John Ó Néill
@jjconeill.bsky.social
Archaeology, heritage, history. Prehistory. Policy and practice.
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In response to ICOMOS Palestine's February 2025 appeal, archaeologists of conscience everywhere are mobilising. We are calling on our representative bodies to boycott Israel now!
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Open letter to EAA calling for a boycott of Israel
Please fill out the form below and add your name to over 1100 others on this open letter*, calling on the European Association of Archaeologists to respond to ICOMOS Palestine's appeal for cultural he...
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August 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In response to ICOMOS Palestine's February 2025 appeal, archaeologists of conscience everywhere are mobilising. We are calling on our representative bodies to boycott Israel now!
forms.gle/m8De7pW2oG4K... #archaeology #🏺 #eaa2025
forms.gle/m8De7pW2oG4K... #archaeology #🏺 #eaa2025
Given the innately political nature of #history and #archaeology and its collection, curation, interpretation and display, this was always going to be an action point at the #Smithsonian.
But the National Zoo??
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
But the National Zoo??
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Truth and Sanity to American History
RESTORING TRUTH IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order restoring truth and sanity to American history by
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March 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Given the innately political nature of #history and #archaeology and its collection, curation, interpretation and display, this was always going to be an action point at the #Smithsonian.
But the National Zoo??
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
But the National Zoo??
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Someone appears to have moved a couple of stones on an overgrown mound just behind McArts Fort on Cavehill (above Belfast) exposing a couple of possible cup-marked stones.
#rockart #megalith #archaeology
#rockart #megalith #archaeology
March 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Someone appears to have moved a couple of stones on an overgrown mound just behind McArts Fort on Cavehill (above Belfast) exposing a couple of possible cup-marked stones.
#rockart #megalith #archaeology
#rockart #megalith #archaeology
This is a lesser known find from #Newgrange (since it’s the #Solstice) - a gold Roman bracelet terminal inscribed with SCBONS:MB, one of the 4th century AD votive offerings at the site. The MB is 'manibus', 'to the spirits' while 'SCBONS' could be an abbreviated name.
December 21, 2024 at 8:57 AM
This is a lesser known find from #Newgrange (since it’s the #Solstice) - a gold Roman bracelet terminal inscribed with SCBONS:MB, one of the 4th century AD votive offerings at the site. The MB is 'manibus', 'to the spirits' while 'SCBONS' could be an abbreviated name.
Despite - or probably because of - the long history of research and attention, Stonehenge is now just a kitsch divination pool. Gaze into it and say out loud what you see.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Stonehenge may have been erected to unite early British farming communities, research finds
The altar stone, which we now know is from Scotland, may have been a gift or marker of political alliance
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Despite - or probably because of - the long history of research and attention, Stonehenge is now just a kitsch divination pool. Gaze into it and say out loud what you see.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
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Thinking tonight about all those people who, for whatever reason, are absolutely dreading Christmas.
It can be a really sad & triggering time for so many.
Take it a day at a time.
You’re not alone x
It can be a really sad & triggering time for so many.
Take it a day at a time.
You’re not alone x
December 9, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Thinking tonight about all those people who, for whatever reason, are absolutely dreading Christmas.
It can be a really sad & triggering time for so many.
Take it a day at a time.
You’re not alone x
It can be a really sad & triggering time for so many.
Take it a day at a time.
You’re not alone x
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About 20 years ago archaeologists found what appeared to be evidence of Bronze age (steam) bathing in the Netherlands.
The analysis of what was found was finished last year and you can read the paper here:
www.academia.edu/112022865/A_...
A thread.
The analysis of what was found was finished last year and you can read the paper here:
www.academia.edu/112022865/A_...
A thread.
December 7, 2024 at 6:01 PM
About 20 years ago archaeologists found what appeared to be evidence of Bronze age (steam) bathing in the Netherlands.
The analysis of what was found was finished last year and you can read the paper here:
www.academia.edu/112022865/A_...
A thread.
The analysis of what was found was finished last year and you can read the paper here:
www.academia.edu/112022865/A_...
A thread.
