THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.

Read more about the RIA

Foragers, Farmers and Fishers in a Coastal Landscape: An Intercultural Archaelogical Survey of the Shannon Estuary, 1992-7

by  Aidan O'Sullivan
€ 45.00

Book Details

Published by Discovery Programme

December 2001

Hardback

Number of pages: 345

ISBN: 9781874045854

Leading archaeologist Aidan O'Sullivan devised and carried out a survey of the archaeological heritage of the intertidal zone of the Shannon estuary and the Fergus estuary. The survey introduces a new perspective to Irish archaeology and uncovers a wealth of new types of evidence. This material is brought together in a monograph that provides us with an unparalleled view of past life and times of an Irish estuary.

About the authors

Aidan O'Sullivan

Aidan O'Sullivan, PhD, is a Professor at the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, and a Principal Investigator of the Early Medieval Archaeology Project. His research interests are in early medieval Britain and Ireland; experimental archaeology; and wetland archaeology and environments around the world. His recent books include Rethinking wetland archaeology (2006) and The Oxford handbook of wetland archaeology (2013).