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During the Bronze Age, the climate of Ireland deteriorated and extensive deforestation took place. The population of Ireland at the end of the Bronze Age was probably in excess of 100,000, and may have been as high as 200,000. It is possible that it was not much greater than it had been at the height of the Neolithic.
A riveted bronze cauldron; Three buckets or situlae; Numerous tools including chisels and knives. The hoard contains all but two of the Bronze Age crotals (Greek 'crotalon' – castanet or rattle) ever found, the other two also being Irish (but see also crotal bell for later types). These are bronze cylinders in the rough shape of a bull's ...
The Atlantic Bronze Age is a cultural complex of the Bronze Age period of approximately 1300–700 BC that includes different cultures in Portugal, Andalusia, Galicia, France, Britain, and Ireland and is marked by economic and cultural exchange that led to the high degree of cultural similarity exhibited by coastal communities, including the ...
Satellite images reveal an ancient mega network connecting over 100 Bronze Age sites. Discover the complex civilization beneath Central Europe.
As the period progressed, inhumation burial gave way to cremation and by the Middle Bronze Age, remains were often placed beneath large burial urns. During the late Bronze Age, there was an increase in stored weapons, which has been taken as evidence for greater warfare. Fleshed bog bodies also appear at this time, continuing into the Iron Age ...
Bronze Age Ireland followed a similar, yet distinct course. The Early Bronze Age in the British Isles was marked by the adoption of what archaeologists call the "Beaker culture", which had arrived from continental Europe. Eogan noted that the "evidence from archaeology is that Beaker-using communities were the earliest metallurgists in Britain ...
The Atlantic Bronze Age as cultural geographic region is a cultural complex (c. 2100 – c. / 800 / 700 cal. BC) that includes different cultures in the context of the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula (Portugal, Andalucía, Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, País Vasco, Navarra and Castilla and León), the Atlantic France, Britain and Ireland, while the ...
Bronze Age funerary pots: 1900–1300 BC: National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology: Set 1, 2017 (SOAR) 10: Tara torcs: c. 1200 BC: National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology: Set 1, 2017 (SOAR) [4] 11: Mooghaun hoard: c. 800 BC: National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, and British Museum: 12: Gleninsheen gorget: c. 800–700 BC: National ...