Harold Mytum is Professor of Archaeology and Director, Centre for Manx Studies at University of Liverpool, UK. His research interests include the archaeology of western Britain and Ireland from the Iron Age to the present, and aspects of global historical archaeology (17th–20th centuries). He was President and then Vice-President of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology and continues to promote the importance of the archaeology of recent times in terms of research, heritage protection and public interpretation.

• 1. Theory and method 2. The beginnings of the Early Christian period in Ireland 3. The belief system 4. The social system 5. The subsistence economy 6. Technology and craft activity 7. Long distance trade and exchange 8. Conclusion

Harold Mytum is Professor of Archaeology and Director, Centre for Manx Studies at University of Liverpool, UK. His research interests include the archaeology of western Britain and Ireland from the Iron Age to the present, and aspects of global historical archaeology (17th–20th centuries). He was President and then Vice-President of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology and continues to promote the importance of the archaeology of recent times in terms of research, heritage protection and public interpretation.

• 1. Theory and method 2. The beginnings of the Early Christian period in Ireland 3. The belief system 4. The social system 5. The subsistence economy 6. Technology and craft activity 7. Long distance trade and exchange 8. Conclusion

Harold Mytum is Professor of Archaeology and Director, Centre for Manx Studies at University of Liverpool, UK. His research interests include the archaeology of western Britain and Ireland from the Iron Age to the present, and aspects of global historical archaeology (17th–20th centuries). He was President and then Vice-President of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology and continues to promote the importance of the archaeology of recent times in terms of research, heritage protection and public interpretation.

• 1. Theory and method 2. The beginnings of the Early Christian period in Ireland 3. The belief system 4. The social system 5. The subsistence economy 6. Technology and craft activity 7. Long distance trade and exchange 8. Conclusion