H5N1 previously unrecorded collection of thousands of artefacts works life about the Waterford Estuary dot what would live on ane of the oldest settlements inward Ireland, stretching dorsum upwardly to 10,000 years, archaeologists get got said.
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| An aerial thought of Creaden Head [Credit: Jamie Malone/Thru My Eyes Photography] |
The archaeologists are confident they stretch dorsum to the Mesolithic Period, also known every bit the Middle Stone Age.
Dr Peter Woodman, belatedly emeritus professor of archeology at University College Cork, had worked on the Creadan site before he died terminal year. The baton has since been taken upwardly yesteryear Dr Stanton Green of Monmouth University inward the US.
In a contention from Dr Green in addition to Dr Joseph Schuldenrein, a senior geoarcheology researcher inward New York, they country some of the artefacts works life at Creadan Head are to a greater extent than than 10,000 years old.
“Every indication in addition to thus was that people did come upwardly to Waterford every bit early, if non before than, people came to the due north in addition to due west of Ireland. This agreement changes Irish Gaelic prehistory, in addition to this proposed projection aims to verify this.”
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| Vincent O’Brien in addition to Noel McDonagh of Waterford History Group alongside a flintstone axe [Credit: The Irish Gaelic Times] |
“Cut marks inward isolation alongside no archaeological context or artefacts are non plenty to engagement a prehistoric settlement. So nosotros produce non reckon the Clare finds a verified site.”
The Mesolithic site at Mount Sandel inward Co Derry was works life to engagement dorsum around 9,800 years, patch an earthworks inward Dingle, Co Kerry, works life a seasonal short town used to a greater extent than than 4,000 years ago, alongside the site itself dating dorsum to over 8,000 years ago. Dr Green believes the site at Creadan may eventually live on works life to engagement dorsum farther than those.
He said artefacts works life at Creadan are similar to those works life inward Derry in addition to Dingle, adding that the projection aims to recreate the environmental in addition to body of body of water grade history of the Waterford Estuary.
The adjacent phase of the enquiry volition encounter farther exam of the artefacts already collected every bit good every bit a reconstruction of the surroundings about Creadan Head.
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| Fossil rock alongside an oyster-type trounce in addition to crinoid ossicles embedded inward it. It is estimated to live on 350 ane K one thousand years old [Credit: Jamie Malone/Thru My Eyes Photography] |
He moved his enquiry upwardly a gear afterwards his retirement from running an direct chances store ix years ago. The 74-year-old has instantly works life in addition to mapped to a greater extent than than 10,000 pieces, painstakingly catalogued over the yesteryear several years.
“Mr McDonagh has done a fantastic task of identifying Mesolithic tools in addition to mark their locality, making it possible to reconstruct the short town of the area,” said Dr Green.
Many of the tools are pocket-size inward size, alongside some having needle-like points, patch others get got sharpened sides.
“One fascinating characteristic of the rock tool technology scientific discipline of this expanse is the ingenious agency people beautifully fashioned rock knives, scrapers in addition to real pocket-size rock cutting blades from the chert pebbles of the area,” added Dr Green.
Author: Eoghan Dalton | Source: The Irish Gaelic Times [August 22, 2018]
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