Programme
Saturday 17th February 2007
Boole 1 lecture theatre, University College Cork
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09.20 - 09:30
Welcome
Prof. William O’Brien (Dept of Archaeology, University College Cork)
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SESSION 1
Chair: Prof. Peter Woodman (Dept of Archaeology, University College Cork)
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09:30 - 09:50 Lorna O’Donnell & Dr Eoin Grogan (Margaret Gowen and Co. Ltd)
The Bronze Age landscapes of the Gas Pipeline to the West
09:50 - 10:10 Dr Lucy Verrill (University of Edinburgh)
Recent research into settlement continuity and environmental marginality at Belderg Beg, County Mayo
10:10 - 10:30 Fiona Grant (Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust)
The impact of early ironworking in the west of Ireland: the palaeoenvironmental evidence
10:30 - 10:45 Discussion
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10:45 - 11:10 Tea/Coffee
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SESSION 2
Chair: Dr Tim Mighall (Dept of Geography, University of Aberdeen)
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11:10 - 11:30 Dr Gill Plunkett1, Conor McDermott2, Graeme T. Swindles1 & David Brown1 (1School of Geography, Archaeology & Palaeoecology, Queen’s University Belfast; 2School of Archaeology, University College Dublin).
Wetland archaeology in Ireland and the "bigger picture": a critical assessment of the role of environment in determining past wetland activity
11:30 - 11:50 Dr Nóra Bermingham & Dr Benjamin Gearey (University Of Birmingham)
Raised mires: complexity, climate change and bog bursts
11:50 - 12:10 Eileen Reilly (Botany Department, Trinity College Dublin)
Lessons from Lemanaghan - insights into a dynamic wetland landscape from insect remains analyses 1996-2001
12:10 - 12:30 Dr David Earle Robinson (English Heritage)
Grauballe Man revisited – new analyses and reassessment of a bog body from the Danish Iron Age
12:30 - 12:45 Discussion
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12:45 - 14:00 Lunch
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SESSION 3
Chair: Mick Monk (Dept of Archaeology, University College Cork)
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14:00 - 14:20 Ellen O’Carroll (Consulting Archaeologist)
Kilns, furnaces and pits – fuel for thought!
14:20 - 14:40 Penny Johnston & Mary Dillon (Eachtra Archaeological Projects)
Charred environmental remains from three Ringforts in Galway. Preliminary results and comparative studies
14:40 - 15:00 Dr Jacqui Mulville & Adrienne Powell (University of Cardiff)
From Llanmaes to Llangorse: herding and hunting in Early Wales
15:00 - 15:15 Discussion
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15:15 - 15:40 Tea/Coffee
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SESSION 4
Chair: Dr Aidan O’Sullivan (School of Archaeology, University College Dublin)
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15:40 - 16:00 Dr Scott Timpany (Headland Archaeology)
Palaeoenvironmental assessment of a wetland site, Newrath, Waterford
16.00 - 16.20 Dr Anthony Beese (Consulting Geologist, Carraigex Ltd, Cork)
Land-claim using mud in the estuarine environment of medieval Cork, Ireland: studies in stratigraphy and sedimentology
16:20 - 16:40 Dr Helen Lewis (School of Archaeology, University College Dublin)
Soil micromorphological applications to sites and landscapes
16:40 - 16:55 Discussion
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16:55 Final discussion and close of meeting
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