Cormac McSparron studied Archaeology and Modern History at Queen’s University Belfast, graduating with a BA in 1989. He was awarded an MPhil in 2008 and a PhD in 2018. Since 2002, he has worked at the Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork at Queen’s and has directed and published a large number of important excavations in Northern Ireland.

'This book is a rich source of data, with every possible aspect of burials being analysed, supported by extensive distribution maps, tables, and graphs. This means that it makes a significant contribution to our understanding of prehistoric Ireland and will be essential reading for anyone studying that period, but it is not a book for the casual reader.' – Dr Duncan Berryman (2021): Ulster Archaeological Society Newsletter

• Foreword and acknowledgements ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: Theoretical Approaches to the study of Death, Funerary Rituals and Social Structure ; Chapter 3: Ireland in the Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age ; Chapter 4: Methodology ; Chapter 5: Radiocarbon Dating the Single Burial Tradition ; Chapter 6: Analysis ; Chapter 7: Analysing Complexity in the Irish Single Burial Tradition ; Chapter 8: Discussion ; Chapter 9: Conclusions ; Chapter 10: Bibliography

Cormac McSparron studied Archaeology and Modern History at Queen’s University Belfast, graduating with a BA in 1989. He was awarded an MPhil in 2008 and a PhD in 2018. Since 2002, he has worked at the Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork at Queen’s and has directed and published a large number of important excavations in Northern Ireland.

'This book is a rich source of data, with every possible aspect of burials being analysed, supported by extensive distribution maps, tables, and graphs. This means that it makes a significant contribution to our understanding of prehistoric Ireland and will be essential reading for anyone studying that period, but it is not a book for the casual reader.' – Dr Duncan Berryman (2021): Ulster Archaeological Society Newsletter

• Foreword and acknowledgements ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: Theoretical Approaches to the study of Death, Funerary Rituals and Social Structure ; Chapter 3: Ireland in the Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age ; Chapter 4: Methodology ; Chapter 5: Radiocarbon Dating the Single Burial Tradition ; Chapter 6: Analysis ; Chapter 7: Analysing Complexity in the Irish Single Burial Tradition ; Chapter 8: Discussion ; Chapter 9: Conclusions ; Chapter 10: Bibliography

Cormac McSparron studied Archaeology and Modern History at Queen’s University Belfast, graduating with a BA in 1989. He was awarded an MPhil in 2008 and a PhD in 2018. Since 2002, he has worked at the Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork at Queen’s and has directed and published a large number of important excavations in Northern Ireland.

'This book is a rich source of data, with every possible aspect of burials being analysed, supported by extensive distribution maps, tables, and graphs. This means that it makes a significant contribution to our understanding of prehistoric Ireland and will be essential reading for anyone studying that period, but it is not a book for the casual reader.' – Dr Duncan Berryman (2021): Ulster Archaeological Society Newsletter

• Foreword and acknowledgements ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: Theoretical Approaches to the study of Death, Funerary Rituals and Social Structure ; Chapter 3: Ireland in the Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age ; Chapter 4: Methodology ; Chapter 5: Radiocarbon Dating the Single Burial Tradition ; Chapter 6: Analysis ; Chapter 7: Analysing Complexity in the Irish Single Burial Tradition ; Chapter 8: Discussion ; Chapter 9: Conclusions ; Chapter 10: Bibliography