Robert Hensey
Biographic Data
| ID | 6050550 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Hensey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Hensey |
| SIGNATURE | HENSEY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rediscovering the Winter Solstice Alignment at Newgrange, Ireland
Newgrange was the first prehistoric site in Ireland to have its astronomical alignment widely accepted, and since its discovery in 1967 has remained the best-known astronomically oriented archaeological monument on this island. This chapter investigates the discovery of the winter solstice orientation at this key light-centred site. It proposes a possible new explanation for the astronomically oriented ‘roof-box’: that its origins can be found in…
Rites of Passage: Mortuary Practice, Population Dynamics, and Chronology at the Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Complex, Co. Sligo, Ireland
The first detailed investigation of the human remains from the Carrowkeel passage tomb complex since their excavation in 1911 has revealed several new and important insights about life, death, and mortuary practice in Neolithic Ireland. Osteological analysis provides the first conclusive proof for the occurrence of dismemberment of the dead at Irish passage tombs, practised contemporarily with cremation as one of a suite of funerary treatments. T…
Carrowkeel to Cambridge: Resolving the origins of a Neolithic bone assemblage
Pádraig Meehan∗, Robert Hensey, Carrowkeel to Cambridge: resolving the origins of a Neolithic bone assemblage, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, Vol. 118C (2018), pp. 1-36
Facilitating Transitions: Postmortem Processing of the Dead at the Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Complex, Ireland (3500–3000 cal B.C.)
This study explores the burial practices and secondary funerary rites at the Carrowkeel Neolithic passage tomb complex in County Sligo in northwest Ireland. An osteological and taphonomic reassessment of cremated and unburned human bones recovered from the complex during an archaeological excavation more than a century ago has produced significant new insights into how the people of Carrowkeel perceived death and how they maintained and manifeste…
Reassessing the Age, Sex and Metric Variation of Commingled Human Remains from a 1911 Excavation of a Neolithic Passage Tomb Complex in North-West Ireland: Age, Sex and Metric Variation of Human Bones…
The Neolithic passage tomb complex at Carrowkeel, County Sligo, Ireland, is one of the best preserved and most significant megalithic funerary and ritual landscapes in Europe. The most substantial archaeological excavations at the complex were undertaken in 1911, from which a relatively large sample of commingled unburnt and cremated human remains from seven chambered passage tombs was recovered. Although the archaeological value of this material…
A century of archaeology—historical excavation and modern research at the Carrowkeel passage tombs, County Sligo
Robert Hensey*, Pádraig Meehan, Marion Dowd, Sam Moore, A century of archaeology—historical excavation and modern research at the Carrowkeel passage tombs, County Sligo, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, Vol. 114C (2014), pp. 57-87
Unpicking the Chronology of C arrowmore
This paper reports 25 dates on pin fragments from two monuments within the C arrowmore passage tomb complex, C o. S ligo, I reland. This is the first occasion that a core artefact from the I rish passage tomb assemblage has been systematically dated. Methodological issues with previous dating programmes at C arrowmore, including the general problem of using charcoal to date megalithic monuments, are considered. The implications of the results are…
More Than Meets the Eye: New Recordings of Megalithic Art in North‐west Ireland
In this paper new and previously known passage tomb art in north‐west Ireland is recorded using an innovative recording technique. The use of this method, which involves vector drawing from digital photographs taken with oblique lighting (VeDPOL), has clarified and increased the instances of megalithic carving in the north‐west of Ireland. At two monuments – Listoghil and Heapstown Cairn – the new recordings have allowed us to contextualize the a…
The Observance of Light: A Ritualistic Perspective on ‘Imperfectly’ Aligned Passage Tombs
Astronomical alignment of megalithic monuments has proved to be a divisive issue in the history of archaeology. Above all, it remains an area in which a divide has been maintained between the public perception of the role of megaliths and archaeological or archaeoastronomical interpretation. This is most apparent at passage tomb sites, some of which are publicly reputed to have astronomical alignments, but are considered doubtful candidates from …
Unpicking the Chronology of C arrowmore
This paper reports 25 dates on pin fragments from two monuments within the C arrowmore passage tomb complex, C o. S ligo, I reland. This is the first occasion that a core artefact from the I rish passage tomb assemblage has been systematically dated. Methodological issues with previous dating programmes at C arrowmore, including the general problem of using charcoal to date megalithic monuments, are considered. The implications of the results are…
Reassessing the Age, Sex and Metric Variation of Commingled Human Remains from a 1911 Excavation of a Neolithic Passage Tomb Complex in North-West Ireland: Age, Sex and Metric Variation of Human Bones…
The Neolithic passage tomb complex at Carrowkeel, County Sligo, Ireland, is one of the best preserved and most significant megalithic funerary and ritual landscapes in Europe. The most substantial archaeological excavations at the complex were undertaken in 1911, from which a relatively large sample of commingled unburnt and cremated human remains from seven chambered passage tombs was recovered. Although the archaeological value of this material…
Rites of Passage: Mortuary Practice, Population Dynamics, and Chronology at the Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Complex, Co. Sligo, Ireland
The first detailed investigation of the human remains from the Carrowkeel passage tomb complex since their excavation in 1911 has revealed several new and important insights about life, death, and mortuary practice in Neolithic Ireland. Osteological analysis provides the first conclusive proof for the occurrence of dismemberment of the dead at Irish passage tombs, practised contemporarily with cremation as one of a suite of funerary treatments. T…
