Archaeology in Social Media | Academia.edu Chronicles 05

Fancy a look at some of the freely available archaeology material on Academia.edu? Of course you do! Here’s a list of just some of my recent ‘essential picks’. I realise that this selection is a bit biased towards one author, but it’s reflective of what I’ve been reading in the last while. In recent times, Eamonn Kelly has been uploading an awful lot of his ‘back catalogue’ that has frequently been published in regional journals, and relatively difficult to get your hands on. Finding all of this suddenly available on the internet (& for free!) is like discovering a career-length goldmine. I hope that some of the other ‘Elder Statespeople’ of the profession will be similarly invigorated to place more of their work online in the future!

 Go!

 Read!

 Enjoy!

Aidan O'Sullivan & Triona Nicholl Early Medieval Settlement Enclosures In Ireland: Dwellings, Daily Life and Social Identity
Matthew Seaver Back to Basics: contexts of human burial on Irish early medieval enclosed settlements
Alison Sheridan Going round in circles? Understanding the Irish Grooved Ware complex in its wider context
Philip Macdonald, Naomi Carver & Mike Yates Excavations at McIlwhans Hill, Ballyutoag, County Antrim
Niall O Ciosain Gaelic Culture and Language Shift
Karen Dempsey Free-standing rectangular halls and chamber-towers in thirteenth-century Ireland [Poster Presentation]
Eamonn Kelly Burials at Glassamucky, Glenasmole Valley, Co. Dublin
Eamonn Kelly The Vikings in Connemara
Eamonn Kelly Bell, Book Shrine and Crozier: an archaeologist’s perspective on a series of drawings and paintings by Lorcan Walshe
Karen Dempsey Recent revelations from thirteenth-century Roscommon
Mary Cahill 'Here comes the sun....' solar symbolism is Early Bronze Age Ireland
Eamonn Kelly A Log Boat from Derryco
Eamonn Kelly & Paul Mullarkey Early Bronze Age Graves: 3:33 Punchestown, Co. Kildare
Eamonn Kelly Early Bronze Age Graves: 3:20 Tievebane, Co. Donegal
Eamonn Kelly Early Bronze Age Graves: 3:10 Ardaravan, Co. Donegal
Eamonn Kelly A Souterrain at Knockmant, Co. Westmeath
Eamonn Kelly Objects Found in the Vicinity of a Holy Well at Bellewstown, Co. Meath
Eamonn Kelly Recent Investigations at Navan
Eamonn Kelly A Cist Burial at Keoltown, Co. Westmeath
Eamonn Kelly A Burial at Farganstown and Ballymacon, Co. Meath
Eamonn Kelly A Souterrain at Clongill, Co. Meath

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