conor newman: Extended publication list

Peer Reviewed Publications

• 2011 The sacral landscape of Tara: a preliminary exploration. In R. Schot, C. Newman and E. Bhreathnach (eds), Landscapes of Cult and Kingship, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 22-43.
• 2011 Landscapes of Cult and Kingship, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 322pp (edited with R. Schot and E. Bhreathnach). 
• 2009 The Sword in the Stone: previously unrecognised archaeological evidence of ceremonies of the later Iron Age and early medieval period, in G. Cooney et al (eds), Relics of old decency: archaeological studies in later prehistory.  Festschrift for Barry Raftery, 425-36.  Wordwell, Dublin. A proof of this article is available on-line through the National University of Ireland Galway's library web site (in ARAN).
• 2008. Environment and Ritual in a Late Iron Age Context: and example from Raffin Fort, Co. Meath, Ireland. In G. Fiorentino and D. Magri (eds) Charcoals from the Past: Cultural and Palaeoenvironmental Implications. Proceedings of the Third International Meeting of Anthracology, Cavallino-Lecce (Italy), June 28^th – July 1^st 2004, BAR (Int. Ser.) 1807, 75-92. (with M. Dillon, K. Molloy and M. O’Connell
• 2008. Notes on Insular silver in the Military Style. Journal of Irish Archaeology, 16, 1-10. (with F. Gavin)
• 2007. Procession and symbolism at Tara: analysis of Tech Midchuarta (the Banqueting Hall) in the context of the sacral campus. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 26.4, 415-438.
• 2007. Iconographical analysis of the Marigold Stone, Carndonagh, Inishowen, Co. Donegal. In R. Moss (ed.) Making and Meaning: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Insular Art held in Trinity College Dublin 25^th -28^th August 2005, 167-184. Four Courts Press, Dublin. (with N. Walsh)
• 2007. Misinformation, disinformation and downright distortion: the battle to save Tara 1999-2005. In C. Newman and U. Stromayer Uninhabited Ireland: Tara, the M3 and public spaces in Galway (10.31MB).  Re-Thinking Irish Democracy 1 (series editors T. McDonough, Á Ní Léime and L. Pilkington), 59-102. Aarlen House, Galway.
• 2006. Ireland : An Oxford Archaeological Guide. Oxford University Press. (556 pp) (with A. Halpin)
• 2006. Interpretation of charcoal and pollen data relating to a late Iron Age ritual site in eastern Ireland: a holistic approach. Jnl. Vegational History & Archaeobotany, 1-17. (with M. O’Connell, M. Dillon, K. Molloy)
• 2005. Re-composing the archaeological landscape of Tara. In E. Bhreathnach (ed.) The Kingship and Landscape of Tara, 361-409. Four Courts Press, Dublin.
• 2002. Ballinderry Crannóg No. 2, Co. Offaly: pre-crannóg early medieval horizon. Journal of Irish Archaeology 11, 99-124.
• 2002. Geomagnetic survey on the Hill of Tara, County Meath - 1998/99, Discovery Programme Reports 6, 1-18. Discovery Programme/Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. (with J. Fenwick)
• 2000. (1) royal sites; (2) Carndonagh, Co. Donegal; (3) Tara in B. Lalor (ed.) The Encyclopaedia of Ireland. Gill and Macmillan.
• 1999. Notes on Four Cursus-like monuments in Co. Meath, Ireland. In A. Barclay & J. Harding (eds) Pathways and ceremonies: the Cursus Monuments of Neolithic Britain and Ireland, Oxford Archaeological Unit, 141-147. Oxford.
• 1998. Reflections on the Making of a ’royal site’ in early Ireland, in R. Bradley (ed.) The Past in the Past, World Archaeology (30)1, 127-141.
• 1997. Tara : an archaeological survey. Discovery Programme Monographs 2. Discovery Programme/Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
• 1997. Ballinderry Crannóg No. 2, Co. Offaly: the Later Bronze Age, Jnl Irish Archaeol. 8, 91-100.
• 1995. The Iron Age to Early Christian Transition: The Evidence from Dress Fasteners. In C. Bourke (ed.) From the Isles of the North: Early Medieval Art in Ireland and Britain: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Insular Art held in the Ulster Museum, Belfast, 7-11 April 1994, 17-25. HMSO, Belfast.
• 1995. The pin from Area 2, in Rideout, J. Carn Dubh, Moulin, Perthshire: Survey and Excavation of an Archaeological Landscape 1987-90, Proceeding of the Society of  Antiquaries of  Scotland 125, 155-57.
• 1995. Raffin Fort, Co. Meath: Neolithic and bronze Age Activity, in E. Grogan & C. Mount (eds) Annus Archaeologiae: proceedings of the Organisation of Irish Archaeology, Winter Conference 1993, 55-65.
• 1995. The Tara Survey: interim report, Discovery Programme Reports 2, 63-67. Discovery Programme/Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
• 1995. Tara. Government Publications Office. (with E. Bhreathnach)
• 1993. The Tara Survey: interim report, Discovery Programme Reports 1, 70-93. Discovery Programme/Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
• 1990. ’Notes on some Irish Hanging-Bowl Escutcheons’, Jnl Irish Archaeol. 5 (1989/90), 45-48.
• 1990. Further Notes on Fowler’s Type 3 Zoomorphic Penannular Brooches. Medieval Archaeology 34, 147-148.
• 1990. ’A Composite Bronze Escutcheon (appendix 1) in Eogan, G. 1990 ’Ballynee Souterrains, Co. Meath’, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 120, 41-64.
• 1989. Fowler’s Type F3 Early Medieval Penannular Brooches. Medieval Archaeology 33, 7-20.
• 1987. The Treasury: A Teacher’s Guide. National Museum of Ireland.

Non Peer-Reviewed Publications

• 2005. St Matthew’s Cloak, Durrow fol. 21v. In T. Condit and C. Corlett (eds) Above and beyond: essays in memory of Leo Swan, 219-228. Wordwell, Bray.
• 2004. The M3 Motorway: driving a stake through the heart of Tara. History Ireland 12 (2), 5-6. (with E. Bhreathnach and J. Fenwick)
• 2003. The Elephant and the Tunnel. In J. Fenwick (ed.) Lost and Found: discovering Ireland’s past, 317-324. Wordwell, Bray.
• 1995. A Cursus at Loughcrew, Co. Meath. Archaeology Ireland 9 (4), 19-21.
• 1994. ’Raffin Fort’, Raffin, Co. Meath. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 1993: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. 64-5.
• 1993. The Show’s Not Over Until the Fat Lady Sings. Archaeology Ireland 7 (4), 8-9.
• 1993. Sleeping in Elysium. Archaeology Ireland 7 (3), 20-23.
• 1993. ’Raffin Fort’, Raffin, Co. Meath. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 1992: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. 52.
• 1992. ’Raffin Fort’, Raffin, Co. Meath. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 1991: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. 39.
• 1991. ’Raffin Fort’, Raffin, Co. Meath. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 1990: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. 48.
• 1990. ’Raffin Fort’, Raffin, Co. Meath. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 1989: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. 43.

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