EXARC Board

The EXARC Board consists of the following people, elected by the Annual General Meeting. 

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Dr Peter InkerChair: Dr Peter Inker
chair@exarc.net

Member of ICOM: Yes

Period: 2019-2024

Peter Inker is the Director of Historical Research at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, home to the largest outdoor living history museum in the United States. He began his academic career as an archaeologist, with a research concentration in Migration Period culture change identifiable through metalworking techniques. His recent work has been in museum and heritage environments, including working with virtual and augmented reality. Currently he is leading Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s historians in developing new frameworks for understanding the past and ways in which we can connect scholarly research with a public audience. He writes for both scholarly and public audiences.  He is Chair of EXARC, and a board member of Rumsiskes Market Town museum, a museum planned to show how residents of Eastern European towns coexisted before the Holocaust.

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Dr Julia HeebVice-Chair: Dr Julia Heeb
vice-chair@exarc.net

Member of ICOM: Yes

Period: 2019-2024

After completing my AHRC-funded M.A. in Experimental Archaeology at the University of Exeter in 2006, I knew that I wanted to work further in the field of Experimental Archaeology.  In November 2007, I co-organized the second Experimental Archaeology Conference at Exeter University after receiving an AHRC grant for my PhD at the same institution. After two maternity breaks, I finished my PhD on an experimental approach regarding the shafthole copper axes from southeastern Europe in 2012.  Between 2012 and 2015 I worked freelance based in Berlin, offering research and educational services for museums and translations of academic texts. In March 2015 I started working at the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin in the Archaeological Open-Air Museum "Museumsdorf Düppel" and the archaeological collections. I am responsible for the archaeological collections, general research, exhibitions and experimental archaeology. 

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Prof. Dr Javier Baena PreyslerSecretary: Prof. Dr Javier Baena Preysler
secretary@exarc.net

Member of ICOM: No

Period: 2019-2024

Javier Baena is professor of Prehistory and Archaeology who teaches on several issues at different universities of Spain, particularly at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid (UAM, Spain). Through his work teaching Experimental Archaeology at UAM since 1990, he has supported and promoted different Experimental centres in Spain, such as the Museo de los Orígenes (Madrid), La Algaba (Málaga), Carex (Burgos), etc. Cumulatively, his work provides a body of scientific knowledge and experience for future generations of Spanish archaeologists. He is editor of the Boletin de Arqueología Experimental (http://www.uam.es/otros/baex/), and is one of the organisers of international experimental archaeology conferences in Spain. He is the vice-chair of the Spanish Association of Experimental Archaeology, is responsible for the Experimental laboratory at UAM (https://es-es.facebook.com/ArquExperimentalUAM/), and is engaged in connecting it with the worldwide network represented by EXARC.

borderMaura StefaniTreasurer: Dott.ssa Maura Stefani
treasurer@exarc.net

Member of ICOM: No

Period: 2021-2023

In 2007 I obtained a bachelor's degree in Conservation of Cultural Heritage, specializing in Prehistoric Archeology and in 2010 a master's degree in Conservation of Archaeological Heritage at the Ca 'Foscari University of Venice. On both occasions I have discussed theses dedicated to the analysis of faunal remains in prehistoric contexts. I took part in several university excavations (especially University of Ferrara) in Northern Italy and I was part of a professional firm involved in archaeological surveys and excavations. Since 2009 I have been working in Parco Archeologico didattico del Livelet, an open-air museum in Italy. Initially involved in guided tours and workshops, since 2012 I have been in charge of coordinating the structure, working for UNPLI Treviso, the association that manages it. 

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Annemarie Pothaar MA BA

Heritage Education and Interpretation: Annemarie Pothaar BA MA
A.Pothaar@exarc.net

Member of ICOM: Yes

Period: 2023-2025

Ms drs Annemarie Pothaar (1977) Master of Arts in Heritage Education & Interpretation. After studying a bachelor degree of Leisure Studies in Rotterdam NL, Annemarie finished her Master of Arts degree (2001) in the UK at Newcastle University and was supervised by Dr. Peter Stone, one of the UKs leading specialists in heritage education. Since then she has worked for a national park, historical museums, archaeological open-air museums and the Dutch Royal Armouries. Annemarie is a visitor experience and interpretation developer, specialising in engaging visitors through a variety of interpretive techniques and encouraging learning in informal and formal heritage encounters. She is charmed by the use of live historic costumed interpretation, but makes use of the full possibilities of the interpretive mix, to find the right medium for each situation. She uses the latest insights and methodologies on cultural heritage-, intergenerational- and family learning to develop informal learning solutions. Her motto is engage, relate, reveal from Freeman Tilden. In her time off, you can find her in museums and heritage sites, performing live historic costumed interpretation and visiting international museums and heritage sites to get new ideas and compare best practices. Continuous professional development is very important to her and Annemarie plays an active role in European partnerships programmes by sharing knowledge and hosting workshops. Currently Annemarie is working towards the Associateship of the Museum Association.

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Professor Linda Hurcombe

Board Member: Professor Dr Linda Hurcombe
L.Hurcombe@exarc.net

Member of ICOM: No

Period: 2021-2023

Linda Hurcombe has broad interests in artefacts and material culture studies. She is especially interested in ethnographies of craft traditions, the sensory worlds of prehistoric societies and the manner in which archaeologists and anthropologists approach artefact studies. She has also worked on gender and material culture, and explored function as a concept as well as conducting functional analysis of stone tools via wear traces. Her research is characterised by the extensive use of experimental archaeology and ethnographies, providing a detailed practical understanding of how materials can be transformed into material culture. She was the founder and first director of the MA in Experimental Archaeology and has been the Head of the Department of Archaeology and is now the Director of Research Postgraduates. Fieldwork projects have been undertaken in Europe and Pakistan and in recent years she has worked with a variety of craftspeople. In association with the National Museums Scotland and a network of colleagues she led a study on touch experiences in museums using traditional and digital technologies to provide haptic experiences. She is currently writing a book on organic material culture - the 'missing majority' of prehistoric material culture – and her current research projects include working with Prof Robert van de Noort and the National Maritime Museum (Cornwall) to build a full size sewn plank boat based on archaeological finds from the Early Bronze Age.