Newer Era
Book Review: The Arte Militaire. The Application of 17th Century Military Manuals to Conflict Archaeology by Warwick Louth
12th Iberian Congress of Archaeometry (CIA 2017)
The 12th Iberian Congress of Archaeometry will be held between October 25th and 28th at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) in Burgos .
The Iberian archaeometry community will meet to discuss the technological advances and their possible applications to the material study of historical, archaeological and cultural heritage.
Archeofest
Experimenting is a great way to understand and learn. Experimenting through manual activities and the study of ancient technologies, allows us to transform the notional store to an everyday action.
Times & Epochs - Moscow Historical Festival
The historical festival ‘Times & Epochs’ is taking place in Moscow from 10 to 22 of August for the 8th time.
Knife Making Course with Guy Urbin
Guy will inspire you to make a one-piece knife based on models used by our ancestors.
You must have completed the Introduction to Blacksmithing Course first to book this course.
Tools Required: Steel toe cap safety boots or strong equivalent
Course suitable for age 16+years
ALL COURSES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE- MINIMUM NUMBERS APPLY
Midsummer Celebration
14.00h we begin to dress the maypole to the folk music of a folk group
15.00h maypole erected by the folk dance team folk dancing. Games around the maypole
Free entrance if you wear folk costume.
We suggest you bring your own pillow or chair.
Harvest Feast
Experience an old-fashioned harvest feast and help to preserve Vitlycke Meadow! We work together and show how a scythe should be used for best results.
A meadow can accommodate 40-50 species of flowers and grass per square meter. Today, only small bits of all the fields remain that once were important because they gave winter fodder for the animals.
All times' Midsummer
- Performance of four times - who gets lit the fire and what was midsummer fire to the 1800s, the Viking Age, Iron Age and Stone Age? Discover how ages meet and see who wins the right to light the midsummer bonfire.
Mayday Bank Holiday
May Day has heralded the start of summer for many hundreds of years in Wales. It’s time for the Green Man to wake up from his winter sleep as the buds burst and life returns to the woods and fields. The day is marked with merriment, music and what must surely be the most famous of all the folk dances, the raising of the maypole.