Iron Age

Conference: Archaeological Open-Air Museums: Reconstruction and Reenactment – Reality or Fiction?

Date
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Organised by
Skansen Archeologiczny Karpacka Troja (PL)
Country
Poland

The Subcarpathian Museum of Krosno and its branch, the Carpathian Troy Archaeological Open-Air Museum at Trzcinica, Poland, are organising an International Conference entitled “Open-Air Archaeological Museums: Reconstruction and Reenactment – Reality or Fiction?” which will be held on 18 and 19 October this year.

Bronze Casting Festival 2018

Bronze Casting Festival 2018
Date
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Organised by
Bronzezeithof Uelsen (DE)
Country
Germany

As part of a week long (semi-) professional seminar on bronze casting multiple bronze casters from various countries will give demonstrations to visitors on Sunday the 20th and Monday the 21st of May. Opening hours on both these days from 13:00h until 17:00h.

We currently expect about 12-14 people to be active on Sunday, a few less on Monday.

Beyond School - Workshops in Experimental Archaeology at the Museum (Romania)

Author(s)
Vasile Diaconu 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/2
Experimental archaeology, as an educational means, has become a particularly useful practice in museum institutions in Romania, although there is no tradition in this field. Here, we present activities of the History and Ethnography Museum in Târgu Neamţ, where several experimental archaeology workshops were organised for pupils aged between 9 and 12 years. Participants were introduced to the prehistoric technologies...

An Experimental Diachronic Exploration of Patination Methodology of Dark Patinated (Arsenical) Copper Alloys on Case Studies from the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age and Early Iron Age

Author(s)
Marianne Talma 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/1

Artificially dark patinated copper alloys appear in various times and regions and are commonly applied in prestigious polychrome metallic objects. Currently, the earliest finds known are from ca. 2000 BC in Egypt (See Fig. 1) and Palestine (See Fig. 2), followed by ca. 1500 BC in Greece and Cyprus (See Fig. 3 and 4) and again during the Roman period from ca. the late 4th century BC (See Fig. 5 and 6). 

Celts are Coming!

Celts are Coming!
Date
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Organised by
The Scottish Crannog Centre (UK)
Organised by
The Scottish Crannog Centre
Country
United Kingdom

Our biggest event of the year! Over the span of four days meet the craftspeople, artists, storytellers, and musicians who keep alive the traditions of people over 2,000 years ago. From traditional pigments to blacksmithing, leatherworking, silver casting, stone carving, to woodworking, our Iron Village will be bustling with life and knowledge.

Some Remarks on Technological Process of Tartessian Pottery

Author(s)
Michał Krueger 1 ✉,
Marta Krueger 2,
Karol Jakubowski 2
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/1
This paper makes an attempt to examine the Tartessian ceramics not from a traditional typological posture seeking the chronological sequences, but from an uncommon approach, where experiment plays an important role. The goal is to shed light on these still relatively weakly recognised aspects of the study of the pottery from the South-western part of Iberian Peninsula...

Poblado Cántabro de Argüeso (ES)

Member of EXARC
Yes

From 1995 onward, the association Cantabria Ancestral worked with enthusiasm and many friends to create a site themed with the Iberian Iron Age at the Iberian peninsula. The original site was excavated by the Italian archaeologist Vitrubio.

From 1995 onward, the association Cantabria Ancestral worked with enthusiasm and many friends to create a site themed with the Iberian Iron Age at the Iberian peninsula. The original site was excavated by the Italian archaeologist Vitrubio...

Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa, Bilanz 2015

Author(s)
Michaela Seidel-Gibbons 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/1
Annual Proceedings of the EXAR Tagung
***Volume number 14 of the periodical “Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa: Bilanz 2015” represents the proceedings of the 11th meeting of EXAR held in cooperation with the Labor für Experimentelle Archäologie (LEA), a branch of the Römisch-Germanischen-Zentralmuseums in Mainz (RGZM)...