Early Middle Ages

Imagine a huge Thracian square. There is a colorful dance on it and everyone is dressed in costumes. You are in the dance - you dance crazy in an uneven rhythm, fascinated by the mastery of the musicians ...

The scientific conference Methodology and Archaeometry is being organised by the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb since 2013. The goal of the conference is to entice interdisciplinary, critical thinking, new insights and approaches as well as new theoretical frameworks in contemporary archaeological science.

Thinking about Archaeology as a development motor of a region through tourism is a challenge that the scientific community is currently facing.

The exact date of its invention is uncertain. However, it is believed that it was one of the earliest tools used by mankind: the spoon. Different cultures used different materials and manufacturing techniques. But hardly anyone today is aware of how important this sma

The game is as old as mankind - for example, our well-known "mill" was already played in the Bronze Age. Over the millennia, an almost unmanageable abundance of games emerged with the help of stones, bones, branches, dice, marbles, figures made of a wide variety of materials an

At regular intervals, the Galli campus offers the opportunity to gain an insight into the old tradition of the dyer's trade and to learn a lot of interesting facts about the use of medieval dyeing methods.

In the early Middle Ages and long before and after, baking bread was part of self-sufficiency - from coarse barley bread to sourdough bread in various degrees to brown bread.

During this time, an interesting offer of shows awaits you. You will get to know people's lives from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages. You will also see folk craftsmen. The Archaeological Reserve is a vast area that allows you to spend time in charming corners of reconstructed settlements, surrounded by nature, in the immediate vicinity of a lake and a rich tree stand.

We’re delighted to be joined by a new re-enactment group - Swords of Penda - Children of Loki – who will be bringing our Anglo Saxon buildings to life. 

From animal remains to archaeological pieces (Structure and composition of archaeological skin, main transformation processes, nature of archaeological leather, principle of study of a collection)

by Véronique MONTEMBAULT IN / EX Situ - Doctor of Archeology - Associate researcher at UMR 7041 (Arcan)