Papers from "Into the earth : the archaeology of darkness," a conference held at the Institute of Technology Sligo, in the north-west of Ireland, October 27, 2012

Includes bibliographical references

Past dark : a short introduction to the human relationship with darkness over time / Robert Hensey ; Darkness visible : shadows, art, and the ritual experience of caves in Upper Palaeolithic Europe / Paul B. Pettitt ; Between symbol and senses : the role of darkness in ritual in prehistoric Italy / Ruth D. Whitehouse ; Experiencing darkness and light in caves : later prehistoric examples from Seulo in central Sardinia / Robin Skeates ; The dark side of the sky : the orientations of earlier prehistoric monuments in Ireland and Britain / Richard Bradley ; In search of darkness : cave use in Late Bronze Age Ireland / Marion Dowd ; Digging into the darkness : the experience of copper mining in the Great Orme, North Wales / Sian James ; Between realms : entering the darkness of the Hare Paenga in ancient Rapa Nui (Easter Island) / Sue Hamilton and Colin Richards ; Dark places and supernatural light in early Ireland / John Carey ; Enfolded by the long winter's night / Charlotte Damm ; "The outer darkness of madness" : the Edwardian Winter Garden at Purdysburn Public Asylum for the insane / Gillian Allmond ; Descent into darkness / Tim O'Connell ; Coming in and out of the dark / Gabriel Cooney.