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Cover 1 Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Dedication 5 Table of Contents 6 Illustrations 8 A Note on Radiocarbon Dates 11 Preface 12 1. The Roman Impact 14 2. Settlement: Ring-Forts 19 Landscape 19 Social and political organization 21 The nature of the evidence 21 The problem of chronology 22 Ring-forts 24 Terminology and classification 25 Origins and chronology 28 Siting, enclosures and entrances 32 Houses 35 Souterrains 42 Other ring-fort structures 45 Ring-forts in the landscape 45 The role of ring-forts 46 3. Other Settlement Types 47 Crannogs 47 Origins and chronology 48 Siting and distribution 50 The crannog structure 51 The role of crannogs 54 Promontory forts 54 Knowth and Clogher 56 Other settlements 57 Conclusion 60 4. Food and Farming 62 The nature of the evidence 22 Climate, soils and vegetation 63 The farming landscape 65 Livestock and other domesticated animals 69 Crop husbandry 73 Hunting, fishing and gathering 77 Conclusion 80 5. Craft, Exchange and Trade 81 Pottery 81 Imported pottery 81 Native pottery 86 Wood 88 Leather 92 Textiles and dress 93 Bone, antler and horn 96 Metal-working 99 Iron-working 99 Copper and copper-a
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- Author
- Nancy Edwards
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction