Drumclay in the 9th Century: From Dates to Daily Life — Reconstructing an Early Medieval Community скачать в хорошем качестве

Drumclay in the 9th Century: From Dates to Daily Life — Reconstructing an Early Medieval Community

This talk presents the results of a detailed investigation into the chronology of the early medieval phase at Drumclay, Co. Fermanagh, reconstructed through an integrated programme of tree-ring analysis, radiocarbon dating, wiggle-match modelling and the detection of a distinctive 14C spike. An absolute chronological framework has anchored the site’s construction and disentangled its complex stratigraphy, allowing the sequence of building, occupation and deposition to be traced on a year-by-year basis. The presentation will highlight key outcomes of this multifaceted approach, demonstrating how it reveals the pace of the site’s development. Focusing in particular on the 9th-century phases, it will explore selected houses, associated artefacts and environmental evidence through the lens of absolute dating to offer new insights into daily life within this early medieval community. Dr Marie-Therese Barrett is Senior Research Archaeologist and Dendrochronologist at IAC Archaeology. She holds a BA and MPhil in Archaeology from UCC and an MSc in Dating and Chronology from Queen’s University Belfast, where she also completed her PhD on the Drumclay titled “Drumclay: a tree-ring dated narrative for an Irish crannog”. Her doctoral research focused on building an alder chronology with calendrical dates (anchored by a Miyake event). Her research interests include dendrochronology, wetland archaeology, and scientific dating methods, with a special emphasis on applying relative chronologies to understanding the narratives of individual sites.