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Dear colleagues, (with apologies for cross-postings) The Early Medieval Archaeology Project (EMAP) is a collaborative archaeological research consortium based in University College Dublin's School of Archaeology/Queens University Belfast's School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, (with Principal Investigators in Dr. Aidan O'Sullivan, UCD and Dr Finbar McCormick, QUB (see www.emap.ie for team and collaborators) and research partners in CRDS, ACS and MGL Ltd. EMAP has been funded by UCD Seed Funding 2007, the Irish Heritage Council Archaeological Research Grants 2007 & 2008 scheme and the Heritage Council INSTAR 2008 programme. A funding application has also been made for the INSTAR 2009 programme for further research and publication. EMAP completed in 2008 a series of archaeological reports based on its research and we are delighted to announce that all these can now be downloaded at our website at www.emap.ie O’Sullivan, A., McCormick, F. Kerr, T. and Harney, L. 2008 Early Medieval Ireland: archaeological excavations 1930-2004, EMAP Report 2.1 available to download at http://www.ucd.ie/t4cms/emap_report_2_1_complete.pdf This is our major work of archaeological synthesis in 2008. This report provides a complete study of early medieval excavations in Ireland, 1930-2004 and reviews the subject in terms of early medieval settlement, dwellings and landscape; the early medieval church; death and burial; agriculture and economy; crafts and industry; trade and exchange. The report – with 352 pages, figs, tables and an extensive bibliography - will be published as an archaeological monograph by the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin in 2009. It obviously requires further editing and fact checking and we would deeply appreciate any and all comments on the text, preferably submitted to [log in to unmask] before January 31st 2009. Harney, L., O’Sullivan, A., McCormick, F. and Kerr, T. 2008 A bibliography of early medieval archaeology in Ireland version 1. EMAP Report 2.2. available to download at http://www.ucd.ie/t4cms/emap_report_2_2_complepeted.pdf This is the largest bibliography of early medieval archaeology ever compiled in Ireland. It is based on our database of c.4,500 entries from the 19th century to 2008 and this is version 1. Undoubtedly, publications have been omitted and we would welcome comments. We hope it serves as a useful resource for all archaeological and historical researchers of this period in Ireland and beyond. Sands, R., Harney, L., Kerr, T. and O’Sullivan, M. 2008 A database of early medieval archaeological excavations in Ireland, 1930-2004. EMAP Report 2.3. Available for download at http://www.ucd.ie/t4cms/emap_report_2_3_complepeted.pdf This ‘hard copy’ document provides a summary account or list of the much larger and more useful EMAP Research Database (on 2,208 early medieval archaeological sites) that has ben developed under the supervision of Dr. Robert Sands. Further research in 2009 aims to improve this database and to place it online in the project’s Research Portal at www.emap.ie In 2009, we look forward to enabling more archaeological research on early medieval Ireland; when we have plans for an ambitious study of early medieval settlement and landscape, which will be our second monograph for publication in 2009. We will be developing a version 2 of our early medieval archaeological bibliography. We also hope to develop www.emap.ie as an early medieval archaeology research portal - with an interactive website and an online database of early medieval excavations 1930-2004. Yours sincerely, Dr. Aidan O’Sullivan UCD School of Archaeology, College of Arts and Celtic Studies, University College Dublin 8th January 2009