Archaeology

Humans have occupied Ireland for the past 10,000 years, leaving us with a rich legacy of archaeological monuments and landscapes. We work to conserve this unique archaeological heritage.

Resources & Links

This is the Archaeology resources and links section. Here you can find links to external websites for this heritage area of interest.

Irish Archaeology Links

Archaeology Magazine
http://cat.he.net/~archaeol/

Department of Archaeology, NUI Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/arc/

Department of Archaeology, University College Cork
http://www.ucc.ie/en/DepartmentsCentresandUnits/Archaeology/

Department of Archaeology, University College Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/archdata/

Department of Environment Heritage and Local Government
http://www.environ.ie/en/

Schools of Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen’s University Belfast
http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/gap/Education/ArchaeologyandPalaeoecology//

The Discovery Programme
http://www.discoveryprogramme.ie/

Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland
http://www.esaiweb.org/esai_homepage.php

Heritage Ireland
http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/

The Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI)
http://www.iai.ie/

Irish Peatland Conservation Council
http://www.ipcc.ie/

The Journal of Irish Archaeology
http://www.nuigalway.ie/jia/

Kilkenny Archaeological Society
http://www.kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie/

National Roads Authority
http://www.nra.ie/Archaeology/

An Taisce
http://www.antaisce.org/

UK Archaeology Links

Aerial Archaeological Research Group
http://www.univie.ac.at/aarg/php/cms/

The Archaeology Data Service
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/index.html

Archaeology Departments in the UK
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/info/univ.html

The Council for British Archaeology
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/

English Heritage Archaeology Division
http://accessibility.english-heritage.org.uk/

Environment and Heritage Service: Northern Ireland
http://www.ni-environment.gov.uk/

Historic Scotland
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/

Museum of London Archaeology Service
http://www.museumoflondonarchaeology.org.uk/English/

The Prehistoric Society
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prehistoric/

The Stone Pages Archeology Links
http://www.stonepages.com/home.html

UK Archaeology on the Internet
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/info/uklinks.html

International Archaeology Links

Cipher Project
http://cipherweb.open.ac.uk/news/index.pl

Cultural Pathways Project
http://www.pcl-eu.de/indexen.php

Dendrochronology
http://www.sonic.net/bristlecone/dendro.html

European Association of Archaeologists
http://www.e-a-a.org/

Radiocarbon
http://packrat.aml.arizona.edu/

Radiocarbon Information Sources
http://packrat.aml.arizona.edu/otherinfo.html

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ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS

Historic Landscape Characterisation: Policy and Best practice guidance

Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC) is concerned with identifying the contribution of the past to the landscape as it exists in the present

ARCHAEOLOGY EVENTS

International Viking Conference

Viking Woodstown and Hiberno-Norse Waterford: Their Place in the Viking World. 26th-28th March, 2010. Waterford.

ARCHAEOLOGY PUBLICATIONS

Brú na Bóinne Research Framework Project

Summary and full document available to download.