Spain

Archaeology workshop for kids

Date
Organised by
La Ciutadella Ibérica de Calafell (ES)
Country
Spain

On Sunday 16 June at 11 AM, the staff of the Iberian Citadel of Calafell will develop an archaeology workshop for kids as an activity included in the European Archaeology Days.

Important: This activity has a capacity limit. Prior registration is required.

Contact for registration: calafellhistoric@calafell.org and 0034 977 69 46 83 

European Archaeology Days. Open Day at the Iberian Citadel of Calafell

Date
Organised by
La Ciutadella Ibérica de Calafell (ES)
Country
Spain

Discover the Iberian Citadel of Calafell during the European Archaeology Days. On Saturday 15 June, this Archaeological Open Air Museum about the Iberian culture will have open days from 10 AM to 2 PM in the morning and from 4 to 7 PM in the afternoon.

CRAFTER: An Experimental Approach to Fire-Induced Alteration of Pottery Fabrics

Author(s)
Carlos Velasco Felipe 1,2 ✉,
José María Bellón 1,2,
Bartolomé Bellón 1,2
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2019/2
In doing an inventory of ceramic materials from archaeological excavations, it is a common practice to indicate their observable atmosphere of firing. This parameter refers to the presence of gases, especially oxygen, during the firing and cooling of pottery: if oxygen circulates freely, the procedure is said to be oxidising; if, on the contrary, the atmosphere of firing lacks free air, it is called reducing...

Book Review: Experimental Archaeology: from Research to Society, by Isabel Cáceres et al.

Author(s)
Patrícia Machado 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2019/2
“Experimental Archaeology: from research to society” is a transcript of the proceedings of the Vth International Congress of Experimental Archaeology in Tarragona, Spain, on the 25-27th October 2017. The conference, organized by Experimenta (Asociación Española de Arqueología Experimental), the Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES)...

Event Review: CRAFTER: Back to Bronze Age Craftsmanship: International Meeting of Potters and Archaeologists

Author(s)
Ágnes Király 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2019/2
At the end of October 2018, nearly 30 experts – potters and archaeologists – met in the city of Mula (Murcia, Spain) to study Europe’s Bronze Age pottery-making techniques. The event was the initiation stage of the CRAFTER project (Crafting Europe in the Bronze Age and Today), implemented in the framework of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 and the Creative Europe Program...

Current Trends in Annual Historical Re-Enactments Events in Catalonia. Uses of Cultural Heritage

Author(s)
Antonio Rojas Rabaneda 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2019/1
The project “Re-enactments events in Catalonia” seeks to identify and analyse annually occurring events that make use of cultural heritage and history for the purposes of tourism, economic promotion and dissemination, and for other festive, recreational or educational ends. The activity programmes of all active events currently held in Catalonia were analysed and quantitative data provided in order to...

Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (ES)

Member of EXARC
Yes

Though only  less more  than 50 years old, the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) has already consolidated itself amongst the 200 best universities in the world within the main university rankings and is located within the top 10 new universities with greatest international projection and prestige.

Though only  less more  than 50 years old, the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) has already consolidated itself amongst the 200 best universities in the world within the main university rankings and is located within the top 10 new universities with greatest international projection and prestige...

4th Experimental Archaeology Workshop

Date
-
Organised by
City Council Taramundi (ES)
Country
Spain

Friday 7 December
Throughout the day, preparation of the oven, roasting the iron ore  
(Taramundi Square)

Saturday 8 December
08:00h: Firing the furnace
12:00h: Presentation of the book "La Edad del Hierro" by José M. Salgado (Conference Hall of Taramundi)
13:00h: Guided visit to the reduction furnace by Jodok Lackinger

Prehistoric Potters gather in Mula (Spain)

Date
-
Organised by
Friends Association of the Archaeological Site of La Bastida (ASBA)(ES)
the Mula Town Hall
Country
Spain

Artisans and archaeologists meet in Spain to bring back prehistoric pottery

In the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, artisans and archaeologists meet in the Spanish city of Mula to think up new cultural products inspired on prehistoric ceramic vessels.

Experimental Archaeology Course Caspe

Date
-
Organised by
Centro De Estudios Comarcales Del Bajo Aragón-Caspe
Institución «Fernando El Católico»
Country
Spain

The 15th Experimental Archeology Course is celebrated this year 2019 between September 13 and 17. The place is the Student Residence "Florencio Repollés", located in C / Sástago s / n, in the Bajoaragonesa town of Caspe (Zaragoza, Spain).