The archaeology of prehistoric burnt mounds in Ireland. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alan Hawkes.
• Authors: Hawkes, Alan
• Contents: PREFACE ; CHAPTER 1: BURNT MOUNDS: AN INTRODUCTION ; CHAPTER 2: A HISTORY OF BURNT MOUND RESEARCH IN IRELAND ; CHAPTER 3: PYROLITHIC TECHNOLOGY: THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT ; CHAPTER 4: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF BURNT MOUNDS IN IRELAND ; CHAPTER 5: CHRONOLOGY ; CHAPTER 6: THE USE AND SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF BURNT MOUNDS ; CHAPTER 7: SETTLEMENT CONTEXT ; CHAPTER 8: CULTURAL CONTEXT: THE LONGUE DURÉE OF THE BURNT MOUND PHENOMENON ; CHAPTER 9: RECONSIDERING THE BURNT MOUND PHENOMENON ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; APPENDIX 1: Additional tables ; APPENDIX 2: List of excavated burnt mounds in Ireland 1950−2010.
• Publisher Details: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 328 pages), illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 936.15; Mounds -- Ireland; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ireland; Ireland -- Antiquities; Ireland -- History -- To 1172
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784919870
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 8, 2018).
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