Fiona Beglane
Biographic Data
| ID | 3644519 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fiona Beglane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fiona |
| FAMILY NAME | Beglane |
| SIGNATURE | BEGLANE F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Technology Sligo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6619-0586 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Pigs, pannage, and the solstice
Newgrange, the Neolithic monument and centerpiece of the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage complex, is a high-profile example of prehistoric societies’ observation of, and reverence for, solar events. Comparatively little is known about how these concepts were remembered by those using Newgrange over subsequent millennia. While excavations have uncovered large quantities of later material culture, debate continues about what these subsequent ac…
Dual role of human activities and climate in pre-industrial nitrogen shifts in Ireland
Animals in Roman economy
Changing human-cattle relationships in Ireland
Domesticated cattle were brought to Ireland during the Neolithic. By the early medieval period, 4000 years later, these animals were central to social and economic status in Irish communities and the landscape was organised around cattle husbandry to a degree unattested elsewhere in Europe. How this socio-economic importance developed is unclear. Here, using isotope data spanning six millennia, the authors identify a culturally driven shift towar…
Diet in Medieval Gaelic Ireland
Hares, juvenile domesticates, structured deposition, and ritual in the Neolithic court tomb at Parknabinnia, Ireland
The occurrence of animal remains in human mortuary assemblages presents problems of interpretation. Are they post-depositional natural inclusions or are they evidence of deliberate ritual practices? This study uses a contextual taphonomic approach to analyse a remarkable faunal assemblage from a Neolithic megalithic tomb in Ireland. The Parknabinnia court tomb (Cl. 153) is located in the karstic limestone region known as the Burren, resulting in …
Neolithic Engagements With the Dead
Archaeological excavation of a natural boulder chamber on the upper slopes of Bengorm Mountain, County Mayo, in the north‐west of Ireland revealed evidence for complex Neolithic funerary rituals spanning several centuries. With virtually no subsequent evidence of animal or human disturbance, the site presents an exceptional insight into well‐preserved engagements with the dead at a remote mountain location where themes of secrecy, continuity and …
Ireland's fallow deer
Fiona Beglane*, Karis Baker, Ruth F. Carden, A. Rus Hoelzel, Angela L. Lamb, Rita Mhig Fhionnghaile, Holly Miller, Naomi Sykes, Ireland's fallow deer: their historical, archaeological and biomolecular records, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, Vol. 118C (2018), pp. 141-165
Forests and chases in medieval Ireland, 1169– c .1399
The social significance of game in the diet of later medieval Ireland
Fiona Beglane*, The social significance of game in the diet of later medieval Ireland, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, Vol. 115C, Food and Drink in Ireland (2015), pp. 167-196
Theatre of Power
THIS PAPER EXAMINES the archaeological and historical evidence for a 13th-century park at Earlspark, Loughrea, Co Galway. This is the first detailed study of an Irish Anglo-Norman-period park to be published, and the site, which lies c 2 km south-east of the town of Loughrea, is exceptionally well preserved. It is documented in 1333, along with its deer, and field survey in the area has identified the park, which is defined by a mortared stone wa…
Syndactyly in Pigs
This paper reviews evidence for the rare condition of porcine syndactyly. It describes eight archaeological examples from Britain, Northern Ireland and France. Syndactyly refers to the partial or complete fusion of two or more adjacent phalanges on the medio‐lateral border. The degree and character of fusion are variable, but phalanges frequently unite to create a single skeletal element. This condition has been identified by veterinarians, zoolo…
Early Historic settlement beneath the Grassmarket in Edinburgh
Archaeologically monitored excavations in the Grassmarket, Edinburgh uncovered diverse remains dating from prehistory to the First World War. The stratigraphic sequence included pits created in the middle of the Bronze Age, Early Historic features and deposits, a series of medieval surfaces, a section of the Flodden Wall and post-medieval building foundations. The Early Historic features provide rare evidence for Edinburgh’s development prior to …
Diet in Medieval Gaelic Ireland
Changing human-cattle relationships in Ireland
Domesticated cattle were brought to Ireland during the Neolithic. By the early medieval period, 4000 years later, these animals were central to social and economic status in Irish communities and the landscape was organised around cattle husbandry to a degree unattested elsewhere in Europe. How this socio-economic importance developed is unclear. Here, using isotope data spanning six millennia, the authors identify a culturally driven shift towar…
Hares, juvenile domesticates, structured deposition, and ritual in the Neolithic court tomb at Parknabinnia, Ireland
The occurrence of animal remains in human mortuary assemblages presents problems of interpretation. Are they post-depositional natural inclusions or are they evidence of deliberate ritual practices? This study uses a contextual taphonomic approach to analyse a remarkable faunal assemblage from a Neolithic megalithic tomb in Ireland. The Parknabinnia court tomb (Cl. 153) is located in the karstic limestone region known as the Burren, resulting in …
