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Baking Bread in the Riff Area (Morocco): An Ethnographic Approach to the Study of Iron Age Archaeological Ovens

Baking Bread in the Riff Area (Morocco): An Ethnographic Approach to the Study of Iron Age Archaeological Ovens
Author(s)
Maria Carme Belarte 1, 2 ✉,
Maria Anguera 2,
Marta Mateu 2,
María Pastor Quiles 2, 3
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2024/4
We present the result of our fieldwork conducted in the Riff area (Morocco), where, through the participant observation technique, we have analysed the characteristics and functioning of several bread-baking traditional ovens that are still working in the region. We were able to observe the chaîne opératoire of the process of baking bread...

The Salme Ship Burials

The Salme Ship Burials. The Salme II Ship Burial restored iron fibula no SM10602:325. Photo by Tiia Lahti
Author(s)
Jouni Jäppinen 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2024/4
With the help of experimental reproduction of archaeological artefacts, it is possible to study how and from which materials that objects might have been made in the Iron Age. Reproductions are carried out with items such as weapons, accessories, jewellery, buildings, food, ceramics, tools, working methods, and many others...

An Ethnoarchaeological Discussion of the Impact of Religion on Architecture in a Remote Iranian Village

An Ethnoarchaeological Discussion of the Impact of Religion on Architecture in a Remote Iranian Village
Author(s)
Tahere Rahimkhani 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2024/4
In the years 2014 to 2015, an Ethnoarchaeological study of the architecture of Makhunik village (IR) was done. After that, this architecture was studied in different points of view. One of these views was the influence of religion on the architecture of the traditional phase (ca. 1660-1960) to explore the impact of immaterial issues, such as religion in a very religious village, on ...