The Burren and the Aran Islands : exploring the archaeology
2004, First Edition. Doughcloyne, Wilton, Cork : Collins Press. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed and inscribed by the author. Item #476400
ISBN: 1903464617
Physical description; 268 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-262) and index. Contents; The first people on the Burren – The first farmers on the Burren – From Neolithic to Bronze Age – Gold, power and war – Celts? – The coming of Christianity – Cahercommaun and the early medieval chiefdoms of the Burren – Medieval churches and society of the Burren – Relics and pilgrimage on the Burren – The tower houses of the Burren – Nineteenth-century military fortifications on the Burren – The colonisation and early settlement of the Aran Islands – The Late Bronze Age chiefdom of Dún Aonghasa – The stone forts of the Aran Islands – Life outside the forts – Christianity and pilgrimage on the Aran Islands – Power struggles on the Aran Islands – Archaeology of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Subjects; Excavations (Archaeology) – Ireland – Burren. Excavations (Archaeology) – Ireland – Aran Islands. Burren (Ireland) – Antiquities. Aran Islands (Ireland) – Antiquities. Prehistoric Ireland. Bronze Age. Early Christian Ireland. Medieval Ireland. Tower houses. Stone forts.
Price: €195.00