Archaeology in Social Media | Academia.edu Chronicles 13

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Hello again and welcome to issue 13 of my continuing deep dive into the papers that have caught my eye on Academia.edu. They’re mostly Irish in focus, but other topics and writers that attract my attention are included too. But, before you consider investing some quality time settling into reading any of these, take a moment to acquaint yourself with Stuart Rathbone’s extremely excellent new book Archaeological Boundaries. Discussions, Experiments and Unprovoked Attacks. It’s available on the Leanpub site as a downloadable PDF on a pay-what-you-like basis. Who could ask for more?

Anyway, here are my latest recommendations – enjoy!


Kieran Westley et al. Mapping Submerged Landscapes Using Multibeam Bathymetric Data: a case study from the north coast of Ireland

Julian Thomas What Do We Mean By 'Neolithic Societies'?

Sam Moore The Archaeology of Slieve Donard, Co. Down: A Cultural Biography of Ulster’s Highest Mountain

Thomas Finan Hall Houses, Church, and State in Thirteenth Century Roscommon: The Origins of the Irish Tower House
Thomas Finan The Hall House at Kilteasheen, Co. Roscommon, Ireland

Richard B. Warner Láeg's line: a route for the gods?
Richard B. Warner & Mary Cahill Analysing ancient gold: an assessment of the Hartmann database

Thomas X Schuhmacher Some Remarks on the origin and chronology of halberds in Europe

Spencer Carter Monitoring of Mesolithic Lithic Sites at Esklets, Westerdale, North York Moors, England: Field observations made in August 2015 with interim archaeological summaries

Paul R Preston All Roads Lead to Stone? Towards a More Nuanced Perspective of British Mesolithic Technology in the Landscape

Aidan O'Sullivan & Finbar McCormick The Early Medieval Archaeology Project (EMAP). Project Report 2008-2010

Harry Kenneth Robson et al. Scales of analysis: Evidence of fish and fish processing at Star Carr

Laura McAtackney Recovering Revolutionary Ireland
Laura McAtackney Memorials and Marching: archaeological insights into segregation in contemporary Northern Ireland

Russell Ó Ríagáin People and symbols: A return to the Great Cat Massacre controversy

Benjamin Roberts Farmers in the Landscape or Heroes on the High Seas? Britain and Ireland in the Bronze Age

Ros Ó Maoldúin Exchange in Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age (EBA) Ireland: Connecting people, objects and ideas

Mark Gardiner Conceptions of domestic space in the long term – the example of the English medieval hall

Catherine Swift Follow the money: the financial resources of Diarmait Mac Murchada


Helen Lewis Preliminary assessment of the archive of faunal remains from excavated Irish cave sites
Location: Belfast, Belfast, UK

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