Neolithic

Forging is from all ages. Even before the use of metal, there used to be a flint smith. Flint was used to make sharp objects, such as knifes, axes, and drawbars. Later, these type of objects were made of bronze and iron and steel.

The Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology is proud to announce that the 3rd Experimental Archaeology Student Symposium, will be hosted by the University of Liverpool in June 2022 in partnership with EXARC.

Join us round the Earthouse hearth for a myriad of merry activities to celebrate the Winter Solstice, as we welcome the return of the sun!

For thousands of years the peoples of Earth have gathered in the darkest days of winter, to celebrate the Winter Solstice and welcome the return of the light, as the sun starts to grow stronger and rise higher in the sky.

"Woods at Christmas" proposes also this year 32 wonderful nature walks for the whole family.

On Monday, March 7, 2022, SAXO Archeology will hold a one-day webinar similar to the well-attended seminar "New research in old iron" last year. The aim of the seminar is to examine new trends in Danish and Scandinavian experimental archeology - through concrete examples but also through untested theories and methods.

In search of the earliest agricultural animals in the Netherlands

With the state archaeologist through the permanent exhibition

Together with the experimental archaeologist Jürgen Junkmanns, we want to try to recreate neolithic hunting arrows true to the original based on the model of the arrows from the quiver of the man from the ice from Similaun, Ötzi.