EAI Conference Report Now Available!

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!

Environmental Archaeology in Ireland: What Next?

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…

EAI Conference: A Big Thank You To All Participants

Thanks to everyone who attended our conference last week — you really helped to make it a great success. Particular thanks go to our speakers on the day, Ellen O’Carroll, Isabella Mulhall, Gill Plunkett, Orla-Peach Power, Eileen Reilly and Lorna O’Donnell, and to all their collaborators. Meriel McClatchie introduced the conference, and Mick Monk responded…

Environmental Archaeology Conference: Only 3 Weeks To Go

We are busy organising our conference, Looking back, moving forward: 70 years of Environmental Archaeology in Ireland, which will be held at the fantastic lecture theatre in the National Botanic Gardens Dublin on Friday 19th February 2016. The conference will explore how environmental archaeology developed in Ireland, where we are now, and how we can move forward. We…

Environmental Archaeology Conference: Call for Posters

It’s almost the end of 2015, which means that our big conference is happening in a few weeks’ time! We recently issued a call for posters for our upcoming conference, Looking back, moving forward: 70 years of environmental archaeology in Ireland. The conference will take place on Friday 19th February 2016 in Dublin. The poster session…

New Conference Website

Please visit our new conference website to find out more about our upcoming event, Looking back, moving forward: 70 years of environmental archaeology in Ireland. Registration is now open.

Looking Back, Moving Forward: 70 Years of Environmental Archaeology in Ireland

Date: Friday 19th February 2016Location: National Botanic Gardens, DublinOrganisers: Environmental Archaeology in Ireland (EAI)Workgroup Sponsors: National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht It is almost 70 years since the publication of Frank Mitchell’s seminal paper “Evidence of early agriculture” in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. In this paper, Mitchell outlined…

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