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Derrycarhoon : a later Bronze Age copper mine in south-west Ireland

Title

Derrycarhoon : a later Bronze Age copper mine in south-west Ireland / William O'Brien ; contributors, Lena Grandin [and five others].

Author

O'Brien, William, 1961-

Publication

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2022.
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Grandin, Lena

Description

xv, 216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color); 30 cm.

Summary

Derrycarhoon is the first copper mine from the later Bronze Age discovered in Ireland. This book presents the results of recent geoarchaeological survey and sample excavation of a small multi-period mine, with details of landscape setting, bedrock geology, mineralisation and palaeoecology. The recent history of mining and prospection at Derrycarhoon is examined, including the discovery in 1846 of so-called ?Danish Mines?, now dated c.1300-1000 BC. The technology and operation of that prehistoric copper mine is considered, as well as its significance for the supply of metal in later Bronze Age Ireland. The wider context is explored in relation to Bronze Age settlement in the region, with reference to ritual monuments and religious beliefs of the mining community. That local landscape of small farming communities was connected to trade networks at regional level, controlled by emerging hillfort chiefdoms at a time of growing militarism and pressures on metal supply in Ireland.

Series Statement

British Archaeological Reports International Series ; 3069

Uniform Title

BAR international series ; 3069.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN

9781407359250
1407359258

OCLC

on1303217602
1303217602

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries