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Derrycarhoon: A later Bronze Age copper mine in south-west Ireland

Derrycarhoon: A later Bronze Age copper mine in south-west Ireland

O'Brien, William

Paperback

Series: International, Book 3069

AnthropologyArchaeologyAncient History General

ISBN10: 1407359258
ISBN13: 9781407359250
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
Published: Feb 28 2022
Pages: 234
Weight: 1.68
Height: 0.64 Width: 8.27 Depth: 11.69
Language: English

Derrycarhoon is the first copper mine discovered in Ireland from the later Bronze Age. This book presents the results of recent archaeological survey and excavation of a small multi-period mine in the Cork region, along with details of landscape setting, bedrock geology, mineralisation and palaeoecology. The recent history of mining and prospection at Derrycarhoon is examined, beginning with the discovery in 1846 of so-called 'Danish Mines' now dated c.1300-1000 BC. The technology and operation of the early mine is considered, as well as its significance for the supply of copper in Bronze Age Ireland. The wider context is explored in relation to contemporary farm settlement in the region, with particular reference to the religious monuments of those communities. That settlement landscape was connected to regional trade networks controlled by emerging hillfort chiefdoms, at a time of growing militarism and pressure on metal supply in Ireland.

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