Excavations at Knowth Volume 5: The Archaeology of Knowth in the First and Second Millenia AD

George Eogan

ISBN 10: 1904890628 / ISBN 13: 9781904890621

Published by Royal Irish Academy, 2012

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2012. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Excavations at Knowth Volume 5: The Archaeology of Knowth in the First and Second Millenia AD
• Publisher: Royal Irish Academy
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904890628
• ISBN 13: 9781904890621
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The ancient burial sites of Knowth, Newgrange and Dowth make up the archaeological complex at Brugh na Bóinne, a UNESCO world heritage site which has attracted enormous international interest. George Eogan began excavating the site at Knowth in 1962 and this is the fifth volume of the Excavations at Knowth monograph series. Volume 5 presents the findings relating to the use of the site from the Late Iron Age to the modern era. The huge array of finds excavated at Knowth associated with the period under consideration are presented, with an accompanying CD-ROM cataloguing the un-illustrated finds. A series of appendices deals with such topics as the metal content of a selection of the Roman, Viking, and Early Christian artefacts from Knowth, and the findings of a geophysical survey conducted on one area of the site in late 2011.

About the Author

George Eogan is an Irish archaeologist with particular interest in the Neolithic and Late Bronze Ages. He is Professor Emeritus of Celtic Archaeology at University College Dublin. He was the Director of the Knowth Research Project and excavated at Knowth for more than 40 years as part of his investigation of the Passage Tomb builders in Ireland and Western Europe.