Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist

It has been a while, but here’s my take on what’s the best and most interesting in (mostly) Irish archaeological and historical material on Academia.edu … have a read, find and follow the authors most relevant to your research interests … when you’re done, come have a look at some of my stuff [ here ]. Merryn Dineley: Who were the first maltsters? The archaeological evidence for floor malting Merryn Dineley: Neolithic Ale: Barley as a source of sugars for fermentation Richard Warner: Beehive querns and Irish 'La Tene' artefacts: a statistical test of their cultural relatedness Eamonn Kelly: The longphort in Viking-Age Ireland: the archaeological evidence Elizabeth Twohig: Containing the dead in Irish Passage tombs Mary Cahill: 'Here comes the sun....' solar symbolism in Early Bronze Age Ireland Mary Cahill: A stone to die for [Hacketstown, Co. Waterford] Mary Cahill et al.: James Carruthers, a Belfast Antiquarian Collector Alan Hayd...

[** If you like this post, please make a donation to the IR&DD project using the button at the end. If you think it is interesting or useful, please re-share via Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc. **]   Preface I am delighted to welcome Merryn Dineley to the blog. She is an archaeologist with an interest in traditional brewing and malting, and is one a small group of people actively researching the archaeology of brewing and attempting to give beer back its rightful place in our early heritage. Robert M Chapple  2013 Introduction Malted bere barley This article was first published in British Archaeology in January 2008. It was not put on-line at the time. I think it is a good time to revive it, given the proposed re-creation of some of the buildings excavated at Durrington Walls by The Ancient Technology Centre and English Heritage . Obviously, it needs to be updated a little ... there is a reference to a new and potentially exciting lit...