PhD/MA Research
INSTAR EMAP funds are being used to support one PhD scholar and one MA Scholar; both candidates being professional archaeologists with considerable field experience in early medieval archaeology. Both scholars are ‘bought out’ for periods of time from CRDS and Archer heritage Ltd to progress their postgraduate studies.
- Matt Seaver (PhD) Living with the dead in early medieval Ireland (EMAP PhD Scholar, CRDS)
- Rob O’Hara (MA) Archaeological excavations of an early medieval burial ground at Collierstown, Co. Meath (EMAP MA Scholar; Archer Heritage Ltd.)
EMAP staff and its reports, bibliographies and databases are also a source of knowledge and data for several PhD students investigating early medieval Ireland and beyond. These PhD candidates and their theses include:
- Boyd, Rebecca- Norse Houses in Ireland and Western Britain, A.D. 800 – 1100: A Social Archaeology of Dwellings, Ethnicity and Cultural Identity
- Corliss, Adrienne- Woodturning and the Woodturners in Viking Age and Anglo-Norman Dublin, and their association with the surrounding woodlands (Rob Sands supervisor)
- Dolan, Brian- The social and technological context of ironworking in early medieval Ireland
- Doyle, Maureen- Dress, ornament and bodily identities in early medieval Ireland: an archaeology of personhood
- Gillespie, Cormac, - 'The Viking Age Archaeology of the Coastline and Islands of Northern Ulster in its North Atlantic Context (MLitt student)
- Greene, Sharon A.- Settlement, Identity and Change on Connacht's Atlantic Isles, AD400-1100 (PhD awarded 2009)
- Keating, Denise- Early medieval childhood in Ireland: perspectives from archaeology and human osteology
- Nicholl, Tríona- Houses, dwelling spaces and daily life in early medieval Ireland: an experimental archaeological approach
- Nugent, Louise- Medieval Pilgrimage in Ireland, AD 600-1600 (PhD awarded 2010)
- O’Hagan, Terry- In Tírechán’s footprints; an archaeology of the early medieval Collectanea
- Seaver, Matt- Living with the dead: Early Medieval Cemetery/Settlements; ritual, role and landscape setting (EMAP PhD Student)
EMAP reports, bibliographies and databases also provide the background for a range of M.A. research in UCD including most recently Sian Powderley’s (2009) ‘Norse rural settlement in Ireland and its North Atlantic context’, Graham Harkness’ (2009) ‘Identifying ethnicity in archaeology: a case study of Anglo-Saxon communities in Ireland’ and Niamh Arthur’s (2009) ‘The enigma of the Viking longphort: a landscape archaeological perspective’ which was recently awarded the Medieval Settlement Research Group’s John Hurst Prize for the Best MA thesis/dissertation in Britain and Ireland on Medieval Settlement (2009).
All PhD, MLitt and MA/MSc students studying early medieval Ireland in any University/Third Level institution are welcome to contact EMAP for any help or assistance we can provide.
