Ebook: Late Iron Age and "Roman" Ireland

Since its inception in 1991 the Discovery Programme has championed the use of innovative methods, applied scientific approaches and new technologies in archaeological research in Ireland. The Late Iron Age and 'Roman' Ireland (LIARI) Project was started by the Discovery Programme in 2011 and this report outlines the results of the initial eighteen-month period of research up to March 2013. The overview of the aims, objectives and methodology highlights the importance of collaborative interdisciplinary partnerships, the underpinning framework of which has become synonymous with research completed for the Discovery Programme.

Divided into a series of interrelated chapters, the report outlines investigations from the late Iron Age through the Roman period and into the beginning of the early medieval period in Ireland informed by evidence from Britain and the Continent. A priority for the investigations in this initial period was the collation of all existing data, published and unpublished, from over fifteen years of recent excavations throughout Ireland.