Mesolithic

Book Review: Skanseny Archeologiczne i Archeologia Eksperymentalna by Jan Gancarski

"Skanseny Archeologiczne i Archeologia Eksperymentalna" by Jan Gancarski
Author(s)
Justyna Neuvonen 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/2
The book Skanseny Archeologiczne i Archeologia Eksperymentalna published by the Podkarpackie Muzeum in 2012 brings up the subject of open-air museums, opportunities and disadvantages of the promotion of cultural tourism and experimental archaeology mainly in Poland but also in Slovakia. Articles presented in this book were prepared for two different conferences organised by this museum...

Obituary: Peter Kelterborn (4 July 1928 – 9 March 2017)

Excursion to Stevns Klint (DK) on 3rd August 1981 as part of the Flintknapper-Workshop in Lejre. From left to right: Errett Callahan (USA), Bo Madsen (DK), Peter Kelterborn (CH), Jacques Pelegrin (F), Ivan Andersen (DK). Photo: Jürgen Weiner.
Author(s)
Kurt Altorfer 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/2
On 9 March 2017, Peter Kelterborn, Swiss civil engineer and experimental archaeologist closed his eyes for good at the age of 89. He was known to many of his colleagues through his well-researched works on prehistorical flint and rock technology, but also from his methodological scientific experiments in archaeology. Many cherished him as a modest and thoughtful colleague, friend and counsellor...

Conference: Archaeological Open-Air Museums: Reconstruction and Reenactment – Reality or Fiction?

Date
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Organised by
Skansen Archeologiczny Karpacka Troja (PL)
Country
Poland

The Subcarpathian Museum of Krosno and its branch, the Carpathian Troy Archaeological Open-Air Museum at Trzcinica, Poland, are organising an International Conference entitled “Open-Air Archaeological Museums: Reconstruction and Reenactment – Reality or Fiction?” which will be held on 18 and 19 October this year.

Beyond School - Workshops in Experimental Archaeology at the Museum (Romania)

Author(s)
Vasile Diaconu 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/2
Experimental archaeology, as an educational means, has become a particularly useful practice in museum institutions in Romania, although there is no tradition in this field. Here, we present activities of the History and Ethnography Museum in Târgu Neamţ, where several experimental archaeology workshops were organised for pupils aged between 9 and 12 years. Participants were introduced to the prehistoric technologies...

Animal Teeth in a Late Mesolithic Woman’s Grave, Reconstructed as a Rattling Ornament on a Baby Pouch

Author(s)
Riitta Rainio 1 ✉,
Annemies Tamboer 2
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/1
10th EAC Leiden 2017
***In one of the Late Mesolithic graves at Skateholm, Sweden, dating from 5500–4800 BC, was buried a woman together with a newborn baby. Altogether 32 perforated wild boar (Sus scrofa) teeth, along with traces of red ochre pigment, were found in this grave. We interpreted these artefacts as a rattling ornament decorating a baby pouch...

Conference Review: Reconstructive & Experimental Archaeology Conference REARC 2017

Author(s)
Mahala Nyberg
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/1
REARC Conferences
***There was something for everyone at the 2017 Reconstructive and Experimental Archaeology Conference, as it represented many aspects of experimental archaeology. The conference took place between the 16th and 19th of November, 2017, at Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. Although it was a small conference...

Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa, Bilanz 2015

Author(s)
Michaela Seidel-Gibbons 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/1
Annual Proceedings of the EXAR Tagung
***Volume number 14 of the periodical “Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa: Bilanz 2015” represents the proceedings of the 11th meeting of EXAR held in cooperation with the Labor für Experimentelle Archäologie (LEA), a branch of the Römisch-Germanischen-Zentralmuseums in Mainz (RGZM)...

Conference Review: Fifth International Congress of Experimental Archaeology, Tarragona (Spain), October 2017

Author(s)
Francesca Romagnoli 1,
Javier Baena Preysler 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/1
Experimental archaeology is an important methodological resource for academic and historical scientific research, not separated from the rest of archaeological and historical sciences, and usually used to interpret the formation of the archaeological record and past human behaviour. Moreover, experimental archaeology has a great significance as part of archaeological diffusion, historical reconstructions, and education...