The Irish Stone Age

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.