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Irish Late Iron Age Equestrian Equipment in its Insular and Continental Context (Paperback)
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Irish Late Iron Age Equestrian Equipment in its Insular and Continental Context (Paperback)
Series: Queen's University Belfast Irish Archaeological Monograph
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Irish Late Iron Age Equestrian Equipment in its Insular and
Continental Context is the first practical archaeological study of
Irish Iron Age lorinery. The volume examines the bits and bosals
(Y-pieces) holistically, using practical stable-yard knowledge
merged with archaeological techniques such as morphometrics,
use-wear, GIS, functional comparison to European and British
equipment and distribution analysis to place it within its time and
place. Irish Iron Age artefacts have always been beset by issues of
chronology, but by using these various analytical methods, a more
precise timeframe for the objects is indicated. A complex
relationship with Roman Britain and the Empire also becomes
visible, with aspects of identity and belief being expressed
through the sophisticated equestrian equipment. The analysis of the
bridle components reveal that the Ireland of the first centuries AD
shares some characteristics with other boundary zones of the Roman
Empire, such as Scotland and northern Germany, but also has its own
unique interpretation of introduced technology. The Ireland of the
Late Iron Age, then, is a society in flux, picking and choosing
which traditions it maintains. The horse and associated equipment
were very much at the heart of the social changes set in motion by
contact with the Roman Empire, and as such, the examination of the
snaffles and bosals allows us to bring the people of the Late Iron
Age in Ireland into focus.
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