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Title Ireland's first settlers : time and the Mesolithic / Peter Woodman.
Author Woodman, Peter C., author.
Publisher Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2015.


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 In Library  Standard  Library Level 8 Annexe  Archaeology qDW250 WOO2  

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Description vii, 366 pages , 32 unnumbered pages of leaves : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), plans, portraits (some colour) ; 29 cm
ISBN 9781782977780 hardback
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I: In the beginning. Why? -- Understanding Ireland's environment and ecology -- It's about time -- Part II: Laying the foundations. Where did it all come from? -- Chronology, flint facts and other artefacts -- Part III: Often an island too far. Anything earlier? -- The first arrivals -- Settling in -- Part IV: Lifeway. Patterns in the landscape -- Food, sustenance and procurement -- Part V: Where to now. A critical analysis of fieldwork and methodologies -- Life and death.
Library Class Archaeology DW250
Subject Prehistoric peoples -- Ireland.
Mesolithic period -- Ireland.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ireland.
Ireland -- Antiquities.

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