Neolithic

Using the Whole Animal Course

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Country

  • Germany

Have you ever wondered what happens to the parts of an animal which don’t make it onto your shop shelves? This course is a chance to learn some options for using those parts! The course aims to introduce you to what parts are useful for what products and how to preserve those parts until they can be used. Multiple levels of technologies from stone to steel will be covered!

A Preliminary Attempt to Reconstruct some Tools and Techniques of Ornamentation of the Comb-Pit Ware from the Site of Hepojarvi (Karelian Isthmus, Leningrad Oblast, Russia)

Author(s)
Alexander Akulov 1 ✉
Publication Date
The site of Hepojarvi is located on the northern coast of Hepojarvi lake, near Saint Petersburg, Russia. The site is a multi-layer settlement with different types of Neolithic pottery (from Sperrings to late Comb-Pit Ware); the settlement functioned in 5314 cal BC – 2342 cal BC. It was excavated in 1978 by I. V. Vereschagina.

Have you got the tine? Prehistoric Methods in Antler Working

Author(s)
Andy Langley 1 ✉,
Izzy Wisher 1
Publication Date
Antler working was prevalent throughout prehistory, with a breadth of intricately detailed and technologically complex antler artefacts observed within the archaeological record. In particular, during the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic, antler working with flint tools would have been a time-consuming process. While the chaîne opératoire of producing certain antler artefacts has previously been explored...

Book Review: Experimental Archaeology: from Research to Society, by Isabel Cáceres et al.

Author(s)
Patrícia Machado 1 ✉
Publication Date
“Experimental Archaeology: from research to society” is a transcript of the proceedings of the Vth International Congress of Experimental Archaeology in Tarragona, Spain, on the 25-27th October 2017. The conference, organized by Experimenta (Asociación Española de Arqueología Experimental), the Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES)...

Arkaim Flame

Date
Organised by
"Arkaim" Reserve (RU)
experimental archaeology association "Archaeos" (RU)
South Ural State University, Laboratory of Experimental Archaeology (RU)

Country

  • Russia

The third historical reenactment festival "Arkaim Flame" is dedicated to the ancient history of the Southern Urals.The guests of the festival are shown the details of the life, crafts and military affairs of ancient times.

NESAT XIV FINLAND

NESAT XIV FINLAND
Date
-
Organised by
University of Oulu (FI)
Aalto University (FI)
University of Helsinki (FI)

Country

  • Finland

Due to the uncertain circumstances and evolving travel and gathering restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the conference will be held only online.

​Conference fee ​

  • 30 € for employed registrants

  • 15 € for students and those working on scholarships

​Attendance awards

Fight Day

Date

Country

  • Germany

June 16 is the big battle day in AFM Oerlinghausen. This is exactly what it sounds like: fighting. The history of humanity is characterized by physical conflicts. On battle day, visitors start a journey through the history of the duel. Which weapons did the first humans fight with? And better asked why?