Archaeology Ireland magazine, Summer 2009, Vol 23 No 2, Issue 88: The gold source found at last? Early Bronze Age gold; Kilkenny Archaeological Project, Boyle Somerville, tower-houses
Archaeology Ireland magazine, Summer 2009, Vol 23 No 2, Issue 88: The gold source found at last? Early Bronze Age gold; Kilkenny Archaeological Project, Boyle Somerville, tower-houses
Archaeology Ireland, Summer 2009, Volume 23 No. 2, Issue No. 88 (cover price €6.50/£5.00), the quarterly magazine of Irish archaeology. Cover lines: The gold source found at last? – new research finds the source of Irish early Bronze Age gold; Can Humpty Dumpty be put back together? – the Kilkenny Archaeological Project; Boyle Somerville – a neglected Cork archaeologist; Artist or specialist? – the case for the specialist archaeological illustrator. Cover image: the sun setting behind Knockshee in the Mourne Mountains, with the early Bronze Age gold lunula from Crossdowney, Co. Cavan. Features: Home security – how strong was a tower-house door? (page 8); Monumental change in Northern Ireland? (11); Boyle Somerville (14); Artist or specialist? (18); Bronze Age gold (22); the Kilkenny Archaeological Project (26); Life is a grind – bullauns (32); Tower-houses and associated farming systems (34); Freshwater archaeology in Northern Ireland (38); Trouble and trade in Antrim town (41). Tom Condit's editorial, 'Climate control', looks at the unfinished building sites left by the economic crash. Edited by Tom Condit; published by Wordwell. ISSN 0790-892X. 52 pages, 21 x 29.7 cm, illustrated throughout. Archaeology Ireland, founded in 1987, is the quarterly magazine that brings new Irish excavations, discoveries and research to a general readership, written by the archaeologists themselves and illustrated throughout. Back issues are collected by archaeologists, local historians and students, and many of the articles remain the most accessible published account of the sites they describe. THEMES: Irish archaeology, Bronze Age gold, lunulae, Mourne Mountains, tower-houses, County Kilkenny, Boyle Somerville, archaeological illustration, underwater archaeology, Antrim town.
Author: Tom Condit (ed.)
Publisher: Wordwell
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Single Issue Magazine
Condition: Used - Very Good