The School of History, Classics and Archaeology is home to several archaeologists conducting experimental archaeology.
Dr Chloe Duckworth has experience with among others Roman and medieval glass. She teaches for example the module “you are what you make”. This module explores - and helps you to learn - the skills and techniques humans have used for millennia to control, manipulate, and construct the world around us.
At the Department: Archaeology and Museum Studies, Assoc. Ryzhov Sergey Nikolaevich teaches a module on experimental archaeology.
Experimental archaeology is a field of modern archaeology through which the reconstruction or modelling of particular techniques or technologies of the past is carried out on the basis of previous research into archaeological sources.
Experimental archaeology uses a hypothetical-deductive method of checking and evaluating archaeological information. In the process of checking the sources, practical historical reconstructions are carried out for each individual chronological and territorial complex of archaeological sites.
The XXVII Archaeological Festival will be devoted to Mother Nature in various guises. During the Festival, you will be able to find out how in the past people perceived and worshipped Mother Nature, as well as how they used her benefits. But that is not everything! Scientists from various fi
Join Mark Havey from the Butser Education team and discover how our ancient ancestors gathered materials and made use of them. This workshop is suitable for anyone interested in prehistory and history, ancient technology or bushcraft.
Discover how our human forebears made highly effective tools using stone and skill, with flint knapper and author Bob Turner. Learn to understand flint as a material, and how to knap and work it to create your own functional tools. The course provides a brief overview of the tools of Heidelbergensis, 500,000 years ago, throug
Come and join our gathering as we bring our settlement alive and share skills around the fires for five days in August. The camp will run from a Sunday evening meal to Friday lunch
This year the REARC meetings are scheduled for October 25th and 26th in historic Fredericksburg, Virginia. We are excited to announce that the Department of Historic Preservation at the University of Mary Washington will host Friday presentations.
Become an Archaeologist for a Day! You will be given a tour of our active archaeological dig at Fitzstephen's Fort. This is the first Norman fort in the country, founded in the winter of 1169 by Robert Fitzstephen. Learn how archaeologists assess, plan and execute a dig.
This course will be running on the following dates:
As we know, the people of the Late Stone Age were able to produce impressive paintings. Colourful depictions of bison, wild horse or Capricorn decorate parts of numerous European caves. Red hands tell us unmistakably: I was here!
Stichting Erfgoedpark Batavialand
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Phone: +(31) 6 40263273
Website: EXARC.net
Email: info@exarc.net
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