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John waddell

Emeritus Professor

Studying the archaeology of prehistoric Ireland and the prehistoric relationships between this island and Britain and Continental Europe

Biography

John Waddell is a graduate of NUI, Galway (then University College, Galway) and Emeritus Professor of Archaeology.  He studied at the University of Glasgow and worked in the National Museum of Ireland before returning to Galway in 1970 where he was Established Professor of Archaeology 1998-2009.  He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy.  His research interests lie mainly in the archaeology of prehistoric Ireland and in the prehistoric relationships between this island and Britain and Continental Europe. His publications include studies of Irish early Bronze Age pottery and burials and a major synthesis of the archaeology of prehistoric Ireland. Fieldwork has included work on the Aran Islands and in the royal site of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon.

Office ARC214, Department of Archaeology, School of Geography and Archaeology, Arts/Science Building, NUI, Galway.
Tel 091 492352
Fax 091 525700   
E-mail john.waddellnuigalway.ie

Awards/Distinctions

• Member, Royal Irish Academy

Research

• The archaeology of prehistoric Ireland
• Aspects of British and Continental European prehistory

Current Writing Projects

• Preparing a study of archaeology and myth

Current Graduate Supervision

PhD

• Danny Burke: The prehistoric Burren and contemporary Megalaya: a comparative study of two megalithic societies

Publications

Recent Publications

• 2012 Tal-y-Llyn and the nocturnal voyage of the sun. In W. J. Britnell and R. J. Silvester (eds), Reflections on the Past. Essays in honour of Frances Lynch, 337-50. Cambrian Archaeological Association, Welshpool, 2012. (A proof copy of this article is available on-line through the National University of Ireland Galway's library web site (in ARAN)).
• 2011 Continuity, cult and contest. In R. Schot, C. Newman and E. Bhreathnach (eds), Landscapes of Cult and Kingship, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 192-212.  A proof copy of this article is available on-line through the National University of Ireland Galway's library web site (in ARAN).
• 2010 The Prehistoric Archaeology of Ireland, Third revised edition, 455 pp. Wordwell, Dublin.
• 2009 The elusive image, in G. Cooney et al. (eds), Relics of Old Decency: archaeological studies in later prehistory. Festschrift for Barry Raftery, 341-349. Wordwell, Dublin.
• 2009 Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon - where the Táin Bó Cúailnge began.  Archaeology Ireland Heritage Guide No. 44.
• 2009 Boswell's 'ogam', in J. Fenwick (ed.) Lost and Found II, 237-244. Dublin
• 2009 (with Fenwick, J. and Barton, K.)  Rathcroghan Co. Roscommon: Archaeological and Geophysical Survey in a Ritual Landscape. Dublin.
• 2007 (editor with C. Manning and P. Gosling)  New Survey of Clare Island, Volume 5:  Archaeology, 326pp. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
• 2007 A professional profession, Address to the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland Autumn Conference, Galway. October 2007. Published on-line:  http://www.iai.ie/Conferences/KeynoteAut2007-JWadell.pdf
• 2007 Research in Irish Archaeology, in G. Cooney (ed.),  Archaeology in Ireland: a vision for the future. Royal Irish Academy Forum 14-15 September 2006, 39-44. Dublin.
• 2006 (with J. Fenwick, L. Geraghty and K. Barton) The innermost secrets of Rathcroghan Mound,  Archaeology Ireland,  20, no.2, 26-29.
• 2005 (editor with C. Manning and P. Gosling)  New Survey of Clare Island, Volume 4: The Abbey, 160pp. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
• 2005  Foundation Myths; The beginnings of Irish archaeology, Wordwell, Bray.
• 2005 Cheques and balances,  Archaeology Ireland  19, No. 1, 7-8.
• 2000  The Prehistoric Archaeology of Ireland, Second Edition, 433 pp. Wordwell, Bray.

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