Iron Age

Spyros Bakas MA

Member of EXARC since
Country
Greece
Crafts & Skills

Spyros Bakas is among the first to introduce and promote Living History in Greece in 2002. Since then, he has participated, organised and directed numerous Experimental Archaeology as well as Living History projects in Greece and worldwide.

Cooking in Baskets Using Hot Rocks

Author(s)
Jonathan Thornton 1
Publication Date
Baskets are among the most ancient of human artefacts. Everyone is familiar with their most common functions as containers for transport and storage. When told that baskets have also served as cooking vessels, most people will be unable to conceive of how this is possible, yet this was a primary function of baskets for many cultures of the past, and some until the present...

Historical Park (BG)

Member of EXARC
Yes

In today's Bulgaria there are over 40 000 cultural and historical monuments, amongst which are significant prehistoric findings, Thracian tombs, objects from the Ancient Greek Age, Roman fortresses, monuments from the First and the Second Bulgarian Kingdom as well as other architectural landmarks from the period of the Renaissance.

In today's Bulgaria there are over 40 000 cultural and historical monuments, amongst which are significant prehistoric findings, Thracian tombs, objects from the Ancient Greek Age, Roman fortresses, monuments from the First and the Second Bulgarian Kingdom as well as other architectural landmarks from the period of the Renaissance.

Whithorn (UK)

Member of EXARC
No

Whithorn is famous as the site of the earliest Christian settlement in Scotland, with evidence of Christian practice dating to the early 5th Century. However, research is increasingly turning to the context for the arrival of Christianity and the sophisticated Iron Age culture which preceded it.

Recent excavation has revealed an important settlement of roundhouses dating to approximately the mid 5th Century BC at nearby Black Loch of Myrton; the boggy site has preserved the timbers and gives some of the best evidence for Iron Age construction anywhere in Scotland.

Conference Review: The Metalworker and his Tools: QUB Belfast Conference

Author(s)
E. Giovanna Fregni 1
Publication Date
A recent conference, funded partially by UISPP, was held in Queens University Belfast. While its main focus was on Bronze Age metalsmithing tools and assemblages, the MeTools conference (23-25 June at Queen’s University, Belfast) had several presentations that focussed on experimental archaeology as a means of exploring metalworking craft...

Nazareth Village (IL)

Member of EXARC
No

Nazareth Village is an archaeological open-air museum that shows farm life in the Galilee like it could have been in the first century AD. The reconstruction chronology is as follows.

Phase I: Archaeology:
Beginning in 1997, Nazareth Village commissioned several archaeological excavations of agricultural installations – a wine press, watchtowers, terraces, and quarries – discovered on a hillside less than 500 meters from the original site of Nazareth. These installations were established as dating from the Early Roman Period, making the site itself an historical treasure, preserving invaluable links with the farming and building traditions of First Century Nazareth.

UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (IE)

Member of EXARC
Yes

The Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (CEAMC) at University College Dublin, Ireland, established since 2012, is one of the only specifically designed and dedicated, on-campus university facilities in the world for experimental archaeology and material culture studies. It supports research projects, innovative teaching, and public outreach activities, so as to enable the creation of a better understanding of the nature and role of crafts, technologies and materiality in people’s lives in the past.

The Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (CEAMC) at University College Dublin, Ireland, established since 2012, is one of the only specifically designed and dedicated, on-campus university facilities in the world for experimental archaeology and material culture studies.

El Castro de Henaio (ES)

Member of EXARC
No

The Interpretation Centre of Castro de Henaio is located on a hill near Alegria-Dulantzi with a Bronze Age - Iron Age settlement between 1000 BC and 200 AD. It contains two life-size (re)constructed houses with a diameter of six metres and 4.5 meters high...

The Interpretation Centre of Castro de Henaio is located on a hill near Alegria-Dulantzi with a Bronze Age - Iron Age settlement between 1000 BC and 200 AD. It contains two life-size (re)constructed houses with a diameter of six metres and 4.5 meters high.

Thracian and Ancient Town Kabyle (BG)

Member of EXARC
No

Archaeological open-air museum “Thracian and Ancient town Kabyle” present one of the most important towns from the Hellenistic and Roman period in Thrace. The first settlement appeared in 2nd mil. BC and gradually become one of the significant towns in Thrace world...

Archaeological open-air museum “Thracian and Ancient town Kabyle” present one of the most important towns from the Hellenistic and Roman period in Thrace. The first settlement appeared in 2nd mil. BC and gradually become one of the significant towns in Thrace world...