Early Bronze Age lunulae. These three are so similar they have been repeatedly mistaken for each other. The top one is a roller press image of a lunula owned by Richard Pococke, current whereabouts unknown. Likely provenance is in 'Ossory' (Laois/Kilkenny) where he was bishop 1756-65. The second...
November 24, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Early Bronze Age lunulae. These three are so similar they have been repeatedly mistaken for each other. The top one is a roller press image of a lunula owned by Richard Pococke, current whereabouts unknown. Likely provenance is in 'Ossory' (Laois/Kilkenny) where he was bishop 1756-65. The second...
This is a lecture I gave to the Ulster Archaeology Society earlier this year looking at undocumented burials around Belfast: such as coffins in estuarine mud, a cemetery below a cross roads, a lost plot for executed prisoners.
And Samuel L Jackson...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=MbFa...
And Samuel L Jackson...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=MbFa...
The Valley of Dry Bones: Belfast's forgotten burial grounds
YouTube video by The Ulster Archaeological Society
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November 18, 2024 at 6:50 PM
This is a lecture I gave to the Ulster Archaeology Society earlier this year looking at undocumented burials around Belfast: such as coffins in estuarine mud, a cemetery below a cross roads, a lost plot for executed prisoners.
And Samuel L Jackson...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=MbFa...
And Samuel L Jackson...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=MbFa...
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De bharr brú ama, thaifead mé an léacht seo 👇🏼 do #SnaG24
[If you don't speak Irish you can mute the sound and just follow the slides!]
#seandalaiocht #archaeology #gaeilge
youtu.be/pnxNyJ7p5Z0?...
[If you don't speak Irish you can mute the sound and just follow the slides!]
#seandalaiocht #archaeology #gaeilge
youtu.be/pnxNyJ7p5Z0?...
Luanlaí den Chré-umhaois Luath i n-Eorpa an Atlantaigh Seachtain na Gaeilge 2024
Luanlaí den Chré-umhaois Luath i n-Eorpa an Atlantaigh - Lunulae from the Early Bronze Age in Atlantic EuropeA captivating talk by John Ó Néill delving into ...
youtu.be
March 15, 2024 at 7:31 AM
De bharr brú ama, thaifead mé an léacht seo 👇🏼 do #SnaG24
[If you don't speak Irish you can mute the sound and just follow the slides!]
#seandalaiocht #archaeology #gaeilge
youtu.be/pnxNyJ7p5Z0?...
[If you don't speak Irish you can mute the sound and just follow the slides!]
#seandalaiocht #archaeology #gaeilge
youtu.be/pnxNyJ7p5Z0?...
To continue my current fad for the archaeology of (Belfast) dystopias.
This is Belfast Lough around 1900.
The West and East Twin Islands were created by dredging to make it safer for shipping to navigate the channel into Belfast port. Not dystopian, obviously.
An Intercepting Hospital was added...
This is Belfast Lough around 1900.
The West and East Twin Islands were created by dredging to make it safer for shipping to navigate the channel into Belfast port. Not dystopian, obviously.
An Intercepting Hospital was added...
November 14, 2024 at 6:39 PM
To continue my current fad for the archaeology of (Belfast) dystopias.
This is Belfast Lough around 1900.
The West and East Twin Islands were created by dredging to make it safer for shipping to navigate the channel into Belfast port. Not dystopian, obviously.
An Intercepting Hospital was added...
This is Belfast Lough around 1900.
The West and East Twin Islands were created by dredging to make it safer for shipping to navigate the channel into Belfast port. Not dystopian, obviously.
An Intercepting Hospital was added...
A bit of dystopian heritage for all the X fugitives.
Meet HMS Gibraltar. A first-rate 101-gun ship of the line. From 1872-99 it lay in Belfast Lough as a 'training ship'. It was a reformatory for boys 10-14 (some younger), with the presence to 'training' exposed by the lack of a sea-going tender...
Meet HMS Gibraltar. A first-rate 101-gun ship of the line. From 1872-99 it lay in Belfast Lough as a 'training ship'. It was a reformatory for boys 10-14 (some younger), with the presence to 'training' exposed by the lack of a sea-going tender...
