Hoards in the Irish Copper and Bronze Ages
Throughout the Copper and Bronze Ages the deposition of hoards fluctuated through cycles of activity driven by religious, social and economic factors. After 1,500 years hoard deposition increased...
View ArticleThoughts on razors and male grooming in Earlier Bronze Age Ireland
Razors, unlike most other types of metalwork, are as closely associated with their owners in death as they were in life. My report on a pair of bronze razors found in a pit burial at Peafield, Co....
View ArticleIrish Early Bronze Age Houses 1.4
In Ireland after 2200/2100 BC copper was alloyed with tin to create bronze and the Early Bronze Age commenced. The Early Bronze Age is distinguished from the preceding Copper Age by a number of...
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