Pre-Christian Ireland : from the first settlers to the early Celts / Peter Harbison ; drawings by Edelgard Soergel-Harbison.
By: Harbison, Peter
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Material type: 
BookSeries: Ancient people and places ; no.104.Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1988 (1994)Description: 208 p. : ill., plans, maps ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0500278091.Subject(s): Prehistoric peoples -- Ireland | Celts -- Ireland -- Antiquities | Ireland -- Antiquities, CelticDDC classification: 941.501 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 941.501 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00015739 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Tells the story of human settlement in Ireland from its beginnings 10,000 years ago to St Patrick's Christianizing mission in the 5th century AD. This is interwoven with accounts of major excavations at sites such as Carrowmore, Rathgall and Navan Fort.
Bibliography: (pages 196-199) and index.
Introduction -- The search for the first settlers -- Farmers and Megalith-builders -- The Rise of Metalworking -- A Golden Age -- The Celtic Iron Age -- Epilogue.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Peter Harbison is a professor of archaeology.(Bowker Author Biography)