UCD School of Archaeology

Scoil na Seandálaíochta UCD

Wetland Archaeology in Ireland and Beyond: University College Dublin 6th-7th February 2010

Sponsored by:

OPW
UCD John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies
UCD School for Archaeology

Registration

Generous sponsorship provided by the Office of Public Works and the John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies has helped to ensure that the conference will be accessible to a wide audience of professionals, students and colleagues in related disciplines. The conference fee is €20 (€10 for 1 day) with a reduced rate of €10 for students (€5 for 1 day).

Formal registration will be open from 8.30am at the start of both days but we ask those attending to notify us by email so that numbers for catering can be arranged:

Please Click for Reservations indicating your name/s and days you will be attending

You are welcome to attend the conference if you have not reserved a place but you will be unable to avail of the refreshments and lunches and will be required to pay the registration fee.

Change of Venue

We are pleased to announce that the conference venue has been moved to the prestigious Global Irish Institute (GII) on Belfield campus at University College Dublin. This venue is self-contained and catering will be provided on the premises as part of the registration fee.

Please Note: The only vehicle access to campus on Sundays is from the Stillorgan Road entrance on the N11 and that the Clonskea Road and Owenstown gates are locked. Those seeking accommodation should note that the Montrose Hotel is closed during the conference and links to alternative accommodation can be found on the conference website.

Abstract

Wetlands are an intrinsic part of the Irish landscape, they have also been at the heart of numerous archaeological investigation, particularly over the last 25 years. Although a relatively recently coined term, Wetlands encapsulates a critical range of landscapes, locations and places – exploited, revered, feared, crossed or ignored in different measure by various groups of people across both time and space. Today in Ireland they are in many respects either marginal or exploited. However, both their environment and their archaeology create very special and important places, an importance and uniqueness recognised by World Wetlands Day and the designation of 45 Ramsar sites from across Ireland.

This conference builds on a long tradition of archaeological examination of Irish wetlands. Papers are sought that introduce new research, or explore new approaches to previous research, with specific reference to peoples interactions with wetlands. Papers can work at various scales from the wide to the site specific and across different themes from the sacred to the profane to the environmental.

Further Information

To keep the administrative costs of this meeting to a minimum there is no formal organisation of accommodation. However the following links should be helpful:

Help in finding accommodation in and around Dublin can be found here >>
Help getting to UCD can be found here >>
Maps of UCD Campus can be found here >>

Please note that the Montrose Hotel - the hotel closest to UCD is currently shut. The Stillorgan Park Hotel is the next closest and is located on the N11. Mention that you are attending a conference at UCD when booking. The Aircoach from Dublin Airport stops at this Hotel.

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