EMAP - Early Medieval Archaeology Project

Publications

EMAP team members have published or completed the texts for a total of 1 book, 15 academic papers and 9 EMAP reports since January 2008. These books, peer-review papers and chapters in books are either based on EMAP team members’ own previous research (if completed prior to INSTAR funding) or are directly based on the ongoing work of EMAP during 2008 and 2009. Several forthcoming publications will acknowledge the support of the Heritage Council INSTAR research programme.

Books/Monographs (2008-2010)

O’Sullivan, A., McCormick, F., Kerr, T. and Harney, L. (2010) Early Medieval Ireland: Archaeological Excavations 1930-2004 Royal Irish Academy, Dublin (to be submitted as an RIA; INSTAR monograph).

Peer review papers and chapters in books (2008-2010)

Harney, L (2010) ‘Burial and pilgrimage within the landscape of Glendalough: the evidence of the crosses and cross-slabs’, in L. Doran, C. Doherty and M. Kelly (eds) Glendalough: the City of God, Dublin: Four Courts Press(with acknowledgements to INSTAR).
Kerr, T. R. (2009) ‘The height of fashion - the distribution of platform raths in Northwest Ulster’. Journal of Irish Archaeology.
Kerr, T. R., Swindles, G., & Plunkett, G. (2009). ‘Making Hay while the Sun Shines? Socio-economic change, Cereal Production and Climatic Deterioration in Early Medieval Ireland’. Journal of Archaeological Science (36), 2868-2874.
Kinsella, J. (2010) ‘A new Irish early medieval site type? Exploring the ‘recent’ archaeological evidence for non-circular enclosed settlement and burial sites’. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (with acknowledgements to INSTAR).
Linnane, S.J. and Kinsella, J., (2009) ‘Military lords and defensive beginnings: a preliminary assessment of the social role of an impressive rath at Baronstown’. In M.B. Deevy and D. Murphy (eds) Places along the way: First findings on the M3. NRA Monographs No. 5, Bray. 101-122.
McCormick, F. (2008) ‘The decline of the cow: agricultural and settlement change in early medieval Ireland’. Peritia 20, 210-225.
O’Hara, R. (2009) ‘Early medieval settlement at Roestown 2’. In M.B. Deevy and D. Murphy (eds) Places along the way: First findings on the M3. NRA Monographs No. 5, Bray. 57-82.
O’Hara, R. (2009) ‘Colierstown 1: a late Iron Age-early medieval enclosed cemetery’. In M.B. Deevy and D. Murphy (eds) Places along the way: First findings on the M3. NRA Monographs No. 5, Bray. 83-100.
O’Sullivan, A. (2008) ‘Early medieval houses in Ireland: social identity and dwelling spaces’. Peritia 20, 225-56.
O'Sullivan, A. (2009) 'Early medieval crannogs and imagined islands' In: G. Cooney, K. Becker, J. Coles, M. Ryan and S. Sievers (eds). Relics of Old Decency: Archaeological studies in later prehistory; Festschrift for Barry Raftery. Dublin: Wordwell. 79-87.
O'Sullivan, A. (2009) 'On pilgrimage to Glendalough' In: Joe Fenwick (eds). Lost andFound II:
O’Sullivan, A. and Kinsella, J. (2010) ‘Living with a sacred landscape: Interpreting the early medieval archaeology of the Hill of Tara and its Environs’. In M. O’Sullivan (ed.) Tara: Proceedings of the Tara Symposium, October 2009 (acknowledgements to INSTAR).
O’Sullivan, A. and Nicholl, T. (2010) ‘Early medieval settlement enclosures in Ireland: social identity and dwelling practices and domestic life’. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (accepted by editors/referees, with acknowledgements to INSTAR).
Seaver, M. 2010 ‘Archaeological excavations at the Black Hill, Raystown, Co. Kilkenny’, In C. Corlett & M. Potterton (eds) Life and Death in early medieval Ireland.
Seaver, M. and O’Sullivan, A. and 2010 ‘Living with the dead in early medieval Ireland: some observations on burial, cemeteries and settlements, AD 400-1100’. Medieval Archaeology (submitted to editor).

EMAP Reports

Harney, L., O’Sullivan, A, McCormick, F and Kerr, T. 2008. A bibliography of early medieval Ireland: Version 1. Submitted for Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research (INSTAR) programme December 2008.
Harney, L., O’Sullivan, A, McCormick, F, Kerr, T and Kinsella, J. 2009. A bibliography of early medieval Ireland: Version 2. Submitted for Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research (INSTAR) programme December 2009. (Available for download).
Kerr, T., Harney, L., Kinsella, J., O’Sullivan, A. and McCormick, F. 2009. Early Medieval Dwellings and Settlements in Ireland, AD 400-1100. Vol. 2: Gazetteer of Site Descriptions. Submitted for Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research (INSTAR) programme December 2009. (Available for download).
O’Sullivan, A. and Harney, L. 2007 Early Medieval Ireland: Archaeological Excavations 1970–2002 (First edition). Submitted to Heritage Council, December 2007.
O’Sullivan, A. and Harney, L. 2008 Early Medieval Ireland: Archaeological Excavations 1970–2002(Revised Edition). Submitted to Heritage Council, January 2008.
O’Sullivan, A, McCormick, F, Kerr, T & Harney, L. 2008. Early Medieval Ireland: Archaeological Excavations 1930–2004. Submitted for Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research (INSTAR) programme December 2008. (Available for download).
O’Sullivan, A, McCormick, F and McDermott, C. 2008. The Early Medieval Archaeology Project (EMAP) Progress Report 2008. Submitted for Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research (INSTAR) programme December 2008. (Available for download).
O’Sullivan, A and McCormick, F (with contributions from McDermott, Conor, Sands, Robert, Kerr, Thomas, Harney, Lorcan, Kinsella, Jonathan, Seaver, Matthew and O’Hara, Robert) 2009. The Early Medieval Archaeology Project (EMAP) Progress Report 2009. Submitted for Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research (INSTAR) programme December 2009. (Available for download).
Sands, Robert, Harney, Lorcan, Kerr, Thomas and O’Sullivan, Michael. 2008. A database of early medieval archaeological excavations in Ireland, 1930-2004. Submitted for Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research (INSTAR) programme December 2008. (Available for download).