Early medieval dwellings and settlements in Ireland, AD 400-1100

[...]for all these new data, some activities attested in historical documents and implied from artefactual and other evidence are still largely unrepresented on sites. [...]the increased use of radiocarbon dating has confirmed clear differentiation between Iron Age and early medieval cultural packag...

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Published in:Antiquity 2015, Vol.89 (344), p.501-502
Main Author: Mytum, Harold
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerial photography
Archaeological research
Archaeology
Historical text analysis
Human settlements
Ireland
Iron Age
Land use
Language history
Medieval history
Medieval period
Middle Ages
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Summary:[...]for all these new data, some activities attested in historical documents and implied from artefactual and other evidence are still largely unrepresented on sites. [...]the increased use of radiocarbon dating has confirmed clear differentiation between Iron Age and early medieval cultural packages, but why there was a burgeoning materiality in the early medieval period following a paucity of material culture and structural evidence in the preceding Iron Age has not been resolved.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2015.12