- Trowel (journal)
Infobox Journal
title = Trowel
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discipline =archaeology
language = English
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publisher =University College Dublin
country =Ireland
frequency = annual
history = 1988–1999 (vols. I–IX)
2005– (vols. X– )
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website = http://www.ucd.ie/archaeology/trowel/
link1 = http://www.ucd.ie/trowel/
link1-name = Back issues (to vol IX, 1999)
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OCLC = 37151816
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ISSN = 0791-1017
eISSN ="Trowel" is an
academic journal published by postgraduate students at the School of Archaeology,University College Dublin . It was first published in 1988 (Volume I) and the latest Volume is number XI 2007.The journal was redesigned and relaunched for Volume X 2005 after a five-year hiatus in publication. This involved a change from an A4, black and white format to an A5 full colour volume. New sections added included a 'reflections' section, featuring short contributions from prominent members of Irish society on their experiences of archaeology, and a book reviews section.
Volume XI included contributions from post-graduate students from
NUI Galway andUniversity College Cork making "Trowel" one of only four national academic journals inIreland focusing on the publication of articles relating toarchaeology . Others include the "Journal of Irish Archaeology " (published by theInstitute of Archaeologists of Ireland ), the Journal of theRoyal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , and Section C of the Proceedings of theRoyal Irish Academy .Contents of Trowel XI
Articles
Tiernan McGarry"Irish late prehistoric burial practices: continuity, developments and influences"
Maureen Doyle"Dress, ornament and bodily identities in early medieval Ireland: An archaeology of personhood"
Connie Gorman & Donna Gilligan"Ireland's largest cluster of wedge tombs: a matter of opinion or fact?"
Ian Magee"Techniques for estimating age-at-death in human skeletal remains: Is the ilio-sacral joint a real contender?"
Brian Kearney"Feasting at Lughnasadh: A reconstruction of domestic space in early medieval Ireland"
Nicole McMahon"Clondalkin Round Tower: The problems of suburban archaeology"
Julie Richko"Homes, homelands and identities: An introduction to the archaeologies of nineteenth-century Irish peasantry and its diaspora"
Kerri Cleary"AYIA - Association of Young Irish Archaeologists Conference 2006"
Amy Mc Quillan, Emmett O'Keeffe & Lorcan Harney"Ground-breaking Archaeology: An Interview with Prof. Mick Aston"
Reflections
Prof. Michael Ryan"Irish Archaeology Today"
Charles Doherty"Landscape: History and Archaeology"
Enda Fahy"From Post Office to Post-Ex!"
Book Reviews
Brian Dolan"Writing Archaeology: Telling Stories About the Past"
Lorcan Harney & Conor Smith"Almsgiving in the Later Roman Empire: Christian Promotion and Practice AD 313-450"
Thomas Cummins"Medieval Pottery from Wood Quay"
Amy Mc Quillan & Patrizia La Piscopia"Laughing with Medusa: Classical Myth and Feminist Thought"
Contents of Trowel X
Articles
Tiernan McGarry"Identifying burials of the Early Iron Age and Transitional periods c. 800 BC–AD 600"
Sharon A. Greene"An experimental approach to Irish latchets"
Triona Nicholl"The use of domestic space in Early Medieval roundhouses"
Declan Kelly"Animal–human relations in the Mesolithic of Ireland"
Goril Eline Nordtvedt"The stave churches of Norway: architectural relics of a forgotten time"
Niall Kenny and Brian Dolan"Archaeology's aristocracy: an interview with Lord Colin Renfrew"
Niall Kenny"Student attitudes to archaeology: a UCD student survey"
Christian Haywood"The classical museum"
Reflections
Seamus Heaney "Odin's world"Charles Haughey "A memoir of Knowth"Aisling Healy"A youthful archaeology"
Bertie Ahern "St Michan's and the archaeology of Ireland"Howard Clarke"Historians looking at archaeology: a personal memoir"
John Feehan"Finding a heartbeat"
Philip de Souza"Archaeology, classics and history"
Links
* [http://www.ucd.ie/archaeology/trowel/ Current Website]
* [http://www.ucd.ie/trowel/ Old Trowel website]
* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~tbreen/Journals/Trowel.html List of contents 1988-1997]
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