Promoting best practice
The second installment of our Environmental Archaeology seminar series takes place on Thursday 21st October (19:00 – 20:30 IST) and features presentations from Dr Penny Johnston of The Department of History, Politics and Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University, and Dr Scott Timpany of The Archaeology Institute, University of the Highlands & Islands, who will both…
The first installment of our Environmental Archaeology in Ireland seminar series has now been added to the Heritage Week 2021 events page! If you would like to join us to hear about the latest research in palaeoentomology, palynology, and archaeobotany, you can do so by registering via the following link. This first seminar will feature…
The Deutsches Archäologisches Institut will host an online lecture to present the results of the archaeonotanical work carried out during the Archaeological Exploration of Barda Project 2015–2019. The lecture entitled ‘An archaeobotanical investigation of agriculture and diet in Late Antique and Islamic Barda (3rd–16th Centuries C.E.)‘ will be delivered by EAI member Dr David Stone,…
We are back in action! Our next event will take place online on Thursday 19th August 2021 from 7pm to 8.30pm (Dublin time; UTC/GMT +1). See our Events page for further information.
Feeding the Ancestors: the importance of corn-drying kilns in preserving the medieval harvest.How did our ancestors preserve and prepare crops for storage? Archaeologists Susan Lyons and Orla-Peach Power demonstrate Ireland’s only functioning corn-drying kiln using authentic fuels and cereals. Time: 14.30 to 16.00Organised in association with the Irish National Heritage Park.Booking is advised. Please contact info@inhp.com,…
A report on our spring conference was recently published in the newsletter of the Association of Environmental Archaeology. We are delighted that news of our work is reaching such a big audience!
A major archaeobotany conference will take place soon in Paris. The 17th meeting of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany starts on 4th July, and it will see hundreds of archaeobotanists coming together for one week to discuss the latest research in the discipline. The event will be hosted by the National Museum for Natural History — a really lovely…
In environmental archaeology, lots of our work is indoors in laboratories or libraries, but we do sometimes get outside! It is a lovely, sunny day in Ireland today, and many of us are hankering to work outdoors. One lucky group of colleagues is doing just that at the UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture at…
The editors of the Royal Irish Academy Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section C Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics and Literature have commissioned the publication of their special edition of ‘Food and Drink in Ireland’, which will be out the end of April 2016. The publication is edited by Elizabeth Fitzpatrick and James Kelly.Paperback. ISBN:…
The EAI conference is over, and we have spent the last few weeks drawing up a list of the big ideas and issues that emerged from our discussions. In the next few weeks, members of the EAI group will meet in Cork to agree on a way forward. What are our priorities for 2016? And what for…
