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Prof William O'Brien PhD, B.A.

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Prof William O'Brien PhD, B.A.

Books

William O'Brien; (2012) Iverni: a Prehistory of Cork. Cork, Ireland: Collins Press. [Details]
W O'Brien; (2009) Local Worlds: Early Settlement Landscapes and Upland Farming in South-west Ireland. Cork: Collins Press. [Details]
William O'Brien; (2004) Ross Island. Mining, Metal and Society in Early Ireland. Galway: Galway University Press. [Details]
William O'Brien; (1999) Sacred Ground. Megalithic Tombs in Coastal South-west Ireland. Galway: Galway University Press. [Details]
W O'Brien; (1996) Bronze Age Copper Mining in Britain and Ireland. Shire Archaeology: Princes Risborough. [Details]
William O'Brien; (1994) Mount Gabriel: Bronze Age Mining in Ireland. Galway: Galway University Press. [Details]

Book Chapters

O'Brien, W; (2013) 'Bronze Age copper mining in Europe' In: Harding, A and Fokkens, H (eds). Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age. *: Oxford University Press. [Details]
T. Mighall, S. Timberlake, F. Chambers and W. O'Brien (2012) 'Characterising vegetation changes in former mining and metalworking areas during prehistoric and Roman times' In: Costanza Cucini (eds). Acta Mineraria et Metallurgica. Bergamo, Italy: Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi. [Details]
O'Brien, W; (2012) 'Stone circle or proto-Cashel? An Iron Age enclosure in south-west Ireland' In: Corlett, C. and Potterton, M (eds). Life and Death in Iron Age Ireland. Dublin: Wordwell. [Details]
A. Overland, M. O'Connell and W.O'Brien (2009) 'Beara, south-west Ireland: a liminal cultural landscape' In: K. Krzywinski, M. O'Connell and H. Kuster (eds). Cultural Landscapes of Europe. Bremen: Aschenbeck Media for EU. [Details]
W O'Brien; (2009) 'Hidden Celtic Ireland: indigenous Iron Age settlement in the southwestern peninsulas' In: Cooney, G (eds). Relics of Old Decency. Archaeological Studies in Later Prehistory. Dublin: Wordwell. [Details]
William O'Brien; (2007) 'Miners and farmers: local settlement contexts for Bronze Age mining' In: Burgess, Chris (eds). Beyond Stonehenge. Oxbow: Festschrift for Colin Burgess. [Details]
William O'Brien; (2005) 'The prehistory of Killarney' In: A History of Killarney. unknown: Collins Press. [Details]
W O'Brien; (2004) 'Con)fusion of tradition: the circle henge in Ireland' In: Gibson, A. and Sheridan, A (eds). From Sickles to Circles: Britain and Ireland at the Time of Stonehenge. *: Tempus. [Details]
W. O'Brien (2003) 'Miscellaneous entries' In: B. Lalor (eds). The Encyclopedia of Ireland. Dublin: Gill and McMillan. [Details]
W. O'Brien (2003) 'Bronze Age mining heritage' In: Mine Heritage and Tourism: a Hidden Resource. Dublin: Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland. [Details]
W. O'Brien (2003) 'Early metalworking and myth on the lakes of Killarney' In: Lost and Found: Discovering Ireland's Past. Dublin: Wordwell. [Details]
William O'Brien; (2003) 'Early metalworking and myth on the lakes of Killarney' In: Joe Fenwick (eds). Lost and Found: Discovering Ireland¿s Past. Dublin: Wordwell. [Details]
W. O'Brien (2001) 'Killarney in prehistoric times' In: Killarney National Park: a Place to Treasure. Cork: The Collins Press. [Details]
W O'Brien, T.M. Mighall, F.M. Chambers, and J.N. Lanting; (2000) 'Prehistoric copper mining and its impact on vegetation' In: People as an Agent of Environmental Change. Symposium of the Association for Environmental Archaeology 16. *: Oxbow Books. [Details]
William O'Brien; (2000) 'Megalithic tombs, metal resources and territory in prehistoric south-west Ireland' In: Desmond, A. et al (eds). New Agendas in Irish Prehistory: Papers in Commemoration of Liz Anderson. Dublin: Wordwell. [Details]
W. O'Brien (1992) 'Prehistoric copper mines' In: Denis Power (eds). Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Dublin: Stationary Office. [Details]
W. O'Brien (1991) 'Prehistoric copper mining in south-west Ireland' In: The Illustrated Archaeology of Ireland. Dublin: County House. [Details]
W. O'Brien (1988) 'Koppargruvorna vid Mount Gabriel' In: Irland: Den Gatfulla On. Stockholm: Statens Historiska Museum. [Details]
 

