Mesolithic

Sandra Davison

Member of EXARC since
Country
United Kingdom
Crafts & Skills

Part-time post graduate student (MA in Contemporary Art & Archaeology at the University of the Highlands and Islands) and member of community archaeology group Mesolithic Deeside. I am a member of the Lithic Studies Society and the European Association of Archaeologists.

Ancient Arts and Crafts Market

Date
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Country
Germany

On Saturday, August 31st, 2024 and on Sunday, September 1st, 2024, a special kind of crafts market will take place in the Dithmarschen Stone Age Park in Albersdorf from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: On these two days, ancient crafts and arts will be presented in the area the “Zeitenwiese” near the Mesolithic hut settlement.

Knowing the Drill: Investigating Mesolithic Perforation Technologies Through Experiment, Traceology, and Photogrammetry

Author(s)
Andrew Fitches 1 ✉,
 Ben Elliott 2
Publication Date
Perforations observed in artefacts, such as heavy tools, made from red deer antler indicate that Mesolithic people possessed various means for making holes in osseous materials. Nevertheless, prehistoric perforation technologies are relatively poorly understood. This study argues that a lack of systematic experimental-traceological work, compounded by...

Ilse Donker

Member of EXARC since
Country
the Netherlands

I work as a skill-sharing instructor, artist, forage guide, forest-school leader and at the dolmen museum as a Stone Age living history ‘person’ with my daughter of 7 years old.

I've been doing this for several years now and I would love to expand my knowledge/network etc.

Symposium: Experimental Archaeology Study on the Research of Magnetic Instrument Technology

Date
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Organised by
Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan
Country
Japan

An experimental archaeological approach to the restoration of stoneware techniques such as stonemaking and use is important, but in recent years, a more diverse and extensive experimental programme has been incorporated into research. At the same time, it means that the methodological positioning of experimental archaeology in stone study is also diversifying.