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Abstract
An Analysis of Pre-Christian Ireland Using Mythology and A GIS
Track: Ecology, Archaeology, and Conservation
Author(s): Dimitra-Alys Caviness
This paper synthesizes cultural anthropology and archaeology: it promotes mythology as a historic source for archaeological research, and uses GIS to help interpret mythological and geographical data relevant to the Celts of pre-Christian Ireland. The ArcView program establishes correlation between geographic characteristics and pre-Christian Ireland's mythology, recorded in the dindshenchas - a collection of legends describing the origins of Irish place-names. "Routes" are predicted by ArcView using a cost analysis query procedure and sites from the dindshenchas known to associate with the roads, thus providing archaeological reference to the Five Roads of Tara, the ancient Seat of Ireland's High Kings.
Dimitra-Alys Caviness
Ball State University
Anthropology
9116 Capstone Court
Noblesville , IN 46060
USA
Phone: 317 773 0835
E-mail: dimitraalys@hotmail.com