List of FiguresList of TablesAbstract1. Introduction1.1 Prehistoric Copper Mining in Europe1.2 Metal in Bronze Age Ireland1.3 Prehistoric Copper Mining in South-west Ireland1.4 Derrycarhoon Mine Project2. Discovery2.1 Recent Mining at Derrycarhoon2.
2 The 'Danish Mine' Revealed2.3 'Curious Articles' 2.4 Later Visitors and Interpretations 3. The Mining Landscape3.1 Geology and Mineralisation3.2 Archaeological Survey (with Nick Hogan)3.3 Geophysical Survey (Richard Unitt)3.4 The 'Danish Mine' Preserved4.
Archaeological Excavation4.1 Mine Excavation4.2 Surface Spoil Excavation4.3 Excavation Finds4.4 Discussion5. Chronology5.1 Historical Review5.2 Mining Technology 5.
3 Peat and Pollen5.4 Radiocarbon Dating6. Palaeoecology6.1 Pollen Sampling and Analysis 6.2 Early Holocene Vegetation Change and Human Activity6.3 Mid-Holocene 'Elm Decline' and Neolithic Farming.6.4 Bronze Age Settlement and Environment in the Mizen Peninsula7.
Cultural Landscape7.1 Environment and Settlement7.2 The Early Prehistory of Mizen 7.3 Regional Context: Bronze Age Settlement in Cork7.4 Derrycarhoon and the 'Stone Circle Complex'8. Mine to Metal8.1 Bronze Age Mining at Derrycarhoon 8.2 Ore Beneficiation and Metal Production8.
3 Metal in the Landscape8.4 Derrycarhoon and the Supply of Copper in Bronze Age Ireland9. The Wider Picture9.1 Derrycarhoon and Early Copper Production in Ireland9.2 Mining and Society9.3 Bronze Age Trade and Hillfort Chiefdoms9.4 The Significance of Derrycarhoon Mine and its FutureAppendix 1. The Swanton-Windele correspondence 1846-7Appendix 2.
Derrycarhoon in the Mining Journal, 1847-1880References.