The UNESCO World Heritage site of Brú na Boinne in the Boyne Valley is home to Ireland’s finest passage tomb complexes of Knowth, Dowth and Newgrange. Knowth in particular was the focus of many years of work by the late Professor George Eogan, whose excavations have provided significant contributions to our understanding of this monument and landscape through the millennia and to wider prehistoric Ireland. Inspired by Professor Eogan’s legacy, this international conference takes a step back to examine the Boyne Valley monuments in the context of the wider prehistoric world.
Megalithic art in the Boyne Valley and beyond Dr Elizabeth Shee Twohig
Ireland in the wider prehistoric world, 4300–1500 BC Dr Alison Sheridan
Exploring the life cycle of a forgotten monument—the Dowth Hall passage tomb excavation Dr Clíodhna Ní Lionáin
Lives that bind: three stories from the world of Stonehenge Dr Neil Wilkin
From barrowscape to fieldscape: the first fields in the Rother Region of the western Weald Dr Stuart Needham
Bronze Age relations: genetics, kinship and gender in later prehistory Professor Joanna Brück
Looking at lunulae—lines, lozenges and zigzags Mary Cahill
What lies beneath? Uncovering the story of Knowth through time Dr Kerri Cleary