Early Middle Ages

Living History and Experimental Archaeology Conference

Date
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Organised by
Kamianets-Podilskyi State Historical Museum-Reserve
Chorna Galych
EXARC
Country
Ukraine

The Kamianets-Podilskyi Museum under the auspices of the EXARC association with the cooperation of the NGO "Chorna Halych" is holding the first international scientific and practical conference "Living history and experimental archaeology".

EXARC Sessions at EAA 2023

Date
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Organised by
European Association of Archaeologists
Country
Ireland

At the annual conference of the EAA there will be several sessions related to experimental archaeology which EXARC happily supports. They fall in theme 4, "People of the Present - Peopling the Past".

Please note: the conference is hybrid, but only EAA members will be able to see presentations or participate.

-> Experiments with Organic Materials 

Anglo-Saxon Beads: Redefining The “Traffic Lights”

Author(s)
Sue Heaser 1
Publication Date
Many thousands of glass beads have been excavated from Early British cemeteries of the fifth and sixth centuries AD. Amongst these beads is a type that was particularly common: decorated polychrome beads in red, yellow, and green glass in a variety of styles and combinations. Birte Brugmann, in her 2004 analysis of Saxon-period glass beads (Brugmann, 2004), named these beads “Traffic Light” (TL) beads...