The Dating of Food Vessels and Urns in Ireland

Anna Brindley’s The Dating of Food Vessels and Urns in Ireland is a major contribution to Irish and British archaeology. Using her experience with radiocarbon dates and intimate knowledge of typology and classification, she investigates the chronology and development of the pottery found in the graves of early Bronze Age Ireland. Some 200 samples of bone collagen and carbonate have been dated specifically for this work. The core of this book consists of three sections: the radiocarbon dates plus fully illustrated catalogues; the development of the pottery described in three stages; and a detailed consideration of the radiocarbon dates for each stage against the calibration curve. The result is a tightly structured chronology of calibrated radiocarbon dates for food vessels and urns between 2160 BC and 1500 BC.

Published by the Department of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, in its Bronze Age Studies Series ISBN 9535620-2-6. Hardback, 392 pp, 164 figs, 75 tables. €40 per copy plus €7 postage. Cheques should be made payable to ’Department of Archaeology’. Payment may also be made to a bank account at Allied Irish Banks, University Branch, Galway. National code: 93-74-36. Account name: J. Waddell. Account number: 38270-127; IBAN: IE03 AIBK 9374 3638 2701 27; BIC: AIBKIE2D. If making payment to this bank account, please note that name and full address should also be sent to the Department Secretary at the above address, to archaeologynuigalway.ie or by phone to 00-353-(0)91-492167.

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