Dating Knowth
Resource type
Book chapter
Creator (person)
Schulting, Rick
Bronk Ramsey, C
Reimer, Paula
Eogan, George
Cleary, Kerri
Cooney, Gabriel
Sheridan, J A
Date published
2017
Abstract
The aim of this book is to present the archaeological history of the achievements of the passage tomb builders who constructed and used the great mound (Tomb 1) at Knowth over a period of at least three centuries, c. 3200–2900 BC. This was a time of change, and the monuments at Knowth represent not just a change in ideas and ritual practices over extensive geographical areas of western and northern Europe, but also an increased ‘sophistication’ in architectural and engineering developments. The Knowth tombs provide evidence for these extensive changes in society, ritually, materially and socially, particularly with regard to relationships with wider Atlantic Europe. It is hoped that the research presented in this volume, the sixth in the Excavations at Knowth series, will lead to a better understanding of the people who built the passage tomb cemetery at Knowth, and also contribute to the wider appreciation of society at the time.
Series name
Excavations at Knowth
Book title
Excavations at Knowth Volume 6: The passage tomb archaeology of the Great Mound at Knowth
Editor
Eogan, George
Cleary, Kerri
Issue
6
Pagination
331-379
Publisher
Royal Irish Academy
Place of publication
Dublin, Ireland