The Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society 2024 – 2025 lecture series continues at 8 pm on Friday, November 29th in St Patrick’s Gateway Centre, Waterford (Eircode X91 YX61) when Prof. Gabriel Cooney, will deliver a talk titled ‘Death and burial in Ireland 8000 BC – AD 400, with particular reference to southeast Ireland’.
The richness of the mortuary record that survives for Irish prehistory is a highlight of the archaeological record for that eight-thousand year span of time (8000 BC- AD 400). In this lecture Gabriel will consider the changing patterns in the treatment of the dead of the earliest human generations who lived in Ireland, making particular reference to southeast Ireland, and how the evidence in this region relates to wider trends observed across the island.
Gabriel Cooney is emeritus professor of Celtic Archaeology, School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, where he taught generations of archaeologists currently working in Ireland and further afield. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy. Gabriel’s research interests focus on the Neolithic period, particularly the use of stone and on mortuary practices in prehistory. He has led many research projects over the course of his career, and dircted excavations at notable prehistoric sitees. He has published the results of his research widely, his most recent book is Death in Irish Prehistory, published by the Royal Irish Academy. It was recently awarded the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) 2024 Book Prize, in their citation the EAA remarked that the book ‘is written in an engaging manner, with sensitive reflections on how the living deal with death today as well as in the past.’
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