The authors examine Irish prehistory from the economic, sociological and artistic viewpoints enabling the reader to comprehend the vast amount of archaeological work accomplished in Ireland over the last twenty years.
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This fascinating book renews the perspective on Irish prehistory... The book is magnificently illustrated by pictures and sketches; it has a bibliographical and other indices; it is a detailed, wide-ranging and stimulating book for the researcher in Irish prehistory.
–The Journal of Indo-European Studies
There is a vast difference between the view of Irish prehistory that was held half a century ago and the perspective that is presented to us now in this new work. The landscape was, as it were, just discernible in its present form a quarter of a century ago, when the last syntheses were published, but lacked detail. Now we have been supplied with a picture which enables us to find our way around. All students of Irish archaeology will need this book.
–Irish Times
A stimulating book. The authors have examined Irish prehistory from the economic, sociological and artistic viewpoints and have shown the influences which brought about changes in the period. Their work is scholarly and informative, and it will enable the ordinary reader as well as the student to comprehend the vast amount of archaeological work that has been accomplished in Ireland over the last twenty years.
–Irish Press
This detailed and wide-ranging work is the starting place for research into Irish Prehistory.
–Michael Ryan, National Museum of Ireland
–The Journal of Indo-European Studies
There is a vast difference between the view of Irish prehistory that was held half a century ago and the perspective that is presented to us now in this new work. The landscape was, as it were, just discernible in its present form a quarter of a century ago, when the last syntheses were published, but lacked detail. Now we have been supplied with a picture which enables us to find our way around. All students of Irish archaeology will need this book.
–Irish Times
A stimulating book. The authors have examined Irish prehistory from the economic, sociological and artistic viewpoints and have shown the influences which brought about changes in the period. Their work is scholarly and informative, and it will enable the ordinary reader as well as the student to comprehend the vast amount of archaeological work that has been accomplished in Ireland over the last twenty years.
–Irish Press
This detailed and wide-ranging work is the starting place for research into Irish Prehistory.
–Michael Ryan, National Museum of Ireland
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After wading through a wealth of new age and neo-pagan type pseudo-history books, this book was received with extra pleasure. A difficult read because it does deal with ancient Ireland from an archeological perspective, but worthwhile for anyone that is interested in life before the Celts. No gushing about how wonderful life was or how we should try to get back to the way our ancestors lived, the authors keep speculation to a minimum and focus on what is actually known. As a practicing druid, let me assure you that enough junk has been written about Ireland with nothing to back it up except other Llewellyn books! Actual information is hard to come by, this book is the best I've read (OK, it's the only pre-Celtic I've read)
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This book certainly increased my knowledge of Ireland and it's rich and ancient history. It is a text book and reads as such.
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Ireland is an island in the Atlantic. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bronze Age, Food Vessel, New Grange, Court Cairns, Lough Gur, Irish Sea, Primary Neolithic, Collared Urn, Portal Dolmen, Boyne Valley, Dalkey Island, Ordnance Survey, Eamhain Macha, Late Urnfield, Ashmolean Museum, Corded Ware, Early Christian, Whitepark Bay, Bryn Yr Hen Bobl, Eastern Province, Atlantic Europe, Bell Beaker, Carrowkeel Ware, Cordoned Urn, Dún Ailinne New!
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Ireland is an island in the Atlantic. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bronze Age, Food Vessel, New Grange, Court Cairns, Lough Gur, Irish Sea, Primary Neolithic, Collared Urn, Portal Dolmen, Boyne Valley, Dalkey Island, Ordnance Survey, Eamhain Macha, Late Urnfield, Ashmolean Museum, Corded Ware, Early Christian, Whitepark Bay, Bryn Yr Hen Bobl, Eastern Province, Atlantic Europe, Bell Beaker, Carrowkeel Ware, Cordoned Urn, Dún Ailinne New!
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- The Bronze Age (Irvington Reprint Series in Anthropology) by V. Gordon Childe on page 116, page 149, and page 167
- Ireland in Pre-Celtic Times by Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister on page 13
- Roman Britain: A Sourcebook (Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World) by Stanley Ireland on page 264
- The Druid Stone (Celtic Mysteries) by Nancy Monaghan on page 71
- The Book of Kells (Irish Little Books) by Tara on page 265
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- Isle of the Saints: Monastic Settlement and Christian Community in Early Ireland by Lisa M. Bitel on page 16, and page 18
- Queen of the Night: The Celtic Moon Goddess in Our Lives by Sharynne MacLeod Nicmhacha in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland (Cambridge World Archaeology) by Richard Bradley in Back Matter
- The Ancient Books of Ireland by Michael Slavin in Back Matter
- The Archaeology of Medieval Ireland (University Paperbacks) by Terry B. Barry in Back Matter
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