Germany

Virtual Reality – 1 Project - 13 Museums

Author(s)
Ulrike Braun 1
Publication Date
Visitors in 13 museums in the rural area around the city of Lüneburg (Lower Saxonia, Germany) can now discover different aspects of the interrelationship between man and nature within a virtual world. Six themes or titles guide through to whole story, like nature means threat, or nature means work or beauty, etc. symbolised by a silhouette.

Exar 2022 Conference

Date
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Organised by
European Association for the Promotion of Experimental Archeology eV
Country
Germany

In 2022, the conference of the European Association for the Promotion of Experimental Archeology eV, EXAR, will take place from September 29th to October 2nd at the Brandenburg State Archaeological Museum in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany.

The topic of the conference is: "Experimental Archeology in Science and Education 2022".

(Re)constructing an Early Medieval Irish Ard

Author(s)
Brendan O`Neill 1,
Claus Kropp 2 ✉,
Frank Trommer 2,
Vanessa Töngi 2
Publication Date
This article outlines the results of an EXARC funded 2019 Twinning project exploring the production and use of an Irish early medieval ard. In this, the project partners researched the evidence for early ploughs and ards, made bloomery iron, produced an ard share, and worked wood to form the frame of the ard. This paper also includes...

Hunting Fever

Date
Country
Germany

The seminar brings to life a wide variety of hunting methods from prehistory. The participants deal with various hunting devices, e.g. B. the spear and slingshot, the bola-bola and the longbow. All hunting weapons can be tried out on the grounds of the Archaeological Open-Air Museum. The range and target accuracy of the individual devices can be compared with one another.