Early Medieval Ireland AD 400 - 1100: The Evidence from Archaeological Excavations

by Aidan O'Sullivan, Finbar McCormick, Thomas Kerr

How did people create and live in their own worlds in early medieval Ireland; what did they actually do; and to what end did they think they were doing it? This book investigates and reconstructs from archaeological evidence how early medieval Irish people lived together as social groups, worked the land as farmers, worshipped God, made and used objects and buried their dead around them. It focuses on the evidence from excavations conducted between 1930 and 2012 and uses that evidence to explore how people used their landscapes, dwellings and material culture to effect and negotiate social, ideological and economic continuities and changes during the period AD 400–1100.

Genres: Ireland, Archaeology, Medieval

584 pages, Hardcover

First published November 28, 2013

Reviews

[Judyta Szacillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing work! Extensive, very well organised material, excellent maps, many pictures and drawings, no redundant verbosity, clear and accessible narrative. I will demand this book for Christmas!

[Leo Lalor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seriously well researched

Very informative but really not for the general reader. More like a text book. However it does exactly as it says on the cover. Interested in the archaeology of early medieval Ireland ? This is your book. If you're looking for a history book of the period then this is probably not what you're after unless its for scholarly purposes.

[Maya · Rating 4 out of 5]

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