Late Middle Ages

Engaging Diverse Audiences at the Archaeological Open-Air Museum Düppel in Berlin – Practical Examples and New Strategies

Author(s)
Julia Heeb 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2019/3
2018 EXARC in Kernave
***In 1939, a boy called Horst Trzeciak was playing on a piece of land on the outskirts of Berlin. While playing, he found a number of pottery sherds. In an exemplary fashion he brought the sherds to the “Märkisches Provinzialmuseum”, which was, at that time, the city museum of Berlin...

Experimental Analysis of Metal Points from Quattro Macine: Reproduction and Interpretation

Author(s)
Ruben Cataldo 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2019/3
This paper relates to a study of experimental archaeology, executed by Ruben Cataldo, about the forging methods used to produce some replicas of two metal points found during the archaeological excavations carried out between 1992 and 1996 by the University of Salento in the medieval village Quattro Macine (translated Four Millstones), located in the municipality of Giuggianello, a small town in...

Knights - Season Opening Event

Knights - Eindhoven
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Organised by
Prehistorisch Dorp (NL)
Country
the Netherlands

In the last weekend of March the Pre-Historic Village opens again. We do that festively, because the Hospitaller Knights have been in existence for 10 years and that must be celebrated! Together with friendly knight troops, they show the camp life of knights in the 13th century. How were they made a knight? How is a mailer made? The knights also offer real children's training.

Spinning weekend

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Organised by
Prehistorisch Dorp (NL)
Country
the Netherlands

Attention to wool and spinning lovers! We are organizing a spinners' weekend on 3 and 4 August. You are welcome these two days to discover everything about the history of spinning wool and flax, but especially to participate. Take your own spinning reel or wheel and join our spinning group to spin the best threads in a beautiful historic environment. We provide wool!

Boso-no-Mura (JP)

Member of EXARC
No

Boso-no-Mura (房総のむら, Bōsō no mura, "Boso Village") is a place that tells of the history and culture of Japan, and of its disappearing heritage. Set in a splendid natural environment, you can enjoy a hands-on experience learning about the changes that have occurred in clothes, food, housing and crafts over the ages from prehistoric times, as well as the traditional lifestyles of the people of the Boso region. Walking around the splendid natural environment of the museum, you can have hands-on experience learning about the changes that have occurred in the clothes, food, housing and crafts of our ancestors from prehistoric and ancient times up to the present.

The Boso-no-Mura complex features the “Fudoki-no-Oka Area” where you can learn about history and nature, and the “Furusato-no-Waza Arts and Crafts Area” which features reproductions of the houses of farmers and merchants.

Conference: In the Middle - Recreating the Middle Ages in Popular Culture

Date
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Organised by
IEM (PT)
Country
Portugal

Highlighting the continuous dialogue between the Middle Ages and the post-medieval world, In the Middle is an international interdisciplinary conference that seeks to explore the ways, methods and motivations in which the medieval period has been imagined, evoked, re-lived, and refashioned in contemporary popular culture.

Dr Cozette Griffin-Kremer

Member of EXARC since
Country
France
Crafts & Skills
Other

Associate Researcher at the Centre de Recherche Celtique et Bretonne with a doctorate in Celtic Studies (Université de Bretagne Occidental) and an advanced degree in the history of techniques (EHESS, Parsi), I try to combine archival sources, including literature, with hands-on inquiries into tec

Falcon show

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Organised by
Middelaldercentret (DK)
Country
Denmark

In the Middle Ages it was popular to hunt with falcons if you were a rich nobleman or woman. It was a favorite leisure activity and is seen pictured in many simultaneous illustrations.