed out log utilised as a /Fulacht fiadh /trough. It had been...
Stuart, ... No indication of its intended pupose at all? ... Don't you just love it when that happens? 8-) ... Sure, that'd be interesting. ... He gets me back...
Forwarded from EMI group. Stiof ############################# Academic Position just advertised in Irish Times and UCD website - please forward to interested...
People, Issue #3 of INSIGHT Online Journal of Irish Heritage Studies is now being readied for publication later this month. We are now accepting submissions...
A new discussion group has been created (not one of mine, btw) dealing solely with the hillforts of |Britain and Ireland. Seems like a very promising idea all...
Sorry for cross-posting, but this sort of affects about everyone. Has anyone here been reading the nice long piece in Archaeology Ireland tying bog bodies to...
With apologies for cross-posting... Issue #3 of Insight Journal, the free online Irish Heritage Studies publication is now available: www.irishinsight.net This...
If you can make it to this event (and can afford the fee), you are in for a serious treat. If you don't already know what the fuss about Tara is all about,...
People, We are now accepting FINAL submissions for INSIGHT Online Journal #4 which will be released at the end of August, and initial submissions for #5, due...
Due to the impact of holdays on contributors' ability to deliver final copies for August, the release of issue 4 of Insight has been held over by one month ...
Thought people would be interested in this. NOTE: All lectures are FREE. Stiof ############################################### [Hi everyone, We'd really...
As a part of a piece of research I'm working on I have a need to get data on ancient woodlands in Ireland and in adjacent lands - Britain, France, Germany, ...
I think some here may wish to respond to the following. Stiof ################# TaraWatch is urgently seeking an expert in prehistoric Irish archaeology to...
New Academy for Heritage aims to protect historical environment Fiona Tyrrell Irish Times Friday, April 23, 2004 Countering the profit-driven approach to...
Apologies for the ongoing cross-posting, but I think the occasion warrants it. This will be the last such cross-posting from me today on this topic. More...
Forwarded for information. Further information will be passed on as & hen it becomes available. Stiof ################### Dear All, A number of archaeologists...
Thought this might be of interest... Stiof ######################################### METALS AND METALWORKING IN IRELAND Dublin, 14-16th September 2007 This...
And it just keeps coming... Tarawatch demo outside the Dáil... Stiof ##################################################### Tara demo tomorrow - Dail Eireann,...
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