caa a22 4500 388110597 CHVBK 20180307125352.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199907 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1380203800001380 doi S1380203800001380 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1380203800001380 The luxury of abundance [Elektronische Daten] Syntheses of Irish prehistory The last decade has witnessed a significant increase in the number of comprehensive syntheses on Irish prehistory, both in terms of academic textbooks and popular accounts. The present review essay finds that these syntheses are highly convergent in terms of theme, scope, and theoretical underpinnings. Although large-scale migrations are rejected as explanations for culture change, Ireland is still perceived as the receptacle for foreign ideas and overseas inventions, whereby imports are not just introduced but also perfected in Ireland. We argue that a similar attitude can be noted in the perception of the history of Irish prehistory. This convergence and absence of overt polemics are explained by referring to the small size of the Irish archaeological community. The increase in syntheses is accounted for by a number of empirical preconditions, the theoretical climate of opinion, the institutional expansion of the discipline, the public impact of a rapidly changing natural and political landscape and the notion of an Irish identity. Copyright © The Author(s) 1999 Ireland nationallicence archaeology nationallicence prehistory nationallicence textbooks nationallicence migrationism nationallicence identity nationallicence Fontijn David Van Reybrouck David Archaeological Dialogues Cambridge University Press 6/1(1999-07), 55-73 1380-2038 6:1<55 1999 6 ARD https://doi.org/10.1017/S1380203800001380 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1380203800001380 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fontijn David NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Reybrouck David NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archaeological Dialogues Cambridge University Press 6/1(1999-07), 55-73 1380-2038 6:1<55 1999 6 ARD CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge