Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist

Ancient ‘Bog Bodies’ Revealed In Talk Evidence of ancient burial rites and the sacrifice of kings are to be revealed at Seamus Heaney HomePlace in a talk about the prehistoric bodies perfectly preserved in the bog lands across Europe The unforgettable images of bog bodies haunted Seamus Heaney’s work and in the first talk of the centre’s new 2017 season, Eamonn Kelly, a leading world expert on bog bodies and former Head of Antiquities at the National Museum of Ireland, will be exploring these fascinating figures and asking what they have to teach us about our past. ‘Bog Bodies’ takes place on Saturday 14 January at 3pm. Tickets priced £5 are available from Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Tel: 028 7938 7444 or online at www.seamusheaneyhome.com

As part of the UK Festival of Archaeology, Dr Greer Ramsey, Curator of Archaeology, will give two illustrated talks highlighting a number of key objects from the collections. Dressed to Impress: Bronze Age Gold Jewellery Ulster Museum, Belfast Saturday 23 July 2016 12noon – 1.00pm This illustrated talk explores several stunning items of Bronze Age gold jewellery on display in the Ulster Museum. Collection highlights: Archaeological Treasures from the Ulster Museum Tuesday 9 August 2016 2.00pm – 3.00pm This illustrated talk highlights some of the most significant objects on display in the Ulster Museum. Admission is free but advance booking is advised For further information please contact 028 9044 0000 (10.00am-5.00pm Tuesday–Sunday). email: ulstermuseumreception@nmni.com To book tickets please go to www.nmni.com/um/What-s-on

Appendix > If I like you, I like you. For me that’s a pretty simple philosophy. Similarly, when it comes to academic pursuits – if I like and respect your work it’s because I do actually like and respect your work. What I’m getting at here is that I don’t have any particular agendas when it comes to the age, sex, gender, ethnicity, or whatever else you care to mention. Basically, if you’re doing interesting work (or, at least work that I find interesting – which is inevitably bound up in its own collection of biases) I don’t particularly care if you’re male or female, what colour skin you’ve got, or who you choose to sleep with. That all sounds laudably liberal, but it does put me in the odd position that certain things are largely invisible to me as they’re totally off my radar. They don’t bother me because I not always aware that I need to be bothered. Sometimes it takes someone stating the blindingly obvious (to everyone else) for me to recognise that a problem even exis...

Back to the Main Post > This brief appendix lays out the data I rely on for the main post. Where I've been able to discern the sex of the individual, I've categorised them as Male or Female, but if this has not been possible I've marked them as 'Unsure'. I'd appreciate input from anyone who can assist in resolving these last few lacunae in the data. No. Year Rhind Lecturer M F Unsure 1-2. 1874-78 Arthur Mitchell 1 3-6, & 16. 1879-82 & 1892 Joseph Anderson 1 7 1883 Rev J Collingwood Bruce 1 8 1884 Sir Samuel Ferguson 1 9 1885 J Romilly Allen 1 10 1886 David Masson 1 11 1887 Alexander S Murray 1 12 1888 Robert Munro 1 13 1889 John Rhys 1 14 1890 Professor J Duns 1 15 1891 John B...