Neolithic
Conference: Archaeological Open-Air Museums: Reconstruction and Reenactment – Reality or Fiction?
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)
Workshop Leather tanning
Did you ever wonder how to make buckskin? Want to try it?
In this 3 days workshop you will make a beautiful piece of leather out of a raw deer skin all by yourself!
‘Re-rolling’ a Mummy: an Experimental Spectacle at Manchester Museum
***Ancient Egyptian animal mummies and votive statuettes were often wrapped in linen, concealing the contents and conferring sanctity to the remains. Mummy autopsies were commonplace in 19th century Europe, when ancient mummified bodies were unwrapped to reveal what lay beneath the linen bandages. Similarly...
The Forgotten Movement – A (Re)construction of Prehistoric Dances
***Dancing has always been and still is an integral part of the lives of individuals and communities around the world, and it forms part of the cultural identity of all traditional societies. Unlike the arguably small role it has in modern urban societies, dance had much greater role in the lives of individuals and communities of ancient and recent past...
Book Review: Tablets at Work by Claudia Wollny
Conference Review: Reconstructive & Experimental Archaeology Conference REARC 2017
***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...
Karine Meylan cand. PhD
PhD Student in the field of public archaeology at the University of Lausanne. My thesis is titled: “Potentiel et limites de l’animation et de la reconstitution historiques dans la transmission des connaissances auprès des publics”.
Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa, Bilanz 2015
***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)...