The Mining Museum of the Basque Country is pleased to announce a new edition of an experimental archaeology demonstration of the archaeometallurgy of ancient and medieval iron, that was so important in these historical ages in Biscay (Spain).
Metal revolutionized people's everyday lives in a breathtaking way in prehistoric times. In addition to weapons and tools, people also made jewelry from them from the beginning.
Lecture by PD Dr. Stefan Hagel (
The historic buildings at St Fagans National Museum of History showcase 2,000 years of home building in Wales. From simple handmade homes of sticks and earth to a precision engineered aluminium prefab from The Second World War. Can this collection help us design new homes that are sustainable, long-lasting and resilient?
Archaeologist specialising in Iron Age rock art. She is currently working on her PhD on Iron Age mobile rock art and archaeological heritage communication at Iconictheory and the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Past, present and future of wool come together during Wool Time
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.
Topics of the seminar:
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.
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.
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.
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