Bronze Age

Conference Review: The Metalworker and his Tools: QUB Belfast Conference

Author(s)
E. Giovanna Fregni 1
Publication Date
A recent conference, funded partially by UISPP, was held in Queens University Belfast. While its main focus was on Bronze Age metalsmithing tools and assemblages, the MeTools conference (23-25 June at Queen’s University, Belfast) had several presentations that focussed on experimental archaeology as a means of exploring metalworking craft...

UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (IE)

Member of EXARC
Yes

The Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (CEAMC) at University College Dublin, Ireland, established since 2012, is one of the only specifically designed and dedicated, on-campus university facilities in the world for experimental archaeology and material culture studies. It supports research projects, innovative teaching, and public outreach activities, so as to enable the creation of a better understanding of the nature and role of crafts, technologies and materiality in people’s lives in the past.

The Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (CEAMC) at University College Dublin, Ireland, established since 2012, is one of the only specifically designed and dedicated, on-campus university facilities in the world for experimental archaeology and material culture studies.

El Castro de Henaio (ES)

Member of EXARC
No

The Interpretation Centre of Castro de Henaio is located on a hill near Alegria-Dulantzi with a Bronze Age - Iron Age settlement between 1000 BC and 200 AD. It contains two life-size (re)constructed houses with a diameter of six metres and 4.5 meters high...

The Interpretation Centre of Castro de Henaio is located on a hill near Alegria-Dulantzi with a Bronze Age - Iron Age settlement between 1000 BC and 200 AD. It contains two life-size (re)constructed houses with a diameter of six metres and 4.5 meters high.

Thracian and Ancient Town Kabyle (BG)

Member of EXARC
No

Archaeological open-air museum “Thracian and Ancient town Kabyle” present one of the most important towns from the Hellenistic and Roman period in Thrace. The first settlement appeared in 2nd mil. BC and gradually become one of the significant towns in Thrace world...

Archaeological open-air museum “Thracian and Ancient town Kabyle” present one of the most important towns from the Hellenistic and Roman period in Thrace. The first settlement appeared in 2nd mil. BC and gradually become one of the significant towns in Thrace world...

Getting Hammered: The Use of Experimental Archaeology to Interpret Wear on Late Bronze Age Hammers and Modern replicas

Author(s)
E. Giovanna Fregni 1
Publication Date
Metalsmithing tools such as hammers are rarely recognised for their significance in understanding prehistoric metalworking technology. Their development and specialisation signal new metalworking techniques and a wider array of the types of metal objects being made. Our knowledge of ancient metalworking is...

The Archaeological Open-Air Site of the Museum of Prehistory MAMUZ and Its Cultural Touristic Development

Author(s)
Matthias W. Pacher 1
Publication Date
MAMUZ is the new name that combines the Lower Austrian museum of prehistory Niederösterreich Asparn/Zaya and the museum centre Museumszentrum Mistelbach to create a centre of experiences and knowledge covering 40,000 years of the history of the human race. Using the example of its archaeological open-air site, the museum of prehistory MAMUZ aims to...

Conference Review: European Textile Forum 2015

Author(s)
Heather Hopkins 1
Publication Date
The European Textile Forum (Textilforum) was held between the 2nd and 9th November 2015, at the Laboratory for Experimental Archaeology (LEA) in Mayen, Germany. LEA kindly hosted the European Textile Forum as part of their inaugural event in 2012 and since then the Director Michael Herdick has invited the conference to return annually...

Book Review: Egyptology in the Present: Experiential and Experimental Methods in Archaeology by C. Graves-Brown (Ed)

Author(s)
Stephanie J. Harris 1
Publication Date
The eye-catching and colourful cover illustration of the Egyptian creator-God Ptah, fully-equipped with modern toolkit, promises an informative journey into experiential and experimental archaeology in Egyptology...