Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist

I am delighted to introduce the third submission for the  The 2014 Bob Chapple Archaeological Essay Prize in association with Wordwell Books . At its heart,  Alexandra Guglielmi's paper ' The Irish Royal Sites and World Heritage status: A Roman perspective ' is a truly interesting investigation into the relationships between not just between ancient Ireland and the Roman world, but how modern Ireland still deals with a more recent colonial past and how these concerns still influence academic discourse. I commend it to your attention! Robert M Chapple *           *             * The Irish Royal Sites and World Heritage status: A Roman perspective Alexandra Guglielmi “Nobody doubts that there were strong Roman influences in Ireland in the early centuries of the Christian era. The only point for debate is how these influences should be explained”.   Barry Raftery 1996, 18 In 2010, Ir...

[** If you like this post, please make a donation to the PIPS charity using the secure button at the end. If you think it is interesting or useful, please re-share via Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc. **] for Simon 1970-2008 Preface | Sunday 10th November 2013 (3 Days After) I had never intended to be the author of such a ‘confessional’ blog post. Actually, for much of the gestation of this piece, I hadn’t even intended it to be a blog post – just notes for my own amusement, to track my mental and physical responses to this task I have set myself. Whatever its genesis, I think there may be some slight merit in presenting it to public view. I’m reminded of a colleague – one of my kinder, wittier detractors – who announced to an assembled crew that my mind was an interesting place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to live there. Well here’s your chance to have a short break inside my head – at least you get to go home afterwards! In so far as it goes, I’ve treated the experience ...