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Early Middle Ages

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

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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

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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 â€‹

  • 30 € for employed registrants

  • 15 € for students and those working on scholarships

​Attendance awards

Sol Invictus

Date
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Organised by
Yambol Municipality (BG)
Regional Historical Museum Yambol (BG)
Cohors II Lucensium (BG)

Country

  • Bulgaria

The archaeological open-air museum “Thracian and Ancient town Kabyle” will be host of the International historical festival for the eigth year. This year the festival coincides with the day for Welcoming the Sun – the 21st of June.

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...

Trial By Fire Conference

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Organised by
UCL (UK)

Country

  • United Kingdom

Free to attend. Fire always leaves its mark and a wealth of information behind. This conference aims to explore these events by bringing together ideas from across archaeological and anthropological sub-disciplines. Registration now extended until 31 March 2019.

Where: UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, Kings Cross, London WC1H 0PY, UK

Opening of the Season

Date

Country

  • Germany

One-Day Summer Celebration of the Association Bajuwarenhof Kirchheim e.V., near Muenich, Germany. 
This includes demonstrations of all kinds of crafts. There will be plenty to eat and drink too. 

Session Experimental Archaeology in the Balkans: Summa Summarum

Date
Organised by
Serbian Archaeological Society (RS)
EXARC

Country

  • Serbia

Until recently, in the Balkans, experimental archaeology was not considered as something that could contribute to science. For decades, this useful and fruitful branch of archaeology represents a genuine scientific discipline in a number of western and central European countries, as well as in Russia.

Archaeological Spring in Biskupin

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Country

  • Poland

We will open the new tourist season with a bang! We invite you for a picnic to Biskupin. "Archaeological spring" is an event during which our park wakes up after the winter and teems with new spring life. Exhibitors and workshops will be waiting for visitors, including flintstone, prehistoric and early medieval weaving, pottery, and making decorati

Conference: Craftsmen and Metalworking in Medieval Cities: 35 Years later

Date
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Organised by
RMBLF.be

Country

  • France

The symposium Craftsmen and Metalworking in Medieval Cities: 35 Years Later addresses the metallurgies of iron, copper, tin, lead and precious metals, which produced a wide variety of objects necessary for urban life at the end of the Middle Ages.