Peer Reviewed Journals

O'Brien, William; (2012) 'Aspects of fulacht fiadh function and chronology in Cork'. Journal of The Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 117 :107-133. [Details]
O'Brien, W; (2010) 'Knockatreenane and the prehistoric barrows of Cork'. Journal of the Cork Archaeological and Historical Society, 115 :31-62. [Details]
William O'Brien and Michelle Comber; (2008) 'Archaeological investigations at Ross island cave, Killarney, Co. Kerry'. Journal of Irish Archaeology, 17 :19-56. [Details]
William O'Brien; (2003) 'The Bronze Age copper mines of the Goleen area, Co. Cork'. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 103c :13-59. [Details]
William O'Brien, Northover, J. and Stos, S; (2001) 'Lead isotopes and metal circulation in Beaker/Early Bronze Age Ireland'. The Journal of Irish Archaeology, (10):25-48. [Details]
W O'Brien; (1997) 'Mount Gabriel and metal sourcing in the Bronze Age'. Journal of Historical Metallurgy, 31 (1):8-11. [Details]
W O'Brien; (1996) 'From the Fiery Furnace: Copper sources and Early Irish Metallurgy'. Occasional Papers in Irish Science and Technology, . [Details]
William O'Brien, Northover, J. P. and Cameron, E.; (1992) 'An Early Bronze Age metal hoard from a wedge tomb at Toormore, County Cork'. The Journal of Irish Archaeology, (5):9-17. [Details]
William O'Brien; (1992) 'Boulder-burials: a later Bronze Age megalith tradition in south-west Ireland'. Journal of the Cork Archaeological and Historical Society, (97):11-35. [Details]
W O'Brien; (1990) 'Prehistoric copper mining in south-west ireland: the Mount Gabriel mines'. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 56 :269-290. [Details]
W O'Brien; (1989) 'A primitive mining complex at Derrycarhoon, County Cork'. Journal of Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 94 :1-18. [Details]
W O'Brien; (1987) 'The dating of the Mount Gabriel-type mines of West Cork'. Journal of Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 92 :50-70. [Details]

Other Journals

William O'Brien and Hogan, Nick; (2012) 'Derrycarhoon: a Bronze Age copper mine in West Cork' Archaeology Ireland 26(1) (99) :12-15. [Details]
William O'Brien; (2003) 'Bronze Age copper mines at Callaros Oughter and Carrigacat' Mizen Journal :91-102. [Details]
William O'Brien; (2002) 'Bronze Age copper mining at Boulysallagh, Goleen, Co. Cork' Mizen Journal :1-16. [Details]
William O'Brien; (2001) 'Bronze Age copper mining on Ballyrisode Hill, Co. Cork' Mizen Journal :5-15. [Details]
W O'Brien; (1998) 'The protection of mining heritage in Ireland' Mining History Society of Ireland newsletter 6 7 :4-6. [Details]
William O'Brien; (1995) 'Ross Island: the beginning' Archaeology Ireland :24-27. [Details]
W O'Brien; (1994) 'Bronze Age: The first Golden Age in Europe' European Heritage 2 :6-10. [Details]
William O'Brien; (1993) 'Bronze Age copper mining on Mount Gabriel' Mizen Journal :27-32. [Details]
William O'Brien; (1993) 'Bronze Age copper mining in West Cork' Irish Association of Economic Geology Annual Review :73-75. [Details]
William O'Brien; (1993) 'Altar Tomb and the prehistory of Mizen' Mizen Journal :19-26. [Details]

