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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...

Breathing Life Sustainably - An Abandoned Settlement to an Open-Air Museum Twah Longwar

Author(s)
Naphibahun Lyngdoh 1
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Twah Longwar is an abandoned settlement located in the State of Meghalaya in North-East India. It is located enroute to one of the world's rainiest places on earth – Mawsynram. Twah Longwar is an abandoned settlement with remnants of over twenty old houses, an ancient market, and a burial site. In a place where rainfall is a concern but also a major tourist attraction, and where lost architectural styles are only...

The Stone Age becomes Sustainable - Experiences from being an Educational Partner for Sustainable Development for more than 15 years

Author(s)
Rüdiger Kelm 1
Publication Date
Since the year 2006 the Archaeological-Ecological Centre Albersdorf (AÖZA), Germany, has worked as an officially recognised partner for sustainable development on an institutional base for the Sustainable Development Goals of the UNO on a regional level. In this article the thematic background of the educational work in archaeology and ethnography will be ...

Conference Review: EXARC at the European Archaeology Days Forum in Paris 2023

Author(s)
Ligeri Papagiannaki 1
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On January 20, the INRAP, overall coordinator of the European Archaeology Days (EAD), invited the national coordinators as well as several partners of the event at the UNESCO in Paris for a day of get-together and discussions. 19 countries were represented during the Forum, with the participation of 26 national coordinators. Lygeri Papagiannaki represented EXARC...

The 2,500th Anniversary of the Battle of Plataea, 26-31 July 2022. Recreating the Cavalry

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In 479 BC, Plataea was the site of the final battle that repelled the second Persian invasion of Greece. The major source of information is Herodotus, who describes how the Spartan general Pausanias led an allied Greek army to expel Mardonius' Persian forces. The battle saw the largest Greek cavalry force assembled in the period, most of it fighting for the Persians...

Discussion: Heritage in Times of War - part 1

Author(s)
Andriy Kotlyarchuk 1 ✉,
Vladyslav Chabanyuk 2,
Volodymyr Ilkiv 3,
Andrij Petrauskas 4,
Olga Postnikova 5
Publication Date
With the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, along with the preservation of the integrity of the state and the preservation of people's lives, the issues of preserving cultural heritage and national identification became acute. The museums and nature reserves that did not fall under the occupation did not stop working...