Research at the Department of Archaeology NUI, Galway

The department has a strong track-record in pioneering evidence-based research. Our research informs regional, national and international discourse about societies and civilisation on the island of Ireland and Atlantic Europe, it maintains currency in undergraduate and graduate teaching programmes and engages local communities in an understanding of their past. Staff and graduate students work closely together to advance themes in archaeological research.

Research Clusters

• The Burren Landscape Through Time
  Exploring the archaeology of the Burren from prehistoric to early modern times
• Landscape Archaeology
  Providing an enhanced understanding of the interaction between people and landscape, from prehistoric times to modern day
• Ritual and Place
  Exploring the role and context of ritual centres in prehistoric and medieval Ireland
• Material Culture, Art and Society
  Exploring the style, pedigree and iconography of religious and decorative art in early medieval Ireland against its wider European backdrop
• Gaelic and Colonial Ireland
  Providing modern Irish society with a new understanding of native society and its engagement with newcomers and colonisation
• Public Archaeology
  Developing professional ethics and standards through mutually accountable work with communities to support their heritage in Ireland and abroad with particular concern for the positive and negative impact of development

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