Portugal

Experimental Weaving and Twining with Ceramic Crescents from the Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic in Southwestern Iberia

Author(s)
Victoria Priola1
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Ceramic crescents are a common find at Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic sites in southwestern Iberia (late fourth – third millennium BC). These objects, which often weigh less than 100 g and are perforated on each end, are typically referred to as loom weights and thought to be associated with textile production, although their function remains uncertain...

Conference Review: Innovation begins within. Resilient museums in times of disruption, NEMO 2022

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Roeland Paardekooper 1
Publication Date
The Network of European Museum Organisations (NEMO) celebrated their yearly conference in October 2022 in Loulé, Portugal. More than 200 people attended. EXARC is a member of NEMO and we decided to take a look. The format of the conference was not tedious at all, and everything was well organised. This made it easy to take in the information from the presenters...

Prehistoric Recreation: Footwear and Fibres

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CAL - Centro de Arqueologia de Lisboa (PT)
ARQA - Associação de Arqueologia da Amadora (PT)
Country
Portugal

On the 29th of October, another edition of this Prehistoric Recreation will take place in Rio Seco, at Rua Eduardo Bairrada (Ajuda), organized by CAL - Lisbon Archeology Centre, in partnership with ARQA - Associação de Arqueologia da Amadora, with the Ajuda Parish Council and the Monsanto Forest Park, with the extraordinary Rio Seco Geomonument as a backdrop.

Some Reflections on the Origin and Use of the Potter's Wheel during the Iron Age in the Iberian Peninsula. Interpretive Possibilities and Limitations

Author(s)
Juan Jesús Padilla Fernández
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An abundance of past research has addressed Iron Age pottery in the Iberian Peninsula since the beginning of archaeological analysis in Spain. However, it has mainly focused on examining historical-cultural aspects linked to specific chronologies and typologies. It is only rarely that studies have been concerned with production processes. Ethnography has traditionally been used to make direct ...

Project Pilgrimage 21

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Company of Saynt George
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Switzerland
Denmark
Australia
USA
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the Netherlands
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Malta
Portugal

Project Pilgrimage 21 is a decentralised international medieval event organized by the Company of Saynt George, which connects reenactors and friends of living history all over the world in spring 2021. Follow the Pilgrimage 21 with the Pilgrimage 21 Social Wall or the #pilgrim