ISSN 2009-2237
This entry is part 8 of 30 in the Issue 04UCD Archaeology Department have planned a day-long seminar on their current research topics and themes.
Culture, Environment and Change
Archaeological Research Seminar 2009
Theatre M, Newman Building Thursday, 10th December, 9-5pm
UCD School of Archaeology’s Research Seminar aims to communicate knowledge about the School’s wide-ranging international and national research projects in 2009.
UCD Archaeology staff and students are engaged in archaeological research projects around the world; in SE Asia, the Mediterranean and northwest Europe, ranging in date from the Mesolithic to the Post-medieval period.
UCD School of Archaeology has three major Research Themes each comprised of active Research Groups undertaking a range of projects. The seminar papers are arranged in sessions according to these themes: Footprints of Ireland (chair: Prof. Gabriel Cooney), Landscape and Environment (chair: Prof. Tadhg O’Keeffe) and Materialising Identities (chair: Dr Joanna Brück).
This year, the seminar will feature presentations from School Research Groups, Academic staff & collaborators, Funded Research Projects, Post-Doctoral scholars and advance stage PhD students. This includes research funded by INSTAR, ULYSSES, IRCHSS, DoEHLG, Royal Irish Academy, UCD Research, UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland and UCD John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies.
Staff and postgraduate research project posters will also be on display throughout the day. Come and join us for a Christmas Archaeology Research Seminar!
All are welcome, but if you would like to attend please email the School Research Co-ordinator at Aidan.OSullivan@ucd.ie or phone him at 01-7168252 to let us know.
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Programme
8.45 - 9.00 Registration and Arrival
9.00 – 9.20 Welcome and Review of UCD School of Archaeology’s research in 2009
Footprints of Ireland
(chair: Prof. Gabriel Cooney)
9.20 – 9.30
Facebook, Pints of Guinness and Researching Prehistoric Archaeology
(Prehistoric Discussion Group)
Kim Rice/Emmett O’Keeffe
UCD School of Archaeology, UCD Ad Astra and IRCHSS Doctoral Scholars
9.30 – 9.50
Stories from the Neolithic Passage tomb of Knockroe; past reflections and future challenges
(Royal Irish Academy)
Prof. Muiris O’Sullivan, UCD School of Archaeology
9.50 – 10.10
Neolithic and Bronze Age Landscapes of North Mayo (INSTAR project)
(Heritage Council INSTAR)
Prof. Seamas Caulfield, Gretta Byrne, Prof. Martin Downes, Noel Dunne, David McIlreavy, Stuart
Rathbone, Patrick Walsh and Dr Graeme Warren
UCD School of Archaeology; Office of Public Works; NUI Maynooth
10.10 – 10.30
Astronomy and engineering of Lismullin Iron Age enclosure
(Dublin Institute of Technology)
Dr Frank Prendergast, UCD School of Archaeology and Dublin Institute of Technology
10.30 – 10.50
The Early Medieval Archaeology Project (INSTAR EMAP); digging into the data from early
medieval excavations
Dr Aidan O’Sullivan, Dr Finbar McCormick, Dr Thomas Kerr, Lorcan Harney, Jonathan Kinsella, Matt
Seaver and Rob O’Hara
UCD School of Archaeology; Queen’s University Belfast; ACS Ltd.; CRDS Ltd.; Archer Heritage Ltd.
10.50 – 11.00 Discussion
11.00 – 11.30 Tea/Coffee and Posters
Landscape and Environment
(chaired by Prof. Tadhg O’Keeffe)
11.30 – 11.50
Climate Change and the Adoption of Agriculture in Ireland: current research in North Mayo
(IRCHSS)
Dr Graeme Warren, Dr Stephen Davis and Dr Naomi Holmes, UCD School of Archaeology
11.50 – 12.10
The Boyne Landscape Project (INSTAR): Recent Research
(Heritage Council INSTAR)
Dr Helen Lewis, Dr Colman Gallagher, Dr Stephen Davis, Dr Jonathan Turner, Dr Gez Foster, Dr Loreta Guinan, Dr Conor Brady, Dr Thomas Cummins, Dr C. Langdon, Dr R. Scaife, Dr Naomi Holmes, M. Allen, Dr R. Meehan, Gary Mulrooney, Prof. Anthony Brown
UCD School of Archaeology; UCD School of Geography, Planning & Environmental Policy; Meath County Council; DKIT; UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science & Veterinary Medicine; Allen Environmental Archaeology; Talamh Ireland; University of Southampton
12.10 – 12.30
The Fergus estuary and its islands: a maritime historic landscape in Co. Clare
(The Heritage Council; IRCHSS/Égide Ulysses; UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland)
Dr Aidan O’Sullivan, Mary Dillon, Conor McDermott, Dr Rob Sands, UCD School of Archaeology
12.30 - 2.50
Fishy stories: the environmental analysis of a late medieval century shipwreck from
Drogheda
(Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government)
Dr Stephen Davis, UCD School of Archaeology
12.50 - 1.10
Investigating the ancient landscapes of Crete
(IRCHSS)
Dr Alan Peatfield and Will Megarry, UCD School of Archaeology
1.10 – 1.15 Discussion
1.15 – 2.15 Lunch
During the lunch break attendees are invited to view the research posters on display and to discuss the projects with the authors
Materialising Identities
(Chaired by Dr Joanna Brück)
2.15 – 2.30
Keeping - making archaeology relevant
(UCD John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies)
Dr Thomas Kador
UCD School of Archaeology
2.30 – 2.50
Glendalough Valley Project: research and teaching in the Wicklow Mountains
(UCD; Office of Public Works)
Conor McDermott & Dr Graeme Warren
UCD School of Archaeology
2.50 – 3.10
Viking graves? Death, burial and identity
(IRCHSS)
Dr Stephen Harrison
UCD School of Archaeology
3.10 – 3.30 Coffee Break and Posters
3.30 – 3.50
Exploring the early medieval west coast: time for a new vocabulary
(IRCHSS)
Sharon Greene
UCD School of Archaeology
3.50 – 4.10
Historicising identity: the reinvention of Lohort Castle in the 18th century
(UCD)
Prof. Tadhg O’Keeffe
UCD School of Archaeology
4.10 – 4.20 Session Discussion
4.20 – 4.45 Final Discussion and Prospects for 2010
5.00 Formal end of seminar
5.30-7.00pm All welcome to a wine reception in UCD Common Room,
Newman Building, UCD
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Please direct any queries to archaeology@ucd.ie
