George Eogan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1049865 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Eogan |
| GIVEN NAMES | George |
| FAMILY NAME | Eogan |
| SIGNATURE | EOGAN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Knowth
Prehistoric Europe: Neolithic period
Newgrange
Lough Crew
Archaeology in Ireland during the last 50 years: An Outline
IntroductionThroughout the 20th century there were many notable developments in Irish archaeology, both academically and administratively. Already by the middle of the century considerable change had taken place, that was a time when new attitudes and initiatives were underway. It was also a time of economic development and social adjustments in the wake of World War II. The changes that took place in archaeology during the following half-century…
Megalithic Art and Society
Megalithic art is associated with passage tombs in Atlantic Europe. But it is not found in all areas, rather it has a restricted distribution. In those areas where it occurs it is very often associated with large and, therefore, prestigious tombs. These tombs have a confined distribution within defined areas. It can be argued that such areas indicate tribal regions within which elite societies existed and where cohesion was provided by a leader, …
Knowth before Knowth
Recent research at the great Irish passage tomb of Knowth has revealed new decorated stones, which were apparently recycled from an earlier tomb. Here, George Eogan describes the finds and discusses the implication of an early phase of tomb building pre-dating the major passage tombs of the Boyne Valley
Hair-rings’ and European Late Bronze Age society
Hair-rings’, like other artefact categories of the European Bronze Age, are distinctive in form, and distinctively placed in space and in time. But we have not easily come to know just what they were for, or in what other ways we can discern meaning in and from them. Although modest in appearance, it does appear that ‘hair rings’ were significant objects that possibly indicate social ranking but also trading activities
A Grooved Ware wooden structure at Knowth, Boyne Valley, Ireland
A new find at Knowth, the site in eastern Ireland famous for its complex of Neolithic passage-tombs, of a wooden structure associated with that enigmatic later Neolithic material, Grooved Ware
Knowth and the passage-tombs of Ireland
A flint macehead at Knowth, Co. Meath, Ireland
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The entrance stones at Knowth, Ireland
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Two decorated stones from Knowth, Co. Meath
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Excavations at Knowth, Co. Meath, 1968
The 1968 excavations were a continuation of the investigations that have been in progress at Knowth since 1962. In brief, this work is establishing that there is a cemetery of Passage Graves at Knowth. This consists of the large tumulus (Site I) with a number of smaller tombs in its immediate vicinity. This group is situated on a low hill that on the west overlooks the River Boyne at a point a couple of miles downstream from Slane where the river…
The Knowth (Co. Meath) Excavations
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The Mull ('South of Ireland') Hoard
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The Excavation of a Stone Alignment and Circle at Cholwichtown, Lee Moor, Devonshire, England
The site (National Grid Reference 3X584622) stands on a westward spur of the Penn Beacon ridge near the southern edge of Dartmoor. As is common throughout the moor the underlying rock is granite and in the neighbourhood of Cholwichtown this has altered to ‘china’ clay. There are a number of outcrops, but in most places the granite has a light covering of soil on which a thin layer of black raw humus, peat-like in appearance, has formed. This now …
The Later Bronze Age in Ireland in the light of recent research
The term ‘Later Bronze Age’ is being used in this paper to cover that period of the Bronze Age in Ireland that started around 1200 B.C. and continued on until supplanted by iron-using cultures during the second half of the first millennium B.C. This term provides a means of escaping from the nomenclature that is applied to the period covering the last two centuries of the second millennium B.C. and the beginning of the first millennium B.C., a ph…
The Later Bronze Age in Ireland in the light of recent research
The term ‘Later Bronze Age’ is being used in this paper to cover that period of the Bronze Age in Ireland that started around 1200 B.C. and continued on until supplanted by iron-using cultures during the second half of the first millennium B.C. This term provides a means of escaping from the nomenclature that is applied to the period covering the last two centuries of the second millennium B.C. and the beginning of the first millennium B.C., a ph…
Knowth before Knowth
Recent research at the great Irish passage tomb of Knowth has revealed new decorated stones, which were apparently recycled from an earlier tomb. Here, George Eogan describes the finds and discusses the implication of an early phase of tomb building pre-dating the major passage tombs of the Boyne Valley
Megalithic Art and Society
Megalithic art is associated with passage tombs in Atlantic Europe. But it is not found in all areas, rather it has a restricted distribution. In those areas where it occurs it is very often associated with large and, therefore, prestigious tombs. These tombs have a confined distribution within defined areas. It can be argued that such areas indicate tribal regions within which elite societies existed and where cohesion was provided by a leader, …
