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Thrilled to be starting work on 'New Pastures-livestock and lifeways of the Irish Iron Age' with a brilliant team of partners and advisors Derek Hamilton Dan Bradley @brad-dan.bsky.social Pam J. Crabtree Kerri Cleary @rubiconheritage funding We are now Research Ireland The Heritage Council National Monuments Service #loveresearch

Hosting Katharina Becker, UCC Archaeology, Andrew Wilson and Thomas Sparrow Bradford Archaeology and Forensics and Michelle Comber, School of Geography, Archaeology & Irish Studies structured light scanning artefacts as part of their We are now Research Ireland-Arts and Humanities Research Council funded Hidden Heritages project. @VisHeritag Katharina Becker Tom Sparrow

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A wonderful UCC Archaeology fieldtrip to Loughcrew, Meath and Corlea, Longford- unbeatable Iron Age highlights, especially memorable when guided around Corlea by Conor McDermott of UCD Archaeology, Dublin! Thanks to Office of Public Works for facilitating us in the fascinating Corlea visitor centre

Today the first Iron Age animal bones excavated and studied by @rubiconheritage project arrived UCC Archaeology ! :D

First talk yesterday UCC Archaeology Euiseok on what we want to learn from Iron Age bones like this through zooarchaeology, isotopes and aDNA. Thanks to We are now Research Ireland National Monuments Service.Thanks to all so far! Derek Hamilton Pam J. Crabtree Kerri Cleary Dan Bradley @brad-dan.bsky.social #LoveIrishResearch

Excited to see the talks the first day at the #Beyondthebaseline SIZWG conference in Berlin! Katharina Becker Derek Hamilton

We had a great time at the SIZWG conference and presented our coalesce funded project today #loveirishresearch We are now Research Ireland Katharina Becker Derek Hamilton

Before studying more Iron Age animal bones we're checking out excavation archives National Monuments Service and site pics! UCC Archaeology UCC Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences Katharina Becker #loveirishresearch

Selecting samples @IrishAntiquitiesDivi National Museum of Ireland for isotope and aDNA analysis. The sex of this calf may help us understand if Iron Age cattle management was focused on dairy or meat production UCC Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences We are now Research Ireland Pam J. Crabtree Dan Bradley @brad-dan.bsky.social Derek Hamilton #loveirishresearch

What an honour to receive this award احمد جعفریان John O'Halloran UCC Research. Thank you for your support UCC Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences We are now Research Ireland Royal Irish Academy National Monuments Service colleagues and collaborators New Pastures !

We’ve been undertaking collagen extraction with Derek Hamilton at SUERC for a few weeks. The importance of cleanliness in the lab cannot be overstated if you want to get great samples for isotope analysis. Animal mobility in the Irish Iron Age! UCC Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences #loveirishresearch

Learning a ’new’ methodology for collagen extraction with Derek Hamilton at SUERC closer to the original Longin method using a whole bone fragment for demineralization. Can’t wait to get through the pretreatment and onto the mass spec for results! UCC Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences #loveirishresearch

Ah, Ireland, we have some collagen…” The fruits of our labours here in Scotland at SUERC with Derek Hamilton are on full display in the freeze-drier!!! We can’t wait to start measuring on the mass spec UCC Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences #COALESCE #LoveIrishResearch

We will be presenting on our project this Sunday during Heritage Week. Join us in Portlaoise and in Kilcullen to find out about isotopes, zooarch and the Iron Age of the region!heritageweek.ie/event-listings… heritageweek.ie/event-listings… We are now Research Ireland National Monuments Service UCC Archaeology Euiseok

Join us today in Portlaoise or Kilcullen for a talk about our project! heritageweek.ie/event-listings… heritageweek.ie/event-listings… UCC Archaeology UCC Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences We are now Research Ireland National Monuments Service #HeritageWeek2023

We had a great day in county Laois, the home of one of the most important Iron Age zooarchaeological assemblages, thank you for having us Laois Heritage! National Heritage Week We are now Research Ireland National Monuments Service UCC Archaeology UCC Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences #COALESCE