From chiefdom to state in early Ireland
This book tracks the development of social complexity in Ireland from the late prehistoric period on into the Middle Ages. Using a range of methods and techniques, particularly data from settlement patterns, Blair Gibson demonstrates how Ireland evolved from constellations of chiefdoms into a politi...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2012
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Theoretical considerations
- 2. The climate and geology of Clare
- 3. Clare's chiefdoms at the dawn of history
- 4. An early medieval chiefdom of northern Clare: archaeological investigations
- 5. Reconstructing the social order of Irish chiefdoms through settlement
- 6. Of settlements and boundaries: reconstructing the chiefdom of Tulach Commáin
- 7. The rulers of Tulach Commáin
- 8. The world of Brian Boroimhe
- 9. The world of Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh
- 10. The political topography of Late Medieval Clare
- 11. An overview of the social and political systems of Thomond