A webinar about bird imagery in the Late Iron Age in Europe and Great-Britain.
Rebecca L. Ellis, PhD student at the University of Hull, talks about birds in the La Tène art, their origins of style in Europe and the use of water birds in weaponry. Lecture in English.
Time: 8:00-10:00 PM
TraceoLab is a research centre in prehistory with a particular focus on the analysis of use-wear and residues on stone tools in combination with extensive experimentation. The experimental research is thus focused on stone tools, in various raw materials but with a predominance of flint.
All stone tools are manufactured by a skilled knapper who is a member of TraceoLab. The group is involved in a lot of methodological work, in relation to use-wear, residues and taphonomy, while also specific themes are addressed, such as hafting and projectiles. The lab houses specific equipment for experimentation, in particular for projectiles, next to specialized analytical equipment.
Workshop Flint Knapping
Target group
1) Archaeology students – Bachelor 3, Master and cand. PhD.
2) Postdocs, professionals and amateurs.
I am currently doing my PhD research on flint artefacts from the transitional period of Mesolithic to Neolithic in Belgium by use-wear analysis. For this research, I perform a lot of experiments using flint tools for 'Mesolithic activities', like plant or hide processing.
Taphonomy of use-wear traces and residues on stone tools: issues and perspectives
9:00h
Taphonomy and stone tool residues: understanding processes of deposition, removal and decay (in English), by By Dries Cnuts, TraceoLab / Prehistory Liège Université
As in good annual tradition the Gaulish Farm in Destelbergen organises an event bringing you a unique view of Iron Age life in action.
This event is unique in its kind. It only happens once a year in Belgium that all historical associations are assembled under the cover of a multi-period camp.
The first mention of a medieval village at this location dates to 1357. It was called ‘Walravens Hide’, landing site of Walraf. The village submerged during the Vincentius storm in 1394. Following the construction of a new dike in 1399 a new fisher’s village was built by the name Walraversijde.
The village prospered and counted at a certain time one hundred brick-built houses, a mill, a brewery and a gothic church. The village best days were around 1465, also the Golden Age of Flanders. In 1489, nearby Ostend was plundered: the start of the downfall of the region. By 1628 all what remained was the church tower.
Tim Clerbaut (° Ekeren, 1988) is an academic assistant in Provincial Roman Archaeology at Ghent University. He studied archaeology at Ghent University, where he obtained a master degree in Geoarchaeology and Archaeology of North West Europe.
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