| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 231 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs |
| Series |
University Museum monograph ; 129 |
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University Museum monograph ; 129
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| Contents |
Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Illustrations ; Tables ; Preface and Acknowledgments ; Chronological Chart ; Summary of the Excavation ; 1: Excavation Strategy ; The Site ; Aerial Photographs ; Descriptions Prior to 1968; The ""Royal Sites"" in 1968 |
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The Initial Exploratory Season, 1968 The Perimeter Bank and Ditch ; The 1968 Exploratory Season: Conclusion ; Excavation: Methods ; Excavation: Some Interpretative Issues ; 2: Excavation of the Summit Area ; Blue Phase (Layer) ; Neolithic and Bronze Age: Tan Phase (Features) |
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Neolithic and Bronze Age: Khaki (Features) Iron Age Features ; White Phase ; Rose Phase ; Lemon Phase ; Mauve Phase ; Iron Age Layers/Surfaces ; Miscellaneous Features of Unknown Date ; Post-Iron Age Activities ; The Iron Age Summit Sequence: Review and Discussion |
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The Summit Area: Summary and Interpretation 3: Perimeter Survey and Excavation ; Bank and Ditch: Survey ; Bank and Ditch: Excavation ; Entrance Area: Survey and Excavation ; Perimeter: Chronology ; 4: Features and Artifacts Summary ; General Distribution of Features |
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General Summary of Features Artifact Associations ; Neolithic ; Bronze Age ; Iron Age ; Missing and Discarded Artifacts ; 5: Lithic Remains ; General Context: Flint, Chert, and Quartz ; Implements ; Unretouched Flakes ; Raw Material ; Chronology and Context ; Parallel Sites |
| Summary |
The site of Dún Ailinne is one of four major ritual sites from the Irish Iron Age, each said to form the center of a political kingdom and thus described as "royal." Excavation has produced artifacts ranging from the Neolithic (about 5,000 years ago) through the later Iron Age (fourth century CE), when the site was the focus of repeated rituals, probably related to the creation and maintenance of political hegemony. A series of timber structures were built and replaced as each group of leaders sought to claim ancient descent from a deep past and still create something unique and lasting.Pam J. Crabtree and Ronald Hicks provide analyses on, respectively, biological remains and Dún Ailinne's role in folklore, myth, and the sacred landscape, while Katherine Moreau examines bronze and iron artifacts and Elizabeth Hamilton, slag.Content of this book's CD-ROM may be found online at this location: http://core.tdar.org/project/376584.University Museum Monograph, 129 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 6, 2013) |
| Subject |
Iron age -- Ireland -- Kildare (County)
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Fortification, Prehistoric -- Ireland -- Kildare (County)
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ireland -- Kildare (County)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Fortification, Prehistoric
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Iron age
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| SUBJECT |
Dún Ailinn Site (Ireland) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007002316
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Kildare (Ireland : County) -- Antiquities
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| Subject |
Ireland -- Dún Ailinn Site
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Ireland -- Kildare (County)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wailes, Bernard.
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University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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| ISBN |
9781934536407 |
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1934536407 |
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1931707995 |
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9781931707992 |
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