Ishtar Watson (she/they) – She is an archaeology student, a participant in the ASV archaeology certification program, and Professionally, she is a computer scientist.
The Experimental Archaeology Group was established in 2017 to create the opportunity for both staff and students to get hands-on experience of making, using and researching the artefacts and material culture that they learn and teach about within degree units.
Since forming, the group has explored prehistoric and historical ethnographic knapping techniques, prehistoric bone and antler working, organic cordage from a range of plant fibre sources and willow work, including basketry and fish traps.
These sessions provide us as archaeologists with a new understanding of certain aspects of material culture, including time, skill, knowledge, effort and sensorial experience, all of which expand our understanding of the past.
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.
SunWatch, originally named the Incinerator Site, was first excavated and reported on in the 1960s. When news came in the early 1970s that the City of Dayton planned to expand a nearby sewage treatment plant onto the property and impact the site, the Dayton Museum of Natural History (now the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery) began excavations.
These revealed a planned, stockaded village which was estimated to have been occupied for about 20 years and included apparent astronomical alignments, hence the name SunWatch. The roughly 3 acre village site contained many well preserved artifacts, including fragile items such as crayfish pincers, fish scales, turkey egg shell fragments, and even uncharred wood remains.
"Recreating Costume: From source interpretation to the result":
The village of Chavdar is located in Western Bulgaria, Sofia region, Chavdar Municipality. It is accessible via the “Podbalcan” road (I-6), one of the main first-class roads in Bulgaria. The village is located 71 km east of the capital of the country and 11 km southwest of Zlatitsa. Chavdar Municipality is part of the Zlatishko-Pirdop hollow with an average altitude of 570 m.
It consists of one village – Chavdar, which makes it the smallest in Bulgaria. Unlike the other hollows to the south of the Balkan, the Zlatishko-Pirdop hollow is characterized by low temperatures. Visitors who enjoy mountain tourism can visit the chalets “Bratia” and “Sakarja”, situated high in the Sashtinska Sredna Gora Mountain, and the natural phenomenon “The Kazans”.
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 fields of nature
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. You will learn fire making techniques and how to make glue from natural materials that you can then use for joining weapons and tools to wooden hafts.
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, through Neanderthal and earliest Homo Sapiens.
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