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Newgrange is the most visited archaeological site in Ireland. Every year around 250,000 people come to the see this Neolithic passage tomb. This new book is a guide designed for the general reader with an interest in Irish prehistory. It explains the results of decades of excavation and analysis in one volume. It is written in a lively style that seeks at the same time to be authoritative and thorough.
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Geraldine Stout is an archaeologist with the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht. She is author of Newgrange and the Bend of the Boyne (Cork University Press, 2002). Matthew Stout lectures on the history of the Irish landscape, early medieval Ireland, medieval archaeology, and international historiography at St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra. He is co-editor of The Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape (Cork University Press, 1997).
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This book provides an excellent and up to date overview of Newgrange. With nice color illustrations, the book is not limited to the neolithic Newgrange site in itself, but puts its in a broader context. The context includes not only the modern history of the site and the recent excavations and restorations, but also what we could learn about the life of the neolithic builders and the use of the site during the later bronze age (stone circle) and the roman epoch. It also puts Newgrange in a geographical context with a very interesting comparison with other similar passage tombs in UK, Brittany, Portugal and Spain.
While defending the traditional idea of Newgrange as primarily a burial place, the authors are open minded and do mention other interpretations that have been suggested in the last decades. I can therefore only recommend this book to everybody who visited Newgrange and wants to learn more on this exceptional site.
While defending the traditional idea of Newgrange as primarily a burial place, the authors are open minded and do mention other interpretations that have been suggested in the last decades. I can therefore only recommend this book to everybody who visited Newgrange and wants to learn more on this exceptional site.
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