Chalcolithic

Using the Whole Animal Course

Date
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Country
Germany

Have you ever wondered what happens to the parts of an animal which don’t make it onto your shop shelves? This course is a chance to learn some options for using those parts! The course aims to introduce you to what parts are useful for what products and how to preserve those parts until they can be used. Multiple levels of technologies from stone to steel will be covered!

Bark and Bast Workshop - Gweithdy Rhisgl a Phlisg

Date
Country
United Kingdom

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.

Book Review: Experimental Archaeology: from Research to Society, by Isabel Cáceres et al.

Author(s)
Patrícia Machado 1
Publication Date
“Experimental Archaeology: from research to society” is a transcript of the proceedings of the Vth International Congress of Experimental Archaeology in Tarragona, Spain, on the 25-27th October 2017. The conference, organized by Experimenta (Asociación Española de Arqueología Experimental), the Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES)...

Arkaim Flame

Date
Organised by
Organised by
"Arkaim" Reserve (RU)
experimental archaeology association "Archaeos" (RU)
South Ural State University, Laboratory of Experimental Archaeology (RU)
Country
Russia

The third historical reenactment festival "Arkaim Flame" is dedicated to the ancient history of the Southern Urals.The guests of the festival are shown the details of the life, crafts and military affairs of ancient times.

ICA 2: Contributions of Experimental Archaeology to Excavation and Material Studies

Date
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Organised by
Museum of Art and History, Brussels – section of Egyptian Antiquities (BE)
Laboratoire Archéomatériaux et Prévision de l'Altération (FR)
Sorbonne Université Lettres - CNRS Orient & Méditerranée (FR)
Université MSH Paris-Saclay (FR)
KU Leuven - Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (BE)
Institut für Ägyptologie und Koptologie Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (DE)
Mines d’argent des Rois Francs de Melle (FR)
EXARC
Country
France

The first conference (ICA I) resulted in the foundations for a methodology, allowing experimental archeology to be a scientific research tool in its own right. Following these reflections, we hope that the participants, in their presentations and experiments, will also define and highlight the methodology they practice.

NESAT XIV FINLAND

Date
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Organised by
University of Oulu (FI)
Aalto University (FI)
University of Helsinki (FI)
Country
Finland

Due to the uncertain circumstances and evolving travel and gathering restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the conference will be held only online.

​Conference fee ​

  • 30 € for employed registrants

  • 15 € for students and those working on scholarships

​Attendance awards

Nice to meet you, Indiana Jones!

Date
Country
Italy

Have you ever dreamed to enter the lab of a true archaeologist? Today throughout Europe we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Journèes nationales de l'archéologie, and the friends of Bostel di Rotzo OAM (VI) will visit us for a day dedicated to the study of the past and its dissemination with innovative methods.

Book Review: Crafting in the World, Materiality in the Making by Burke and Spencer-Wood

Author(s)
Linda Anderson 1
Publication Date
Archaeologists dream of books with comprehensive coverage that address specific gaps in knowledge and at the same time address theoretical issues and newer concerns about the nature of craft in a direct method. Editors Burke and Spencer-Wood fulfil this by discussing the world of craft...