Plunkett, G., Whitehouse, N. J., Hall, V. A., Charman, D. J., Blaauw, M., Kelly, E. P. and Mulhall, I. (2009). A multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental investigation of the findspot of an Iron Age bog body from Oldcroghan, Co. Offaly, Ireland. Journal of Archaeological Science 36 (2). Vol 36(2), pp. 265-277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2008.09.014.

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	A multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental investigation of the findspot of an Iron Age bog body from Oldcroghan, Co. Offaly, Ireland
Issue The name of the volume or issue Issue:	Journal of Archaeological Science 36 (2)
Series The series the publication or report is included in Series:	Journal of Archaeological Science
Volume Volume number and part Volume:	36 (2)
Number of Pages The number of pages in the publication or report Number of Pages:	383
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. Page Start/End:	265 - 277
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	A detailed reconstruction of the depositional context of the body has been undertaken through multi-proxy analyses of a peat monolith collected at the findspot. The palynological record shows that the surrounding area was the focus of intensive human activity during the Later Bronze Age, but was largely abandoned during the Bronze Age'“Iron Age transition in the mid-first millennium BC. In the mid-fourth century BC a bog pool developed at the site as evidenced in the stratigraphic, plant macrofossil, testate amoebae and coleopteran records. Plant macrofossil and pollen analysis of peat samples associated with the fingernails suggests that the body was deposited in this pool most likely during the third century BC. The absence of carrion beetle fauna points to complete submergence of the body within the pool. Deposition occurred shortly before or around the time that the surrounding area again became the focus of woodland clearance, as seen in the extended pollen record from the peat monolith; the period corresponding to the Early Iron Age in Ireland.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Gill Plunkett Nicki J Whitehouse Valerie A Hall Dan J Charman Maarten Blaauw E P Kelly Isabella Mulhall
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2009
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Subjects / Periods:	Third Century Bc (Auto Detected Temporal) BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) Midfourth Century Bc (Auto Detected Temporal) BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) Peat Monolith (Auto Detected Subject) EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) Pollen Analysis (Auto Detected Subject) IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
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Relations Other resources which are relevant to this publication or report Relations:	DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2008.09.014
Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered Created Date:	30 Mar 2010