Conference Publications

William O'Brien; (2012) The Chalcolithic in Ireland: a chronological and cultural framework . In: Allen, Michael J; Gardiner, Julie; Sheridan, Alison; McOmish, David eds. The British Chalcolithic: Place and Polity in the later 3rd Millennium BC Oxbow, , pp.211-225 [Details]
William O'Brien; (2011) Prehistoric copper mining and metallurgical expertise in Ireland . In: Carla Maria Braz Martins, Ana Bettencourt, Jose Inacio Martins and Jorge Carvalho eds. Povoamento e Exploracao dos Recursos Mineiros Braga, Portugal, , pp.337-357 [Details]
O'Brien, W; (2010) Copper axes, stone axes: Production and Exchange Systems in the Chalcolithic of Britain and Ireland . In: Anreiter, Peter et al eds. Mining in European History , pp.255-260 [Details]
W O'Brien; (2005) La plus ancienne metallurgie du cuivre en Irlande . In: Ambert, P and Vaquer, J eds. La Premiere Metallurgie en France ed dans les Pays Limithrophes, La Société Préhistorique Française Mémoire 37, Travaux, La Société Préhistorique Française, , pp.37-50 [Details]
W. O'Brien (2003) Bronze Age mining heritage . In: J. Morris and M. Parkes eds. Minet Conference , pp.51-53 [Details]
W O'Brien; (2002) Megaliths in a mythologised landscape: south-west Ireland in the Iron Age . In: Scarre, C eds. Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe Routledge, , pp.152-176 [Details]
William O'Brien; (2001) New light on Beaker metallurgy in Ireland . In: Richard Harrison et al eds. Bell Beakers Today, the Proceedings of the Riva del Garda conference, May 1998, Trento Trento, , pp.144-160 [Details]
W O'Brien; (1999) Arsenical copper in early Irish metallurgy . In: Young, S. et al eds. Metals in Antiquity, Proceedings of the 1995 Harvard Conference British Archaeological Reports (International Series), Archaeopress, Oxford, , pp.33-42 [Details]
W O'Brien; (1999) Resource availability and metal supply in the insular Bronze Age . In: In Hauptmann et al eds. The Beginnings of Metallurgy Der Anschnitt, Beihaft 9, , pp.227-235 [Details]
W O'Brien; (1998) La mine de cuivre de Ross Island et la metallurgie chacolithique en Irlande . In: Frere-Sautot, M eds. Paleometallurgie des Cuivres, Actes du colloque de Bourge-en-Bress et Beaune , pp.101-107 [Details]
W O'Brien; (1998) Approaches to the study of metal in the insular Bronze Age . In: J Bayley eds. English Heritage Conference, London , pp.109-122 [Details]
W. O'Brien (1997) Early mining and its impact on the Irsh landscape . In: J. Morris and M. Parkes eds. Human Interactions with the Irish Quaternary , pp.11-14 [Details]
W O'Brien; (1995) Ross Island and the origins of Irish-British metallurgy . In: J Waddell, E, Shee eds. Ireland in the Bronze Age, Dublin Castle conference , pp.38-48 [Details]
W O'Brien; (1993) Early metallurgy in Cork and Kerry Past Perceptions: the Prehistoric Archaeology of South-west Ireland , pp.85-92 [Details]
W O'Brien; (1993) Aspects of wedge tomb chronology . In: E Shee-Twohig, M. Ronayne eds. Past Perceptions: the Prehistoric Archaeology of South-west Ireland Cork University Press, , pp.63-74 [Details]
O'Brien, W, Ixer, R, O'Sullivan M; (1990) Copper resources in prehistory: an Irish perspective . In: Peter Crew and Susan Crew eds. Early Metal Mining in the British Isles Plas Tan y Bwlch, Wales, , pp.30-35 [Details]
                                                                                                                                                                 
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