John waddell
Studying the archaeology of prehistoric Ireland and the prehistoric relationships between this island and Britain and Continental Europe
Biography
John Waddell is a graduate of NUI, Galway (then University College, Galway) and Emeritus Professor of Archaeology. He studied at the
University of Glasgow and worked in the
National Museum of Ireland before returning to Galway in 1970 where he was Established Professor of Archaeology 1998-2009. He is a member of the
Royal Irish Academy. His research interests lie mainly in the archaeology of prehistoric Ireland and in the prehistoric relationships between this island and Britain and Continental Europe. His publications include studies of Irish early Bronze Age pottery and burials and a major synthesis of the archaeology of prehistoric Ireland. Fieldwork has included work on the Aran Islands and in the royal site of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon.
Office
ARC208, Department of Archaeology, School of Geography and Archaeology, Arts/Science Building, NUI, Galway.
Tel
091 492352
Fax
091 525700
E-mail
john.waddellnuigalway.ie
Awards/Distinctions
- Member, Royal Irish Academy
Research
- The archaeology of prehistoric Ireland
- Aspects of British and Continental European prehistory
Current Writing Projects
- Preparing a revised edition of a major synthesis of the archaeology of prehistoric Ireland
Current Graduate Supervision
PhD
- Gerard Mulligan: The interpretation of a cultural environment: settlement in the Irish Neolithic
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Danny Burke: The prehistoric Burren and contemporary Megalaya: a comparative study of two megalithic societies
MA.
- Brendan McGlinchey: The landscape of the Turoe Stone
Teaching
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AR336 Europe in the Bronze Age
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AR325 Minor Dissertation
Recent Publications
- 2009 Boswell's 'ogam', in J. Fenwick (ed.)
Lost and Found II, 237-244. Dublin
- 2009 (with Fenwick, J. and Barton, K.)
Rathcroghan Co. Roscommon: Archaeological and Geophysical Survey in a Ritual Landscape. Dublin.
- 2007 (editor with C. Manning and P. Gosling)
New Survey of Clare Island, Volume 5:
Archaeology, 326pp. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
- 2007 A professional profession, Address to the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland Autumn Conference, Galway. October 2007. Published on-line:
http://www.iai.ie/Conferences/KeynoteAut2007-JWadell.pdf
- 2007 Research in Irish Archaeology, in G. Cooney (ed.),
Archaeology in Ireland: a vision for the future. Royal Irish Academy Forum 14-15 September 2006, 39-44. Dublin.
- 2006 (with J. Fenwick, L. Geraghty and K. Barton) The innermost secrets of Rathcroghan Mound,
Archaeology Ireland,
20, no.2, 26-29.
- 2005 (editor with C. Manning and P. Gosling)
New Survey of Clare Island, Volume 4: The Abbey, 160pp. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
- 2005
Foundation Myths; The beginnings of Irish archaeology, Wordwell, Bray.
- 2005 Cheques and balances,
Archaeology Ireland
19, No. 1, 7-8.
- 2000
The Prehistoric Archaeology of Ireland, Wordwell, Bray.
Extended Publication List