Hillforts, Warfare and Society in Bronze Age Ireland
- ISBN-10
- 1784916560
- ISBN-13
- 9781784916565
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 538
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-07-24
- Publisher
- Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
- Authors
- William O'Brien, James O’Driscoll
Description
This is the first project to study hillforts in relation to warfare and conflict in Bronze Age Ireland. This project combines remote sensing and GIS-based landscape analysis with conventional archaeological survey to investigate ten prehistoric hillforts across southern Ireland.
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