I became interested in preindustrial technology through archery, boomerangs, throwing sticks, and spear throwers in the 1980s.
I am the Prehistoric Archaeologist for the Tennessee Division of Archaeology in Nashville, Tennessee.
Get to know one of the oldest human crafts. Bow making is a very special kind of woodworking. Working on the annual growth ring brings the wood to new life and will change the way you look at wood as a material. Under expert guidance, the participants make their own bows from ash or hickory (including string and arrows).
The technique of basket weaving has been proven by archaeological finds since the Stone Age. In this course, Michael Thierschmann will work with the participants to create a collecting basket based on an archaeological model in order to trace the techniques with which the peopl
Become a Stone Age artist and let yourself be carried away into the world of colour. Under the guidance of the Düsseldorf artist Birte Schuler, you will explore the question of how paints have been produced since the Stone Age, experiment with earth pigments and make your own brushes from materials that were already available to people in the Stone Age.
Management: Birte Schuler
Archeology is a science
Prehistoric flint tools
A Meeting in the Living Laboratory of the Experimental Archeology Forum
The program:
- Making acquaintance with the participants
- Demonstrations and experimenting in flint knapping
- Gathering researchers and craftsmen - forming a thinking group for research interests in flint tools
I started dealing with archaeology in the 90s, during my university studies at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and the Institute of Archaeology of the State University, both in Milan, Italy.
New York University (NYU) is a private research university based in New York City. Founded in 1831 by Albert Gallatin as an institution to "admit based upon merit rather than birthright or social class", NYU's historical campus is in Greenwich Village.
NYU is the largest independent research university in the United States. It also has degree-granting campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, and academic centers in Accra, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Florence, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Sydney, Tel Aviv and Washington, DC. NYU is organized into 25 schools, including 10 undergraduate school and numerous graduate schools.
We are happy to invite you to the first meeting, not in Zoom, but in-person at the complex that will very soon become the living laboratory of the Israeli Forum for Experimental Archeology!!!
Tuesday, 13.07.2021, 6 pm, JNF compound at Givat Yeshayahu
Stichting Erfgoedpark Batavialand
att. EXARC
Postbus 119
8200 AC Lelystad
the Netherlands
Phone: +(31) 6 40263273
Website: EXARC.net
Email: info@exarc.net
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