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Article: Artefacts uncovered during roadworks give fresh perspective on early Irish life
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- The Irish Times
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- August 28, 2009
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THE REMAINS of a 9,000-year-old fishing basket uncovered at
Clowanstown in Co Meath, a monastic bell-making facility at Clonfad
in Co Westmeath and an "exceptional" raised wooden trackway close to
the Dromod-Roosky bypass, were described at an archaeology seminar
yesterday.
Some of the discoveries challenged knowledge of life and
settlement patterns on the island, the annual seminar was told. The
seminar deals with artefacts uncovered during national road building
programmes.
Details were also provided on those who were described as
Ireland's oldest-known landscapers, the earliest-known wheel and
some of the earliest clothes-making techniques.
Archaeologist Dr Farina Sternke said an ...