Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist

Books ( Source ) Greetings one and all! Welcome to my 16th (and long overdue) ramble through my selection of the most interesting and exciting of the archaeology and history papers on the Academia.edu site. But first (and it will only take a moment) please divert your attention to Stuart Rathbone’s fantastic book: Archaeological Boundaries. Discussions, Experiments and Unprovoked Attacks . It’s published on the Leanpub platform and, while there is a suggested pricing, you can have it for free! I stand by my earlier claims that it the among the most significant books on Irish archaeology ever published and positions Stuart as among the most interesting and innovative thinkers in the field. Go on! You know you want to! If that’s not enough for you, come peruse my selection of freely available papers from Academia.edu: Marcus J Vandergoes, Maarten Blaauw et al .: A revised age for the Kawakawa/Oruanui tephra, a key marker for the Last Glacial Maximum in New ...

Hello & welcome again to my personal pic of what's interesting to read in Irish archaeology & related topics on Academia.edu ... go ahead, have a read ... it's free! Philip Macdonald: The Base of a Probable Candlestick from the Mass Rock at Carrickanaltar, Aghanaglack, County Fermanagh Philip Macdonald: A New Survey of Templecormick, Audleystown, County Down Philip Macdonald: Medieval Belfast Considered Philip Macdonald: Excavations within the Woolworth’s and Burton Building, High Street, Belfast Philip Macdonald: Archaeological Evaluation of the Inaugural Landscape of Crew Hill (Cráeb Telcha), County Antrim Philip Macdonald & Barrie Hartwell: Anne Plumptre and the Giant’s Ring, County Down: an Account of a Possible Bleach-Green Watch-Tower Philip Macdonald, Naomi Carver, & Mike Yates: Excavations at McIlwhans Hill, Ballyutoag, County Antrim Stephen Cameron, Philip Macdonald, & Brian Sloan: Two Assemblages of Worked Flint from Lin...

I've been having a read through what I feel is some of the most interesting archaeology-related stuff available on the Academia.edu site ... as always, it's mostly Irish material, with a sprinkling of other things that caught my eye ... I suggest that you have a look, have a read, consider signing up to Academia.edu for a free account and even come follow me & read some of my writing [ here ] Karina Grömer: Efficiency and technique – Experiments with original spindle whorls Eamonn Kelly & Nessa O'Connor: Early Bronze Age Graves: 3:44 Rathcahill West, Co. Limerick, E1113 Catriona McKenzie: Health in medieval Ireland: the evidence from Ballyhanna, Co. Donegal Colm J Donnelly & Eileen Murphy: The origins of cilliní in Ireland Hilary Cool, Howard Mason, & Philip Macdonald: Excavations on the Defences of Caerleon Legionary Fortress in 1982 Philip Macdonald: A New Survey of Templecormick, Audleystown, County Down Philip Macdonald: Dundr...

Another look at what's good and cool on Academia.edu for Irish archaeology and related stuff that grabbed my interest. It's good work and it's free to anyone wishing to find it - go & explore! Eamonn Kelly: Sheela-na-gigs in the National Museum of Ireland, together with a brief description of their origin and function Eamonn Kelly: Sheela-Na-Gigs: A brief description of their origin and function Eamonn Kelly: Three Kerry Souterrains Eamonn Kelly: A Short Study of the Botanical Zones on a Ringfort at Simonstown, Co. Meath, used as an aid to the recovery of Archaeological Features Emily Murray, Finbar McCormick & Gill Plunkett: The food economies of Atlantic Island monasteries: The documentary and archaeo-environmental evidence Charles Mount & P. J. Hartnett: Early Bronze Age cemetery at Edmondstown, County Dublin Terry O’Hagan: ‘Cill Cáscan and De Controversia Paschali’: Echoes of Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Controversy in the Irish Lands...

I'm back again with a brief(ish) list of what I think are good and interesting reads in Irish archaeology and related topics on Academia.edu ... have a read and see what you think ... along the way, consider setting up your own free account on the site and following my work here (you know you want to!) James Bonsall & Heather Gimson Geophysical Perspectives in Archaeology James Bonsall There's Always a Secret Tunnel: Folklore, Fact & Fiction in the Kilcashel Landscape Project [PowerPoint presentation] Eamonn Kelly The Earthworks in The Derrynaflan hoard: A Prelimiminary Account Eamonn Kelly The Lough Kinale Book-Shrine Eamonn Kelly Observations on Irish Medieval Lake Dwellings Gillian Scott (nee Eadie) Identifying functions in castles: a study of tower houses in Ireland Gillian Scott (nee Eadie) "Know you that serving folk be of three kinds"; Irish towers and the familia Helen Lawson Bede’s social network and other contacts [Po...

Fancy a look at some of the freely available archaeology material on Academia.edu? Of course you do! Here’s a list of just some of my recent ‘essential picks’. I realise that this selection is a bit biased towards one author, but it’s reflective of what I’ve been reading in the last while. In recent times, Eamonn Kelly has been uploading an awful lot of his ‘back catalogue’ that has frequently been published in regional journals, and relatively difficult to get your hands on. Finding all of this suddenly available on the internet (& for free!) is like discovering a career-length goldmine. I hope that some of the other ‘Elder Statespeople’ of the profession will be similarly invigorated to place more of their work online in the future! Go! Read! Enjoy! Aidan O'Sullivan & Triona Nicholl Early Medieval Settlement Enclosures In Ireland: Dwellings, Daily Life and Social Identity Matthew Seaver Back to Basics: contexts of human burial on Irish early medieval en...

Ready for another quick sprint through the wild world of freely available PDF papers on Irish archaeology (and related goings on)? Of course you are! Here are my latest picks: Philip Macdonald: Geophysical Survey and Excavation at the Mound of Down, County Down 2012 Art J. Hughes: Late Old Irish lenition and the modern Gaelic Verb Peter J. Smith: Politics and Land in Early Ireland: A Poem by Eochaid Úa Flainn – Éitset áes ecna aíbind Iwan Wmffre: The Qualities and the Origins of The Welsh Vowel [ɨː] Grigory Bondarenko: Studies in Irish Mythology Benjamin W. Roberts & Miljana Radivojević: Invention as a Process: Pyrotechnologies in Early Societies Damian Shiels: Limerick and the American Civil War (PowerPoint Presentation) Aidan O’Sullivan & Tríona Nicholl: Early Medieval Settlement Enclosures In Ireland: Dwellings, Daily Life and Social Identity Aidan O'Sullivan: The Social and Ideological Role of Crannogs in Early Medieval Irela...

( Source ) I’m back with another list of reading suggestions, based on stuff that’s caught my eye on Academia.edu. All you need to do is: 1) Set up a free Academia.edu account [ here ] 2) Follow me! [ here ]* 3) Happy reading! Ian Armit: The abandonment of souterrains: evolution, catastrophe or dislocation? Ian Armit et al. : The ins and outs of death in the Iron Age: complex funerary treatments at Broxmouth hillfort, East Lothian Nicki Whitehouse et al. : Neolithic agriculture on the European western frontier: the boom and bust of early farming in Ireland Nicki Whitehouse & Wiebke Kirleis: The world reshaped: practices and impacts of early agrarian societies Cormac McSparron & Brian Williams: Early Medieval Settlement in north County Antrim: The Significance of Doonmore and Drumadoon John Sheehan: The longphort in Viking-age Ireland Susan Curran: LiDAR and Early Medieval Settlement in Counties Roscommon and Leitrim: a New Angle on Earl...