Chalcolithic
Workshop Flintknapping with Markus Plesker
Country
- Germany
For thousands of years, people have been making flint tools. The well-known flint knapper Markus Plesker has acquired some of the techniques with which the people of the Stone Age have processed flint stones and will gladly pass them on to those who are interested.
Leather Tanning Workshop
Country
- the Netherlands
A unique opportunity to learn how to turn raw hide into a usable piece of leather using prehistoric/modern techniques, under the guidance of none other than the well-known Dr.
Bone Tool Making Workshop with Wulf Hein
Country
- Germany
A bone tool-making Workshop with expert Wulf Hein will take place in September 2018 at the "Zeiteninsel" in Niederweimar-Argenstein. The participants will get to know the stone age techniques and will work with authentic tools and materials. Afterwards they can make their own arrowhead, a fishing hook or even a stone age figurine.
Course suitable for age 12+.
Bread & Mash
Country
- Germany
Separating wheat from chaff, grinding grain and backing bread at on open fire or prehistoric oven – Try your hand at Stone Age-style cooking and earn your bread the old-fashioned way.
House Construction
Country
- Germany
Felling trees, positioning piles, braiding walls with branches – if you wanted to build a stilt house during the Stone or Bronze Age, you needed a lot of wood, good tools and the right knots – give it a try!
Flint 'n Jewellery
Country
- Germany
Fine arrowheads, sharp axes and pretty pearls – experimental archaeologists from Norway and Germany show you the fascinating techniques used in the Stone Age to make important tools - You can even give them a try yourself!
European Textile Forum
Country
- Germany
European Textile Forum 2019 - Shared Warps, Shared Wefts.
Culinary Weekend
Country
- the Netherlands
Pierre Wind is busy both days with insect snacks from prehistoric times, Roman dishes for young and old, to medieval roasts.
Event Week “Living More Beautiful in the Stone Age“
Country
- Germany
A week with presentations and hands-on activities on living archaeology in the Stone Age Village. In cooperation with the archaeological institute of the University of Hamburg.
Black Ash - a Forgotten Domestication Trait in Garden Orach (Atriplex hortensis L.)
Garden Orach (Atriplex hortensis L.) is a vegetable plant of minor importance but with a wide distribution throughout the Old World and beyond. Previous research revealed its diverse medicinal and magical importance in prehistory. Here, Orach’s special ability to retain sodium even in non-saline ground is introduced. The outstandingly high concentrations of sodium in dry plant matter and plant ash suggest its use as a salt substitute, manifested in an early domestication trait. Special attention is paid to the variability of this trait in cultivars from different geographic regions and within the genus Atriplex. ..