Robert Hensey, First Light: The Origins of Newgrange

Authors

  • Frank Prendergast Dublin Institute of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.v2i1.28560

Keywords:

archaeology, monument, Neolithic

Abstract

Oxford: Oxbow Books, Series: Oxbow Insights in Archaeology, 2015. Paperback 210pp, 41 illus., 8 in colour. ISBN 978-1-78297-951-7. £15.99. eBook ISBN 978-78297-952-4

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Author Biography

  • Frank Prendergast, Dublin Institute of Technology

    Frank Prendergast is an archaeologist, archaeoastronomer and geodetic surveyor who has written extensively about the prehistoric monuments in Ireland, with particular reference to the Irish passage tombs tradition. He is a Council member of the International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture (ISAAC) as well as being a member of SEAC being instrumental in organising their conference ‘Astronomy, Cosmology and Landscape’ and for which he was co-editor of the Proceedings. His forthcoming publications include 'An architectural perspective on structured sacred space - recent evidence from Iron Age Ireland' in F Silva and N Campion(eds.) Skyscapes in Archaeology (Oxbow, in press)and contributions in the forthcoming Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy edited by C L N Ruggles(Springer).

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Cooney, G. and E. Grogan, 1999. Irish Prehistory: A Social Perspective. Dublin: Wordwell.

de Valera, R., 1960. “The Court Cairns of Ireland”. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 60 C (2): 9–140.

Herity, M., 1974. Irish Passage Graves: Neolithic Tomb-builders in Ireland and Britain 2500 B.C. Dublin: Irish University Press.

Jacobsthal, P., 1944. Early Celtic Art. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

National Monument Service of Ireland, 2015. http://www.archaeology.ie/ [online]. Accessed February 2015.

Ruggles, C. L. N. ed., 2015. Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy. New York: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8

Shee Twohig, E., 2004. Irish Megalithic Tombs. 2nd ed. Princes Risborough: Shire Books.

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Published

2016-07-01

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How to Cite

Prendergast, F. (2016). Robert Hensey, First Light: The Origins of Newgrange. Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 2(1), 121-124. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.v2i1.28560