The Irish Stone Age
Its Chronology, Development and Relationships

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Part I. The Chronology of the Late-Glacial and Early Post-Glacial Periods in Northern and Western Europe:
1. The chronology of Western Europe
2. The late-glacial sequence in Britain and Ireland
3. Early post-glacial chronology in Britain and Ireland
Part II. The Stone Age Cultures of Ireland:
1. The antiquity of man in Ireland
2. The Mesolithic culture of the Irish raised beaches
3. The origin and affinities of the Larnian culture
4. Post-Larnian developments
5. Conclusions
Appendix 1. The raised beach of the third interglacial period
Appendix 2. Deposits of the interstitial period between the old and the new drift glaciations (W1/W2) in England and Scotland
Appendix 3. The new drift glaciation
Appendix 4. The recession of the last ice-sheets
Appendix 5. Deposits of the late-glacial sea
Appendix 6. Submerged forests and raised beaches in Britain and Ireland
References cited in the text
Classified list of references to cave research and stone age archaeology in Ireland
Addendum
Index.

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