November 13, 2024 at 11:13 PM
A bit of dystopian heritage for all the X fugitives.
Meet HMS Gibraltar. A first-rate 101-gun ship of the line. From 1872-99 it lay in Belfast Lough as a 'training ship'. It was a reformatory for boys 10-14 (some younger), with the presence to 'training' exposed by the lack of a sea-going tender...
Meet HMS Gibraltar. A first-rate 101-gun ship of the line. From 1872-99 it lay in Belfast Lough as a 'training ship'. It was a reformatory for boys 10-14 (some younger), with the presence to 'training' exposed by the lack of a sea-going tender...
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Don't Panic! How to fight fascism as an archaeologist.
Hey, archaeologists! As archaeologists, we tend to be the doing sort, the busybodies shoveling and sorting, keeping and caring, custodians of time, places, people, it's time to lean into that!
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2024/11/13/d...
Hey, archaeologists! As archaeologists, we tend to be the doing sort, the busybodies shoveling and sorting, keeping and caring, custodians of time, places, people, it's time to lean into that!
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2024/11/13/d...
Don’t Panic! How to Fight Fascism as an Archaeologist
Hey, archaeologists! As archaeologists, we tend to be the doing sort, the busybodies shovelling and sorting, keeping and caring, custodians of time, places, people. It’s time to lean into that, to …
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com
November 13, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Don't Panic! How to fight fascism as an archaeologist.
Hey, archaeologists! As archaeologists, we tend to be the doing sort, the busybodies shoveling and sorting, keeping and caring, custodians of time, places, people, it's time to lean into that!
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2024/11/13/d...
Hey, archaeologists! As archaeologists, we tend to be the doing sort, the busybodies shoveling and sorting, keeping and caring, custodians of time, places, people, it's time to lean into that!
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2024/11/13/d...
Slightly different shapes, but two intact Bowl Food Vessels (the less obviously bowl-shaped one just about falls within the definition).
Dates 2150-1950 cal BC. From a site in County Meath.
#archaeology
Dates 2150-1950 cal BC. From a site in County Meath.
#archaeology
August 8, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Slightly different shapes, but two intact Bowl Food Vessels (the less obviously bowl-shaped one just about falls within the definition).
Dates 2150-1950 cal BC. From a site in County Meath.
#archaeology
Dates 2150-1950 cal BC. From a site in County Meath.
#archaeology
Northern lights, Wexford, Ireland
May 10, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Northern lights, Wexford, Ireland
De bharr brú ama, thaifead mé an léacht seo 👇🏼 do #SnaG24
[If you don't speak Irish you can mute the sound and just follow the slides!]
#seandalaiocht #archaeology #gaeilge
youtu.be/pnxNyJ7p5Z0?...
[If you don't speak Irish you can mute the sound and just follow the slides!]
#seandalaiocht #archaeology #gaeilge
youtu.be/pnxNyJ7p5Z0?...
Luanlaí den Chré-umhaois Luath i n-Eorpa an Atlantaigh Seachtain na Gaeilge 2024
Luanlaí den Chré-umhaois Luath i n-Eorpa an Atlantaigh - Lunulae from the Early Bronze Age in Atlantic EuropeA captivating talk by John Ó Néill delving into ...
youtu.be
March 15, 2024 at 7:31 AM
De bharr brú ama, thaifead mé an léacht seo 👇🏼 do #SnaG24
[If you don't speak Irish you can mute the sound and just follow the slides!]
#seandalaiocht #archaeology #gaeilge
youtu.be/pnxNyJ7p5Z0?...
[If you don't speak Irish you can mute the sound and just follow the slides!]
#seandalaiocht #archaeology #gaeilge
youtu.be/pnxNyJ7p5Z0?...
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We're asking EAA members and other #archaeology and #heritage professionals to support a call for EAA to make a statement on the ongoing crisis in #Gaza.
You can sign at the link below.
chng.it/9NFJVd6dFx
You can sign at the link below.
chng.it/9NFJVd6dFx
February 29, 2024 at 11:16 AM
We're asking EAA members and other #archaeology and #heritage professionals to support a call for EAA to make a statement on the ongoing crisis in #Gaza.
