Iron Age

Ancient Shipping and Shipbuilding

Date
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Organised by
NGO "Chorna Galych" (UA)
Organised by
Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
NGO "Historical Reconstruction Club "Ostvytsia", Rivne
State historical and cultural reserve of the city of Ostrog
Association of Veterans of the Military and Naval Forces of Ukraine
EXARC
With the assistance of the Kyiv Military Historical Society, Central Military Historical Museum. and Rivne city administration.
Country
Ukraine

We invite you to the International scientific and practical seminar entitled "Ancient shipping and shipbuilding: issues of research, reconstruction and the possibility of use for the development of tourism".
Location: Historical Reconstruction Park "Ostvytsia", Ukraine Rivne, Marusi Churai Street, 33017.

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Session on Experimental Archaeology at SAA Meeting

Session on Experimental Archaeology at SAA Meeting
Date
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Organised by
Prof. Jason Kennedy
Organised by
Society for American Archaeology
Country
USA

Experimental archaeology has become a burgeoning field within that has answered significant questions about human experience driven by the same curiosity, ingenuity, and creativity that allowed our ancestors to thrive. It has also captured the public imagination and provides thousands with a tangible link to a multitude of imagined pasts.

Drawing Wire

Author(s)
Henriette Lyngstrøm 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/3

Chain mail

It is well known that in the Iron Age wire was made from gold, silver, and copper – but it is a relatively new realization in Northern Europe that wire was also extracted from bog iron ore. Metallurgical insight into how rings in chain mail are made, opened up the possibility of experimental archaeological experiments to learn how the process of making wire, as well as bending and welding it, was carried out in the Iron Age.

Experimenting with the Ancient Greek Pottery Production Process from Clay Selection to Firing in a (Re)constructed Updraft Kiln

Author(s)
Francesca Tomei 1 ✉,
Juan Ignacio Jimenez Rivero 2
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/3

Introduction

This experimental project aimed to reproduce the Hellenistic (fourth-third century BC) Greek pottery production process. The project was conducted by the authors, Francesca Tomei, PhD graduate in Archaeology at the University of Liverpool, and Juan Ignacio Jimenez Rivero, a ceramist specializing in replicating ancient pottery technology, who frequently collaborates with the Department of Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology and Egyptology, University of Manchester, on ceramic experimental archaeology projects and activities.

Lughnasadh - Ancient Celtic Harvest Celebration

Lughnasadh - Ancient Celtic Harvest Celebration
Date
Organised by
Butser Ancient Farm (UK)
Country
United Kingdom

Join us to celebrate the ancient Celtic Festival of Lammas, Lughnasa or Lughnasadh, a celebration of the summer and the gathering of the first harvest. Lammas is a Saxon word meaning ‘Loaf-mass’, and Lughnasadh (pronounced Loo-nas-ah) is Irish Gaelic. At Lammas, fires were lit to honour the corn mother as she gives birth to her harvest child, the grain, who will sustain life over the winter.