Ireland's first settlers
Subtitle: time and the Mesolithic
By: Peter Woodman
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9781782977780; 9781782977797
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology); Prehistoric peoples; Mesolithic period; Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. In the beginning; title: Why?; title: Understanding Ireland's environment and ecology; title: It's about time; title: Part II. Laying the foundations; title: Where did it all come from?; title: Chronology, flint facts and other artefacts; title: Part III. Often an island too far; title: Anything earlier?; title: The first arrivals; title: Settling in; title: Part IV. Lifeway; title: Patterns in the landscape; title: Food, sustenance and procurement; title: Part V. Where to now; title: A critical analysis of fieldwork and methodologies; title: Life and death.