Win Scutt
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I am an archaeologist working as Properties Curator for the West of England at English Heritage.
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Bone and Antler Carving - Gweithdy Cerfio Esgyrn a Chyrn Ceirw
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Bone and Antler Carving Workshop Learn how our distant ancestors made tools and artefacts from bone and antler using stone tools before creating your own.
Bone and Antler Carving - Gweithdy Cerfio Esgyrn a Chyrn Ceirw
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Bone and Antler Carving Workshop : 10am - 4pm
Roman Invasion! Goresgyniad Rhufeinig!
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10am-5pm 17 and 18 August (arena displays at 12.30am and 2.30pm) Fresh from their conquest of Anglesey, soldiers of the Roman army have come to Castell Henllys to complete their occupation of Wales! Now the battles are over, will they destroy the fort? Will they try to encourage the tribe to adopt the Roman way of life and one day become Roman citizens?
Bark and Bast Workshop - Gweithdy Rhisgl a Phlisg
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Create your own a bark container, like those found alongside Ötzi the Iceman in the Italian Alps in 1991. Come and find out more about one of the most important archaeological finds of the 20th century and how bark and other plant fibres such as bast were used during prehistory to create equipment, clothing and structures.
Woad Workshop - Gweithdy Glaslys
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Woad Workshop Enjoy an introduction to woad - the ancient blue dye. You will make a dye vat and create various shades on wool yarn and fleece, learn about the dyeing process and how to grow woad. Price includes all materials, use of equipment and notes to take home.
£45 per person
BOOKING ESSENTIAL – PLACES LIMITED 11.00am - 3.30pm
01239 891319
Early Textiles Study Group Biennial Conference
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University of Glasgow (UK)
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Dedicated to the memory of Karen Finch, visionary leader in textile conservation and research.
Pentref Oes Haearn Castell Henllys (UK)
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Castell Henllys Iron Age Village is an established visitor centre and heritage site near Newport in North Pembrokeshire where the experience promises to take the visitor back in time and immerse the senses in Iron Age life. It is the only reconstructed Iron Age village in the UK where the roundhouses and granary have been built on the site of the original post holes. The hill-fort has also become one of the most prominent images of Welsh prehistory.
Castell Henllys is an established visitor centre and heritage site near Newport in North Pembrokeshire where the experience promises to take the visitor back in time and immerse the senses in Iron Age life. It is the only reconstructed Iron Age village in the UK where the roundhouses and granary have been built on the site of the original post holes...
Skills Shortage: A Critical Evaluation of the Use of Human Participants in Early Spear Experiments
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Hand-delivered spears are the earliest clear hunting technology in the archaeological record, with origins from 400,000 years ago, before the evolution of our own species. Experimental archaeological approaches to early weaponry continue to grow, and both controlled and naturalistic experiments are making significant contributions to interpreting such technologies...
Have you got the tine? Prehistoric Methods in Antler Working
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Antler working was prevalent throughout prehistory, with a breadth of intricately detailed and technologically complex antler artefacts observed within the archaeological record. In particular, during the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic, antler working with flint tools would have been a time-consuming process. While the chaîne opératoire of producing certain antler artefacts has previously been explored...
