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A sense of place in Irish prehistory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Gabriel Cooney
Gabriel Cooney*
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Department of Archaeology, University College, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Abstract

Peter Woodman's survey-article in ANTIQUITY, ‘Filling the spaces in Irish prehistory’ (66: 295–314), was developed from his paper to the Prehistoric Society, ‘What's new in Irish prehistory?’ Was it actually new? Did it fill the spaces in the periods of earlier Irish prehistory that ANTIQUITY asked Professor Woodman to address? Gabriel Cooney offers a different perspective on Irish prehistory.

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Antiquity , Volume 67 , Issue 256 , September 1993 , pp. 632 - 641
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1993

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