Neolithic Engagements With the Dead
Archaeological excavation of a natural boulder chamber on the upper slopes of Bengorm Mountain, County Mayo, in the north‐west of Ireland revealed evidence for complex Neolithic funerary rituals spanning several centuries. With virtually no subsequent evidence of animal or human disturbance, the site presents an exceptional insight into well‐preserved engagements with the dead at a remote mountain location where themes of secrecy, continuity and …
Ireland's fallow deer
Fiona Beglane*, Karis Baker, Ruth F. Carden, A. Rus Hoelzel, Angela L. Lamb, Rita Mhig Fhionnghaile, Holly Miller, Naomi Sykes, Ireland's fallow deer: their historical, archaeological and biomolecular records, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, Vol. 118C (2018), pp. 141-165
Early Historic settlement beneath the Grassmarket in Edinburgh
Archaeologically monitored excavations in the Grassmarket, Edinburgh uncovered diverse remains dating from prehistory to the First World War. The stratigraphic sequence included pits created in the middle of the Bronze Age, Early Historic features and deposits, a series of medieval surfaces, a section of the Flodden Wall and post-medieval building foundations. The Early Historic features provide rare evidence for Edinburgh’s development prior to …
Syndactyly in Pigs
This paper reviews evidence for the rare condition of porcine syndactyly. It describes eight archaeological examples from Britain, Northern Ireland and France. Syndactyly refers to the partial or complete fusion of two or more adjacent phalanges on the medio‐lateral border. The degree and character of fusion are variable, but phalanges frequently unite to create a single skeletal element. This condition has been identified by veterinarians, zoolo…
Theatre of Power
THIS PAPER EXAMINES the archaeological and historical evidence for a 13th-century park at Earlspark, Loughrea, Co Galway. This is the first detailed study of an Irish Anglo-Norman-period park to be published, and the site, which lies c 2 km south-east of the town of Loughrea, is exceptionally well preserved. It is documented in 1333, along with its deer, and field survey in the area has identified the park, which is defined by a mortared stone wa…
The social significance of game in the diet of later medieval Ireland
Fiona Beglane*, The social significance of game in the diet of later medieval Ireland, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, Vol. 115C, Food and Drink in Ireland (2015), pp. 167-196
Forests and chases in medieval Ireland, 1169– c .1399
Ireland's fallow deer
Fiona Beglane*, Karis Baker, Ruth F. Carden, A. Rus Hoelzel, Angela L. Lamb, Rita Mhig Fhionnghaile, Holly Miller, Naomi Sykes, Ireland's fallow deer: their historical, archaeological and biomolecular records, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, Vol. 118C (2018), pp. 141-165
Diet in Medieval Gaelic Ireland
Hares, juvenile domesticates, structured deposition, and ritual in the Neolithic court tomb at Parknabinnia, Ireland
The occurrence of animal remains in human mortuary assemblages presents problems of interpretation. Are they post-depositional natural inclusions or are they evidence of deliberate ritual practices? This study uses a contextual taphonomic approach to analyse a remarkable faunal assemblage from a Neolithic megalithic tomb in Ireland. The Parknabinnia court tomb (Cl. 153) is located in the karstic limestone region known as the Burren, resulting in …
Neolithic Engagements With the Dead
Archaeological excavation of a natural boulder chamber on the upper slopes of Bengorm Mountain, County Mayo, in the north‐west of Ireland revealed evidence for complex Neolithic funerary rituals spanning several centuries. With virtually no subsequent evidence of animal or human disturbance, the site presents an exceptional insight into well‐preserved engagements with the dead at a remote mountain location where themes of secrecy, continuity and …
Animals in Roman economy
Changing human-cattle relationships in Ireland
Domesticated cattle were brought to Ireland during the Neolithic. By the early medieval period, 4000 years later, these animals were central to social and economic status in Irish communities and the landscape was organised around cattle husbandry to a degree unattested elsewhere in Europe. How this socio-economic importance developed is unclear. Here, using isotope data spanning six millennia, the authors identify a culturally driven shift towar…
Pigs, pannage, and the solstice
Newgrange, the Neolithic monument and centerpiece of the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage complex, is a high-profile example of prehistoric societies’ observation of, and reverence for, solar events. Comparatively little is known about how these concepts were remembered by those using Newgrange over subsequent millennia. While excavations have uncovered large quantities of later material culture, debate continues about what these subsequent ac…
Dual role of human activities and climate in pre-industrial nitrogen shifts in Ireland
Archaeology (10 works) · Geography (10 works) · History (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Art (6 works) · History (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Isotope Analysis in Ecology (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works)