Bronze Age

Söhnke Raimann, archaeotechnician at the AFM, demonstrates the production of a ready-to-fire bow and arrows. 

A foretaste of the bow making seminar on June 12th and 13th, 2021, for everyone who has not yet been able to decide to participate.

Bones, legs, horns, antlers and teeth - it's wonderful what you can use from animals. When there was no plastic, for example, combs and buttons were made from antlers and were accordingly expensive.

Horn is elastic and becomes soft when heated - not only bow ends are made from it, but all kinds of everyday devices.

Following the great success of the Virtual World Draft Animal Congress ("Draft Animals in the Past, Present and Future) in 2021, the World Draft Cattle Symposium will be held in Lorsch (Germany) from March 8-9, 2024.  

Time: 10:00-17:00
Costs: 80, - € / day plus material
Leaders: Thomas Groß, Boris and Philipp Potschka
Number of people: max. 8

During these two days, with the support of our experienced course instructors, you can plan and implement your own bronze casting projects. One-day participation is possible.

Wood and clay are the oldest building materials known to man and are also used in the construction of the Zeiteninsel model buildings. In the Bronze Age residential building, a double wattle wall will be built, which will then be daubed.
Participation of at least two days is necessary.

In the two-day course, the participants learn which work steps are required to make a bow and make their own bow under expert guidance.

We would like to invite you to participate in the 2nd Conference of the Faculty of Archaeology ‘Przeszłość ma przyszłość!/ The Past Has a Future!’, which will take place, in a hybrid format at the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw (Poland) and online on March 22-26th, 2021