Iron Age

Conference Review: The Historical Metallurgy Society’s Second Accidental and Experimental Conference, June 2022

Author(s)
E. Giovanna Fregni 1
Publication Date

The Second Accidental and Experimental Conference was held on 10-12 June 2022 after multiple delays due to the pandemic. This year it was held at the Ancient Technology Centre in Cranbourne, East Dorset, England. The event was organised by Vanessa Castagnino on behalf of the Historical Metallurgy Society (https://historicalmetallurgy.org/).

Experimental Archaeology of Iron Age Firing Structures from the Western Mediterranean

Author(s)
Maria-Carme Belarte 1,2 ✉,
María Pastor Quiles 2,3,
Marta Portillo 4,5,
Carme Saorin 6,7,
Marta Mateu Sagués 2,
Alessandra Pecci 8,9,
Sílvia Vila 10,11,
Josep Pou 12,
Georgina Castells 12,
Jordi Morer 13,
Joaquín Fernández 14,
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The TRANSCOMB project

This research project, which started in 2020 and is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, is led by the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC) and counts on the participation of about 20 researchers from different institutions. The project aims to analyse Iron Age combustion structures in the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula, the South of France, and the Balearic Islands (See Figure 1). The main aim is to obtain data about the functioning and efficiency of these structures during a range of domestic activities.

Exar 2022 Conference

Date
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Organised by
European Association for the Promotion of Experimental Archeology eV
Country
Germany

In 2022, the conference of the European Association for the Promotion of Experimental Archeology eV, EXAR, will take place from September 29th to October 2nd at the Brandenburg State Archaeological Museum in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany.

The topic of the conference is: "Experimental Archeology in Science and Education 2022".

Celtic Pottery Family Day

Date
Country
United Kingdom

You’re all invited to join us at Bryn Eryr, our Iron Age farmstead at St Fagans, for a day of family friendly activities.

We’ll be demonstrating how people in the Iron Age made their pots, firing them in pit at Bryn Eryr and unveiling our work at the end of the day. And you can make your own pot using methods from the Bronze and Iron Age to take home with you! 

Hunting Fever

Date
Country
Germany

The seminar brings to life a wide variety of hunting methods from prehistory. The participants deal with various hunting devices, e.g. B. the spear and slingshot, the bola-bola and the longbow. All hunting weapons can be tried out on the grounds of the Archaeological Open-Air Museum. The range and target accuracy of the individual devices can be compared with one another.