Mesolithic

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)

Member of EXARC
No

Grupo de Estudos do Simbólico e Técnico da Olaria (Pottery Symbolic and Technical Study Group, (GESTO) is an active group in the area of Minas Gerais, Brazil, which focuses on practicing South American pottery techniques through experimental archaeology.

Their main focus is to spread archaeological knowledge, in particular the reproduction of all stages of traditional Amerindian pottery techniques, from the collection of raw materials to the reproduction of objects and the baking with wood fires. The group was born out of the great interest that students of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais had for experimental techniques of pottery reproduction. Now led by Prof.

University of Alberta (CA)

Member of EXARC
No

The University of Alberta is one of the top 5 institutions in Canada and is known nationally and internationally for their innovative research. They aim to foster creativity through a mixture of theoretical and practical courses. Through the Undergraduate Research Initiative, students of all levels of education can access funding for research and creative activities.

Department of Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology specializes in archaeology, biological anthropology, and socio-cultural anthropology. Courses are offered in Prehistory, Indigenous and Prairie Archaeology, as well as human skeletal and dental biology, disease processes in antiquity, and forensic anthropology. They have a number of different reference collections and laboratory spaces, including the Bryan/Gruhn Ethnographic Collection and a Photographic Studio.

Stone Age Residency with Lucy O’Hagan

Stone Age Residency with Lucy O’Hagan
Date
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Organised by
Irish National Heritage Park (INHP) (IE)
Country
Ireland

Nature lover and ancestral skills practitioner, Lucy O’Hagan (Wild Awake) will be doing a week-long residency here in the park at the beginning of August. She will be sharing her passion, skills and knowledge through courses and demonstrations. See below her schedule for the week:

Universidade de São Paulo (BR)

Member of EXARC
No

The University of São Paulo (USP) (founded in 1827) is the biggest university in Brazil and the most prestigious in Latin America. The Laboratory for Human Evolutionary Studies (LEEH), leaded by Mercedes Okumura (since 2018), is run by the Institute of Biosciences and the only one in Latin America dedicated to the study of Human Biocultural Evolution.

Our research focus on the biocultural evolution of past human groups, mostly through the analysis of human skeletons, faunal remains, pottery, and stone tools. Currently, experimental archaeology is part of our main research projects, including the replication of stone and bone tools produced by ancient hunter-gatherer groups in the Americas, and by Paleolithic groups from Southern Europe, Northern Africa, and the Middle East. The replication of such tools aims to further understand the lithic and bone technology of the past, as well as to produce reference collections.

International Bushcraft Event

International Bushcraft Event
Date
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Organised by
International Bushcraft Event
Country
the Netherlands

The International Bushcraft Event, will be held some time in 2022 in The Netherlands (Holland). This event will be quite unique in its kind since it will bring instructors from all over the world to the public at one and the same place. As the International Bushcraft Symposium focuses on professionals, the International Bushcraft Event will be focused on the general public.

Stone Age Action Day

Date
Organised by
Steinzeitpark Dithmarschen (DE)
Country
Germany

From July 20th to July 26th 2020 there will be another International Stone Age Gathering with about 55 archaeologists and archaeotechnicians from many regions of Europe in the stone age park Dithmarschen in Albersdorf. The meeting serves the international scientific and craft expert's exchange. It also is a venue to try out new activities with visitors.