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Dr. Marion Dowd

Dr. Marion Dowd, lecturer in prehistoric archaeology at IT Sligo and Ireland’s only specialist in the archaeology of Irish caves has written numerous scientific articles related to caves and has written three books. In 2009 the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) awarded Dowd a Research Fellowship towards the Irish Cave Archaeology Project. Before then, Dowd was researching Irish cave archaeology for over 12 years. Since 2008 she has been working to excavate caves for research; especially Glencurran Cave. In 2011 one of these excavations, led by Dowd, resulted in the findings of bones and evidence of use dating back to about 1,000 BC. The year before, her excavation of Burren Cave resulted in the discovery of the largest Viking necklace in Ireland. This year she was brought on to study the discovery 5,500 years old radiocarbon dated Stone Age child found in a tiny cave high on Knocknarea mountain. Great work Dr. Dowd. Thank you for being an Extraordinary Woman Caver! 

SOURCES
http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/archaeologists-sligo-found-bones-stone-3193318

http://itsligo.academia.edu/mariondowd

http://itsligo.ie/2009/page/2/

http://www.ria.ie/About/Our-Work/Committees/Committees-for-the-Humanities-and-Social-Sciences/Archaeology/Awards-Granted?lang=ga-IE

http://www.archaeology.ie/News/Name,14012,en.html

http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2010/04/viking-necklace-in-dark-for-1150-years.html?m=1

http://courses.itsligo.ie/archaeology-staff/

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