Abstract
It has long been claimed that the coaxial stone boundaries of Céide Fields, County Mayo, are a phenomenon of the Irish Early Neolithic — analogous to later prehistoric ‘Celtic’ fields in all but age. This study argues that the age disparity is an artefact of the research methods, and that the age of the main Céide Fields complex has been overestimated by as much as two-and-a-half millennia.
| Original language | English (Ireland) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 279 |
| Pages (from-to) | 257 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | European Journal Of Archaeology |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sep 2017 |
Keywords
- Neolithic
- Bronze Age
- field systems
- Prehistoric farming
- settlement
- Peat bogs
- Pollen analysis
- Palaeoecology and land-use history
- palaeoenvironment
- Ireland
- Ireland: land use
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics of 'Neolithic ‘Celtic’ Fields? A Reinterpretation of the Chronological Evidence from Céide Fields in North-western Ireland'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Press/Media
-
-
Pollen at Ceide Fields proves Irish history is nothing to be sneezed at
16/02/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
-
Archaeologists clash over dating of Céide Fields complex Prof Seamus Caulfield claims PhD research a ‘silent ambush’ of his life’s work
3/02/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
Cite this
- APA
- Author
- BIBTEX
- Harvard
- Standard
- RIS
- Vancouver