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The objective of this monograph is to elucidate the nature of the
health, diet and lifestyles of the two Iron Age populations buried
at the cemetery complex of Aymyrlyg, Tuva, south Siberia, through
an osteological and palaeopathological examination of their
skeletal remains. A multidisciplinary approach was adopted which
saw the integration of archaeological, documentary, and
environmental evidence with the data derived from the skeletal
analysis. During this work a rich array of traumatic lesions were
identified among the remains, injuries which shed light on the
everyday activities, occupations and warfare practices of the two
population groups. This study provides an in-depth account of the
palaeopathological evidence for trauma, placing it in its
archaeological context. Additional data is presented in appendices.
The past few years have seen an upsurge in the numbers of known
Neolithic settlements in Ireland. Many of these sites have been
excavated by archaeologists based in field units, but few are
well-known to the wider archaeological community. The papers in
this volume which were presented at a conference held at Queen's
University, Belfast in 2001, provided a forum for a discussion of
the new Neolithic material from Ireland in its wider geographical
context. Although the bulk of the emerging Irish settlement
evidence relates to substantial houses, many of these papers
consider wider themes, including issues of contact and
communication along the sea routes and coastal margins of
north-west Europe, questions of diversity and regional patterns of
sedentism and mobility, and variations in regional food production
strategies. The volume includes twenty-six papers representing a
series of studies ranging geographically from Orkney to the French
Atlantic facade. Contents: Introduction ( Ian Armit, Eileen Murphy,
Eimear Nelis and Derek Simpson ); French Connections I: Spreading
the marmites thinly ( Alison Sheridan ); French Connections II: Of
cows and men ( Anne Tresset ); Contemplating some awful(ly
interesting) vistas: Importing cattle and red deer into prehistoric
Ireland ( Peter Woodman and Margaret McCarthy ); Terminology, time
and space: Labels, radiocarbon chronologies and a 'Neolithic' of
small worlds ( Patrick Ashmore ); Rooted or routed? Landscapes of
Neolithic settlement in Ireland ( Gabriel Cooney ); The early
farming settlement of south western England in the Neolithic (
Roger Mercer ); Neolithic settlement in the lowlands of Scotland: A
preliminary survey ( Gordon Barclay ); Once upon a time Skara Brae
was unique ( David Clarke ); The Drowners: Permanence and
transience in the Hebridean Neolithic ( Ian Armit ); Neolithic
Northton: A review of the evidence ( Eileen Murphy and Derek
Simpson ); Billown and the Neolithic of the Isle of Man ( Timothy
Darvill ); The Early Neolithic and the Manx environment ( Peter J
Davey and Jim B Innes ); Rheast Buigh, Patrick: Middle Neolithic
exploitation of the Manx uplands? ( Peter J Davey and Jenny
Woodcock ); What do we mean by Neolithic settlement? Some
approaches, 10 years on ( Alex Gibson ). The Irish 'house boom'.
Irish Neolithic houses ( Ian Armit, Eileen Murphy, Eimear Nelis and
Derek Simpson ); Excavations at Thornhill, Co. Londonderry ( Paul
Logue ); Neolithic houses in Ballyharry townland, Islandmagee, Co.
Antrim ( Dermot G Moore ); Neolithic structure at Drummenny Lower,
Co. Donegal: An environmental perspective ( Cathy Dunne ); The
excavation of a Neolithic house at Enagh townland, Co. Derry (
Cormac McSparran ); Archaeological excavations of a Neolithic
settlement at Coolfore, Co. Louth ( Coilin O Drisceoil ); A
Neolithic house in Cloghers, Co. Kerry ( Jacinta Kiely ); Neolithic
beginnings on Roughan Hill and the Burren ( Carleton Jones ). Irish
Neolithic settlement architecture: A reappraisal ( Sarah Cross );
Donegore and Lyles Hill, Neolithic enclosed sites in Co. Antrim:
The lithic assemblages ( Eimear Nelis ); Neolithic expectations (
Richard Bradley ).
This edited volume of 16 papers provides an introduction to the
techniques and methodologies, approaches and potential of
environmental archaeology within Ireland. Each of the 16 invited
contributions focus on a particular aspect of environmental
archaeology and include such specialist areas as radiocarbon
dating, dendrochronology, palaeoentomology, human osteoarchaeology,
palynology and geoarchaeology, thereby providing a comprehensive
overview of environmental archaeology within an Irish context. The
inclusion of pertinent case studies within each chapter will
heighten awareness of the profusion of high standard environmental
archaeological research that is currently being undertaken on Irish
material. The book will provide a key text for students and
practitioners of archaeology, archaeological science and
palaeoecology.
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