More Than Meets the Eye: New Recordings of Megalithic Art in North‐west Ireland
In this paper new and previously known passage tomb art in north‐west Ireland is recorded using an innovative recording technique. The use of this method, which involves vector drawing from digital photographs taken with oblique lighting (VeDPOL), has clarified and increased the instances of megalithic carving in the north‐west of Ireland. At two monuments – Listoghil and Heapstown Cairn – the new recordings have allowed us to contextualize the a…
The Observance of Light: A Ritualistic Perspective on ‘Imperfectly’ Aligned Passage Tombs
Astronomical alignment of megalithic monuments has proved to be a divisive issue in the history of archaeology. Above all, it remains an area in which a divide has been maintained between the public perception of the role of megaliths and archaeological or archaeoastronomical interpretation. This is most apparent at passage tomb sites, some of which are publicly reputed to have astronomical alignments, but are considered doubtful candidates from …
A century of archaeology—historical excavation and modern research at the Carrowkeel passage tombs, County Sligo
Robert Hensey*, Pádraig Meehan, Marion Dowd, Sam Moore, A century of archaeology—historical excavation and modern research at the Carrowkeel passage tombs, County Sligo, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, Vol. 114C (2014), pp. 57-87
The Observance of Light: A Ritualistic Perspective on ‘Imperfectly’ Aligned Passage Tombs
Astronomical alignment of megalithic monuments has proved to be a divisive issue in the history of archaeology. Above all, it remains an area in which a divide has been maintained between the public perception of the role of megaliths and archaeological or archaeoastronomical interpretation. This is most apparent at passage tomb sites, some of which are publicly reputed to have astronomical alignments, but are considered doubtful candidates from …
More Than Meets the Eye: New Recordings of Megalithic Art in North‐west Ireland
In this paper new and previously known passage tomb art in north‐west Ireland is recorded using an innovative recording technique. The use of this method, which involves vector drawing from digital photographs taken with oblique lighting (VeDPOL), has clarified and increased the instances of megalithic carving in the north‐west of Ireland. At two monuments – Listoghil and Heapstown Cairn – the new recordings have allowed us to contextualize the a…
Unpicking the Chronology of C arrowmore
This paper reports 25 dates on pin fragments from two monuments within the C arrowmore passage tomb complex, C o. S ligo, I reland. This is the first occasion that a core artefact from the I rish passage tomb assemblage has been systematically dated. Methodological issues with previous dating programmes at C arrowmore, including the general problem of using charcoal to date megalithic monuments, are considered. The implications of the results are…
A century of archaeology—historical excavation and modern research at the Carrowkeel passage tombs, County Sligo
Robert Hensey*, Pádraig Meehan, Marion Dowd, Sam Moore, A century of archaeology—historical excavation and modern research at the Carrowkeel passage tombs, County Sligo, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, Vol. 114C (2014), pp. 57-87
Facilitating Transitions: Postmortem Processing of the Dead at the Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Complex, Ireland (3500–3000 cal B.C.)
This study explores the burial practices and secondary funerary rites at the Carrowkeel Neolithic passage tomb complex in County Sligo in northwest Ireland. An osteological and taphonomic reassessment of cremated and unburned human bones recovered from the complex during an archaeological excavation more than a century ago has produced significant new insights into how the people of Carrowkeel perceived death and how they maintained and manifeste…
Reassessing the Age, Sex and Metric Variation of Commingled Human Remains from a 1911 Excavation of a Neolithic Passage Tomb Complex in North-West Ireland: Age, Sex and Metric Variation of Human Bones…
The Neolithic passage tomb complex at Carrowkeel, County Sligo, Ireland, is one of the best preserved and most significant megalithic funerary and ritual landscapes in Europe. The most substantial archaeological excavations at the complex were undertaken in 1911, from which a relatively large sample of commingled unburnt and cremated human remains from seven chambered passage tombs was recovered. Although the archaeological value of this material…
Rites of Passage: Mortuary Practice, Population Dynamics, and Chronology at the Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Complex, Co. Sligo, Ireland
The first detailed investigation of the human remains from the Carrowkeel passage tomb complex since their excavation in 1911 has revealed several new and important insights about life, death, and mortuary practice in Neolithic Ireland. Osteological analysis provides the first conclusive proof for the occurrence of dismemberment of the dead at Irish passage tombs, practised contemporarily with cremation as one of a suite of funerary treatments. T…
Carrowkeel to Cambridge: Resolving the origins of a Neolithic bone assemblage
Pádraig Meehan∗, Robert Hensey, Carrowkeel to Cambridge: resolving the origins of a Neolithic bone assemblage, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, Vol. 118C (2018), pp. 1-36
Rediscovering the Winter Solstice Alignment at Newgrange, Ireland
Newgrange was the first prehistoric site in Ireland to have its astronomical alignment widely accepted, and since its discovery in 1967 has remained the best-known astronomically oriented archaeological monument on this island. This chapter investigates the discovery of the winter solstice orientation at this key light-centred site. It proposes a possible new explanation for the astronomically oriented ‘roof-box’: that its origins can be found in…
Archaeology (9 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 works) · History (7 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Excavation (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · History (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (4 works) · Megalith (4 works)