Irish Archaeology:

Barry, T.B. 1987 The Archaeology of Medieval Ireland. London, Routledge.

Edwards, N. 1990 The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland. London, Batsford.

Ryan, M. (ed.) 1994 Irish Archaeology Illustrated. Dublin, Country House.

Waddell, J. 2010 The Prehistoric Archaeology of Ireland. Dublin, Wordwell.

Burren Archaeology:

Comber, M. and Hull, G. 2010 ‘Excavations at Caherconnell Cashel, the Burren, Co. Clare: implications for cashel chronology and Gaelic settlement.’ Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 110C, 133–73.

Comber, M. (ed.) 1999 Archaeology of the Burren, T.J. Westropp. Prehistoric Forts and Dolmens in North Clare. Ennis, Clasp Press.

Hencken, H. O’N. 1935 A cairn at Poulawack, County Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 65, 191–22.

Hencken, H. O’N. 1938 Cahercommaun, a stone fort in County Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland, special volume 68, 1–82.

Hull, G. and Comber, C. 2008 ‘Caherconnell, Co. Clare, and cashel chronology.’ Archaeology Ireland 22, no. 4, 30–3.

Jones, C. 2004 The Burren and the Aran Islands, Exploring the Archaeology. Cork, Collins Press.

Korff, A. and O’Connell, J.W. (eds.) 1991 The Book of the Burren. Kinvara, Tír Eolas.

Swinfen, A.1992 Forgotten Stones- Ancient Church Sites of the Burren and Environs. Dublin, Lilliput Press.

Specific Reading for Module 2

Barker, P. 1993 Techniques of Archaeological Excavation. 3^rd edition. London, Batsford.

Carmichael, D.L., Lafferty, R.H. and Molyneaux, B.L. 2003 Excavation. Oxford, Altamira Press.

Collis, J. 2001 Digging up the Past, An introduction to archaeological excavation. Stroud, Sutton Publishing.

Comber, M. 2010 Caherconnell Archaeological Field School Excavation Guidelines. Clare, Caherconnell Archaeological Field School. [provided to students during Field School]

Comber, M. and Hull, G. 2010 ‘Excavations at Caherconnell Cashel, the Burren, Co. Clare: implications for cashel chronology and Gaelic settlement.’ Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 110C, 133–72. Available at www.ria.ie/RIA/files/6c/6ca57f2f-9a09-43fe-9fc7-35a0d23547d7.pdf

Greene, K. 2002 Archaeology: An Introduction. London, Routledge.

Harris, E. 1979 Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy. London, Academic Press.

Jones, C. 2004 The Burren and the Aran Islands, Exploring the Archaeology. Cork, Collins Press.

Roskams, S. 2001 Excavation. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

Ryan, M. (ed.) 1991 The Illustrated Archaeology of Ireland. Dublin, Country House.