Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist

Books ( Source ) Hello and welcome back to the 12th installment of my series on what’s interesting and worth a read in (mostly) Irish archaeology. But first, go check out Stuart Rathbone’s new book Archaeological Boundaries. Discussions, Experiments and Unprovoked Attacks . It’s brilliant and I think it’s one of the most important books on Irish archaeology ever published. Go take a look and then come back for a gander at these! Philip Macdonald The Road From Drumclay Clare Downham The break up of Dál Riata and the rise of Gallgoídil Jessica Smyth Tides of Change? The House through the Irish Neolithic Eamonn Kelly Objects Found in the Vicinity of a Holy Well at Bellewstown, Co. Meath Eamonn Kelly Antiquities from Irish holy wells and their wider context Catherine Swift John O'Donovan and Thomas le Keu - preliminary comments on processes of Anglicisation of Irish surnames Catherine Swift Celtic berserkers and feeble steersmen: Hiberno-Scan...

I’m going to keep this short! The nominations for the Current Archaeology Awards [ Facebook | Web ] have just been announced and there are two entries from the island of Ireland there and I would be very grateful if you would consider voting for them. Rescue Dig of the Year 2016 The Drumclay crannog-dwellers: revealing 1,000 years of lakeside living (Nora Bermingham and Caitriona Moore) Book of the Year 2016 The Archaeology of Caves in Ireland (Marion Dowd) Please go to the voting page [ here ] and do your bit! That’s it! That’s all! Thank you for helping! +           +           + The longer bit: Every one of the nominees deserves their place on the list, but I think these two are particularly special and deserve all-Ireland archaeological support. The nomination for Drumclay reads: “The rare excavation of a medieval artificial island,...