the Netherlands

Putting life into Late Neolithic houses

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Annelou van Gijn 1
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Investigating Domestic Craft and Subsistence Activities through Experiments and Material Analysis Leiden University currently coordinates the project “Putting Life in Neolithic Houses”. This will take until 2025 and is funded by the Dutch Research Council NWO. Besides EXARC, there are other nine partners in this project.

RETOLD: A European Project Digitises Memories of Experimental Archaeology for Their Preservation

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Paloma González Marcén 1,
Clara Masriera Esquerra 1
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The origins of the European RETOLD project, led by the international association EXARC, lie in a concern to preserve the heritage generated by archaeological open-air museums through the creation of a standardised system for collecting, digitising and disseminating knowledge (memories) of the processes of building reconstruction and handcrafted objects. The project has a duration of four years ...

Roman Festival

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the Netherlands

From July 30 to August 14, the Roman weeks are at Archeon for the 23rd time!

Roman legionaries set up camp, accompanied by craftsmen, ladies and children. Visit the Roman encampment, watch the demonstrations and many other activities.  

Killing the Cauldron: Experimental Research on Dented Bronze Cauldrons from the (post)Medieval Period

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Vincent van Vilsteren 1
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Bronze cauldrons from the late Middle Ages, and the 16th and 17th century are hardly ever discovered during archaeological excavations but are usually unearthed by detectorists having discovered the find of their life. Many of these vessels happen to be damaged. Sometimes one or two legs are lost, or a piece of the rim is missing, more often they exhibit one or more dents. We know that in prehistory the ritual...

Project Pilgrimage 21

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Company of Saynt George
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Switzerland
Denmark
Australia
USA
Germany
Russia
Norway
Sweden
Finland
the Netherlands
France
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Belgium
Luxembourg
Italy
Poland
Malta
Portugal

Project Pilgrimage 21 is a decentralised international medieval event organized by the Company of Saynt George, which connects reenactors and friends of living history all over the world in spring 2021. Follow the Pilgrimage 21 with the Pilgrimage 21 Social Wall or the #pilgrim

Erik Rörsch

Member of EXARC since
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the Netherlands
Crafts & Skills

Since 2012 I am helping to get started and to continue the archeological research on Salamis island, specifically around Ambelakia bay. Known from the 480 BC Battle of Salamis. We are also trying to setup an archeological park there.