Re: Bronze Age rremains found in Burren Cave

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Marese McDonagh reports in the Irish Times (February 1):

Human remains of an adult and a young child dating to the Bronze
Age have been discovered in a cave in the Burren (Co. Clare).

Dr Marion Dowd, a lecturer in archaeology at the Institute of
Technology, Sligo, who led the excavation at Glencurran cave,
said the findings were significant.

"It is interesting that the remains were not burnt, because
cremation was the normal burial rite in the Bronze Age".

Glencurran cave had not been previously identified as a Bronze
Age burial ground.

In 2004 & 2005 the remains of three adults and one child, age 2
or 3, were found in the cave as well as more recent habitation,
probably dating back 12000 to 14000 years.

Is that a typo? If not, does the article give any references? I
can't find
anything via a Google search.


Carbon dating concluded that the body of one adult was placed
in the cave 3000 years ago and that the child died 2500 years
ago.

Bernard.

Are you referring to the extra r in rremains? Obviously that is a
typographical error. The only reference given was to a lecture
on her findings by Dr Dowd yesterday (1 Feb) at the Sligo
Institute of Technology. I imagine that a proper report will
appear in an Archaeological Journal at some future date.

I'm talking about the part of the text I responded to, the dating
of 12000 to 14000 years for the remains in the cave.

I concur that there must have been a typo. 12ky is deep in the
Paleolithic and not bronze age at all. I doubt if there are human
remains in Ireland with a 12ky age.

fkoe

It is more than a typo. As the new item was written by a journalist,
he may not have known the significance of the dates. Also, he may have
abbreviated his article and confused two separate excavations.

The best source of information would be from Dr Dowd at the Sligo
Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland.

I don't know her, but an inspired guess at her email address would be:
marion.dowd@xxxxxx

Bernard.

I have searched for the newsitem and for other information,
but nothing turned up except that there are bones found in
caves in the Burren area, but not recently and not that old.

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