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EXARC Journal 2014/1 ready

We now published EXARC Journal of 2014.

It contains 16 articles divided over four sections, six articles are Mixed Matters, others are reviewed articles.

It includes 5 articles from the 7th UK EU Conference in Cardiff 2013. The Conference (held in 2013) was hosted jointly by the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University and St Fagan’s Open-Air Museum (UK). The conference consisted of two days of presentations, as well as a poster session at the end of the first day. 

Other articles are a.o. from the OpenArch meeting in Foteviken, Sweden, as well as some other OpenArch related themes: OpenArch Dialogue with Skills Issue.

The list below shows the reviewed articles of Issue 2014-1

Archaeological Open-Air Museums

History Matters at Ty Mawr Medieval Hall
Gary Ball (WLS)

Experimental Archaeology

Reconstructing a Prehistoric Fish Trap
E. IJsveld (NL)

Reproducing the Wall Painting of the Abduction of Persephone (Vergina-Macedonia): Conditions and Restrictions for a Successful Archaeological Experiment
Μ.Ι. Stefanakis, Α. Vlavogilakis (GR)

Variables and Assumptions in Modern Interpretation of Ancient Spinning Technique and Technology Through Archaeological Experimentation
Tracy P. Hudson (QA)

Stone Moulds from Terramare (Northern Italy): Analytical Approach and Experimental Reproduction
M. Barbieri, C. Cavazzuti (IT)
from Proceedings of the 7th UK Experimental Archaeology Conference Cardiff 2013

The Registry of Memory Proccess Applied to Experimental Archaeology in a Castromao “Oven”
Andrés Teira-Brión and Josefa Rey-Castiñeira (ES), Clíodhna Ní Líonain (IE)
from Proceedings of the 7th UK Experimental Archaeology Conference Cardiff 2013

Observations on Italian Bronze Age Sword Production: The Archaeological Record and Experimental Archaeology
Luca Pellegrini,Federico Scacchetti (IT)
from Proceedings of the 7th UK Experimental Archaeology Conference Cardiff 2013

The Mummification of Votive Birds: Past and Present
S. D. Atherton, L. M. McKnight (UK)
from Proceedings of the 7th UK Experimental Archaeology Conference Cardiff 2013

Interpretation

From Mead to Snakebite - An Ethnography of Modern British University Sports Team Drinking Culture and its Parallels with the Drinking Rituals of the Viking World
Matt Austin (UK)
from Proceedings of the 7th UK Experimental Archaeology Conference Cardiff 2013

“You could see it [the past] in your mind”: What impact might living history performance have on the historical consciousness of young people?
Ceri Jones (UK)