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Current Archaeol 12 (2)
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Title:
Current Archaeol 12 (2)
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Series:
Current Archaeology
Volume
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Volume:
12 (2)
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Publication Type:
Journal
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Year of Publication:
1993
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BIAB (The British Archaeological Bibliography (BAB))
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Created Date:
20 Jan 2002
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Navan Fort: new light on the Irish epics
Christopher Lynn
44 - 49
A study which makes use of Irish epics and archaeology to further understanding of Celtic society and which contains summaries of both classes of evidence. A ring ditch enclosure is succeeded by a series of round houses (interpreted as `palaces') which were buried by the construction of the great barrow. A discussion of ritual activity and symbolism forms the final part of this item.
The Navan landscape
53 - 55
Examination of the landscape around Navan Fort looks at King Stables (a `ritual' pool with various offerings including part of a skull deliberately severed from the remainder of the head) and Haughey's Fort (a Bronze Age hillfort with three ditches, one of which is waterlogged.)
Belfast's first industrial revolution
Tom E McNeil
56 - 57
A brief study of the eighteenth century production of delft wares in Belfast. Includes detail on production techniques and the destruction of sites during recent development work.
Ballygalley
Derek D A Simpson
60 - 62
Excavations have revealed a two-phased Neolithic site with considerable quantities of finds including grain, over 2,000 flint artefacts (with more flakes and cores,) worked igneous rocks, imported material (including pitchstone, rock crystal and group 6 axes from the Langdale Pikes,) querns and large quantities of pottery. The function of the site is questionned; it is possibly a large house, a factory or the centre of an exchange network.
Stonehenge and its roads
John Samuels
65 - 67
An examination of the impact of the various schemes for the upgrading of roads in the vicinity of Stonehenge. Brief comment is made on recent proposals for a visitors' centre.
Using tephra to date the past
Mike G L Baillie
68 - 69
A study of the use of volcanic glass sherds -- found amidst the cores of organic material recovered from peat bogs -- as time markers. Tephra layers can be chemically characterised and then peat is used to provide 14C dates for tephra layers. There is potential for linking together 14C dating, dendrochronology and other palaeoecological techniques.
On Blagan Hill
Paul Robinson
Gillian Swanton
73 - 74
A description of the contents of a late Roman treasure chest containing coins, bowls and jewellery. Also found was the regalia of a high-ranking official, presumably a tax-collector or paymaster. The site is close to the Wansdyke (now suggested to be late Roman in date) and the town of Cunetio. Research in this area has also encompassed a late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age site.
Coleorton
Robert F Hartley
76 - 77
Opencast mining has revealed traces of medieval shafts over 100 feet deep near Ashby de la Zouche in the Leicestershire coalfield. Dendrochronological dating of pit props has demonstrated the fifteenth century dating of these operations.