A Grooved Ware wooden structure at Knowth, Boyne Valley, Ireland
A new find at Knowth, the site in eastern Ireland famous for its complex of Neolithic passage-tombs, of a wooden structure associated with that enigmatic later Neolithic material, Grooved Ware
Excavations at Knowth, Co. Meath, 1968
The 1968 excavations were a continuation of the investigations that have been in progress at Knowth since 1962. In brief, this work is establishing that there is a cemetery of Passage Graves at Knowth. This consists of the large tumulus (Site I) with a number of smaller tombs in its immediate vicinity. This group is situated on a low hill that on the west overlooks the River Boyne at a point a couple of miles downstream from Slane where the river…
The Knowth (Co. Meath) Excavations
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Hair-rings’ and European Late Bronze Age society
Hair-rings’, like other artefact categories of the European Bronze Age, are distinctive in form, and distinctively placed in space and in time. But we have not easily come to know just what they were for, or in what other ways we can discern meaning in and from them. Although modest in appearance, it does appear that ‘hair rings’ were significant objects that possibly indicate social ranking but also trading activities
The Excavation of a Stone Alignment and Circle at Cholwichtown, Lee Moor, Devonshire, England
The site (National Grid Reference 3X584622) stands on a westward spur of the Penn Beacon ridge near the southern edge of Dartmoor. As is common throughout the moor the underlying rock is granite and in the neighbourhood of Cholwichtown this has altered to ‘china’ clay. There are a number of outcrops, but in most places the granite has a light covering of soil on which a thin layer of black raw humus, peat-like in appearance, has formed. This now …
The Later Bronze Age in Ireland in the light of recent research
The term ‘Later Bronze Age’ is being used in this paper to cover that period of the Bronze Age in Ireland that started around 1200 B.C. and continued on until supplanted by iron-using cultures during the second half of the first millennium B.C. This term provides a means of escaping from the nomenclature that is applied to the period covering the last two centuries of the second millennium B.C. and the beginning of the first millennium B.C., a ph…
The Knowth (Co. Meath) Excavations
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Mull ('South of Ireland') Hoard
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Excavations at Knowth, Co. Meath, 1968
The 1968 excavations were a continuation of the investigations that have been in progress at Knowth since 1962. In brief, this work is establishing that there is a cemetery of Passage Graves at Knowth. This consists of the large tumulus (Site I) with a number of smaller tombs in its immediate vicinity. This group is situated on a low hill that on the west overlooks the River Boyne at a point a couple of miles downstream from Slane where the river…
Two decorated stones from Knowth, Co. Meath
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The entrance stones at Knowth, Ireland
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A flint macehead at Knowth, Co. Meath, Ireland
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Knowth and the passage-tombs of Ireland
A Grooved Ware wooden structure at Knowth, Boyne Valley, Ireland
A new find at Knowth, the site in eastern Ireland famous for its complex of Neolithic passage-tombs, of a wooden structure associated with that enigmatic later Neolithic material, Grooved Ware
Hair-rings’ and European Late Bronze Age society
Hair-rings’, like other artefact categories of the European Bronze Age, are distinctive in form, and distinctively placed in space and in time. But we have not easily come to know just what they were for, or in what other ways we can discern meaning in and from them. Although modest in appearance, it does appear that ‘hair rings’ were significant objects that possibly indicate social ranking but also trading activities
Knowth before Knowth
Recent research at the great Irish passage tomb of Knowth has revealed new decorated stones, which were apparently recycled from an earlier tomb. Here, George Eogan describes the finds and discusses the implication of an early phase of tomb building pre-dating the major passage tombs of the Boyne Valley
Megalithic Art and Society
Megalithic art is associated with passage tombs in Atlantic Europe. But it is not found in all areas, rather it has a restricted distribution. In those areas where it occurs it is very often associated with large and, therefore, prestigious tombs. These tombs have a confined distribution within defined areas. It can be argued that such areas indicate tribal regions within which elite societies existed and where cohesion was provided by a leader, …
Archaeology in Ireland during the last 50 years: An Outline
IntroductionThroughout the 20th century there were many notable developments in Irish archaeology, both academically and administratively. Already by the middle of the century considerable change had taken place, that was a time when new attitudes and initiatives were underway. It was also a time of economic development and social adjustments in the wake of World War II. The changes that took place in archaeology during the following half-century…
Knowth
Prehistoric Europe: Neolithic period
Newgrange
Lough Crew
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