Early Middle Ages

Scientific Profit through Daily Routine

Author(s)
Martin Rogier 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/3
10th EAC Leiden 2017
***The open-air museum Campus Galli is a construction site where we built an early medieval monastery, following the so-called “Plan of St. Gall”, an architectural drawing from the first half of the 9th century (Carolingian period) as our major reference source (cf. Schedl, 2014; Facsimile: Tremp, 2014)...

Traction Trebuchet

Author(s)
Siri Hjelsvold 1 ✉,
Simon McCallum 2
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/3
The trebuchet, in all its forms, was very much in vogue in the reenactment and research community in the 1980s and 1990s. Several museums around the world have also built their own, with Middelaldercenteret in Nykøbing Falster in Denmark as one of the first modern examples of counterweight trebuchet (Hansen, 1989). Despite the multitude of builds, very little has been published about...

Large Theme Day Music

Date
Organised by
Lorsch Abbey (DE)
Country
Germany

For just one day everything in Lauresham will revolve around the Theme of "Music". Watch craftspeople making early medieval instruments. Learn about the lyre, how it may have been played and what has been found of it archaeologically. Listen to the dulcet tones of Gregorian chant and learn of the Old High German Epic that is the Hildebrandslied.

Skansen Archeologiczny Karpacka Troja (PL)

Member of EXARC
No

The Carpathian Troy Archaeological Open-Air Museum in Trzcinica, a branch of Podkarpackie Museum in Krosno, has been created to protect and promote one of the most important archaeological sites in Poland – the hillfort in Trzcinica. The museum is located in the area of West Carpathian Mountains, just near one of the most easily accessible passes in the whole Carpathian massif. 

The archaeological open-air museum the Carpathian Troy, a branch of Podkarpackie Museum in Krosno, has been created to protect and promote one of the most important archaeological sites in Poland – the hillfort in Trzcinica. The museum is located in the area of West Carpathian Mountains, just near one of the most easily accessible passes in the whole Carpathian massif...

Conference Session: Archaeological Landscapes in the Museum

Date
Organised by
Steinzeitpark Dithmarschen (DE)
Organised by
Nordwestdeutscher Verband fuer Altertumsforschung e.V. (DE)
Archäologisches Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein (ALSH), Schleswig (DE)
Country
Germany

The 83rd conference of the Northwest German Association for Archaeological Research will take place in Heide, Holstein (DE). One of their sessions is particularly interesting: the meeting of the workgroup „archaeological museums” of the German Museum Association. This conference will be in German. 

Kernave Archaeological Site – the Place for Experimental and Living Archaeology

Author(s)
Andrius Janionis 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/3
2018 EXARC in Kernave
***Kernavė is one of the most picturesque places in Lithuania. Five hill-forts surround the wide valley of Pajauta. This place has always been visited by people not only for its sights but also for its aura of the distant past. Ever since people in Lithuania became more interested in history, Kernavė has been a symbol of...

IVth Medieval fest "Remember the Glory"

Date
Organised by
Late Antique and Medieval Fortress Tuida (BG)
Organised by
Sliven Municipality (BG)
Country
Bulgaria

For fourth consecutive year, the centuries old Tuida fortress will be scene of clashes between armies, impressive demonstrations of warrior techniques from the back of the horse, tournaments, crafts, music and dances. The medieval festival “Remember the Glory” is conducted because of the town Sliven fair.

Arne Focke

Member of EXARC since
Country
Germany
Crafts & Skills
Fire
Iron
Leatherwork & tanning
Living History
Metal

I started working in the experimental field while still studying at the university. Mostly I do reconstructions of iron objects and medieval shoes. These days I run the forge of the archaeological open-air museum "Bajuwarenhof Kirchheim", where I also present other crafts to the public.

From Fibre to Decorated Textiles in the Early North Atlantic

Date
-
Organised by
Simon Fraser University (CA)
Country
Canada

IONA: Seafaring is a three-day international conference on the islands of the North Atlantic that brings together scholars of early medieval Ireland, Britain, and Scandinavia to imagine cooperative, interdisciplinary futures for the study of North Atlantic archipelagos during the early medieval period. The conference will be held at Simon Fraser University at th