Rediscovering Ancient Crafts: Stone Age and Bronze Age pottery with John Martin

In this video, meet with John Martin, experimental archaeologist and potter, who will show replica pots from Neolithic and Bronze Age Ireland, which John has made from the Museum’s handling collection. John discusses how these pots were made, what materials were used, what tools people used in the past to make them, and what we know about them from the archaeological record.
John worked in Osteoarchaeology Department at Queens University Belfast for three years after retiring from a career in medicine. In the archaeology department, he became interested in prehistoric pottery after seeing a Bronze Age food vessel from Rathlin Island. He has now completed a collection of over 200 pots from the nine Ulster counties.
This video was recorded as part of the 2023 Bealtaine Festival, celebrating the arts and creativity as we age. During the month of May, the Education and Outreach Department at NMI - Archaeology hosted a series of drop-in workshops. During each of these drop-ins, experimental archaeologists showed and discussed replica artefacts that they made for the Museum's handling collection.
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