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Knitting History Symposium

Date
Organised by
Textile Research Centre Leiden (NL)
Kniting History Forum (UK)

Country

  • the Netherlands

Join the Textile Research Centre and the Knitting History Forum at the finale of the Texel Stockings Project in the historic centre of Leiden, The Netherlands.

Colonial Williamsburg: Archaeology, Interpretation & Phenomenology

Author(s)
Peter Inker 1
Publication Date
2018 EXARC in Kernave
***When I began investigating this conference I was unclear as to how well EXARC’s focus on experimental archaeology would blend with International Museum Theatre Alliance (Imtal)’s approach of museum theatre and interpretation. They seem after all, two very different disciplines...

X-Ray Tomography and Infrared Spectrometry for the Analysis of Throwing Sticks & Boomerangs

Author(s)
Luc Bordes 1
Publication Date

In 2009, confronted to the study of throwing sticks collections from several museums and private collections (including more than three hundreds artefacts) and the need to evaluate their aerodynamic and functions, I developed a throwing stick classification and a methodology to measure their characteristics (Bordes, 2014). This approach is complementary to the gathering of ethnographic or archaeological contextual data to confirm or invalidate hypotheses about theirs functions. 

Experimental Bonfirings of Pottery with Camel Dung Fuel, Jordan, July 2018

Author(s)
Maria-Louise Sidoroff 1
Publication Date
The objective of this series of experimental pottery firings with camel dung fuel was to isolate the function of this fuel type within the context of a simple mode of pottery firing for data applicable to studies of ancient pottery manufacture...

NESAT XIV FINLAND

Date
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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

Book Review: Crafting in the World, Materiality in the Making by Burke and Spencer-Wood

Author(s)
Linda Anderson 1
Publication Date
Archaeologists dream of books with comprehensive coverage that address specific gaps in knowledge and at the same time address theoretical issues and newer concerns about the nature of craft in a direct method. Editors Burke and Spencer-Wood fulfil this by discussing the world of craft...

Session Experimental Archaeology in the Balkans: Summa Summarum

Date
Organised by
Serbian Archaeological Society (RS)
EXARC

Country

  • Serbia

Until recently, in the Balkans, experimental archaeology was not considered as something that could contribute to science. For decades, this useful and fruitful branch of archaeology represents a genuine scientific discipline in a number of western and central European countries, as well as in Russia.

CIMA 2019 - Past & Future Agricultures

Date
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Organised by
International Association of Agricultural Museums (AIMA)
Museum of English Rural Life (MERL)(UK)
University of Reading (UK)

Country

  • United Kingdom

CIMA 19, the triennial Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Museums (AIMA), will be held in 2020 at the Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL), University of Reading.