You can sign at the link below.
chng.it/9NFJVd6dFx
You can sign at the link below.
chng.it/9NFJVd6dFx
We're asking EAA members and other #archaeology and #heritage professionals to support a call for EAA to make a statement on the ongoing crisis in #Gaza.
You can sign at the link below.
chng.it/9NFJVd6dFx
You can sign at the link below.
chng.it/9NFJVd6dFx
February 29, 2024 at 11:16 AM
We're asking EAA members and other #archaeology and #heritage professionals to support a call for EAA to make a statement on the ongoing crisis in #Gaza.
You can sign at the link below.
chng.it/9NFJVd6dFx
You can sign at the link below.
chng.it/9NFJVd6dFx
How does/did 20th century Ireland deal with complex or inconvenient heritages? Well, typically it didn't, leaving spaces that may now be best understood as 'non-sites of memory'. (1 of 2 👉🏽)
Weaver Street, Tuam and Bessborough as ‘non-sites of memory’
In 1992, Mary Kerr was driving along the M2 motorway in Belfast at the point immediately to the east of the former location of an area known as Weaver Street, off the York Road. As the name suggests, ...
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February 13, 2024 at 5:09 PM
How does/did 20th century Ireland deal with complex or inconvenient heritages? Well, typically it didn't, leaving spaces that may now be best understood as 'non-sites of memory'. (1 of 2 👉🏽)
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New in IA65: Big Data and Lots of Data are Not the Same Things: Small data sources in the social science of archaeologists by Kenneth Aitchison doi.org/10.11141/ia....
February 13, 2024 at 11:25 AM
New in IA65: Big Data and Lots of Data are Not the Same Things: Small data sources in the social science of archaeologists by Kenneth Aitchison doi.org/10.11141/ia....
This is an 1815 watercolour of a (now destroyed) #neolithic tomb (in Ireland). Unusual pottery vessel found in second chamber shown in the foreground, clearly not Neolithic (and presumably intrusive and much later). Is it #Etruscan #Greek #IronAge or something else?
#archaeology
February 11, 2024 at 11:34 AM
This is an 1815 watercolour of a (now destroyed) #neolithic tomb (in Ireland). Unusual pottery vessel found in second chamber shown in the foreground, clearly not Neolithic (and presumably intrusive and much later). Is it #Etruscan #Greek #IronAge or something else?
#archaeology
Anyone interested in history and archaeology of Belfast can check out my talk to Ulster Archaeology Society last night on YouTube, here:
www.youtube.com/live/MbFashL...
www.youtube.com/live/MbFashL...
January 30, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Anyone interested in history and archaeology of Belfast can check out my talk to Ulster Archaeology Society last night on YouTube, here:
www.youtube.com/live/MbFashL...
www.youtube.com/live/MbFashL...
Interested in any obvious parallels to this brick-built fort or block-house. Recorded in the 19th century, it purports to date to 1640 (reputedly built by Catholic Confederate forces). There is recorded expenditure of £2 10s from 1640 at the Milewater Bridge where it was located...
#archaeology
#archaeology
December 2, 2023 at 1:26 PM
Interested in any obvious parallels to this brick-built fort or block-house. Recorded in the 19th century, it purports to date to 1640 (reputedly built by Catholic Confederate forces). There is recorded expenditure of £2 10s from 1640 at the Milewater Bridge where it was located...
#archaeology
#archaeology
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This is Henry Goulburn, former Chief Secretary in Ireland, absentee slave and plantation owner, opponent of Catholic Emancipation, MP for Armagh and Chancellor of the Exchequer under Wellington and Peel. And sometime correspondent (as 'Hibernicus') on Irish antiquities and history.
Goulburn...
Goulburn...
November 18, 2023 at 11:11 AM
This is Henry Goulburn, former Chief Secretary in Ireland, absentee slave and plantation owner, opponent of Catholic Emancipation, MP for Armagh and Chancellor of the Exchequer under Wellington and Peel. And sometime correspondent (as 'Hibernicus') on Irish antiquities and history.
Goulburn...
Goulburn...