Newest Era
Conference: Living Heritage & Sustainable Tourism
Country
- Switzerland
The Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality 4th International Conference will again bring together researchers, practitioners and policy makers to discuss the leading question: How to succeed in attracting tourists while simultaneously engaging all stakeholders in contributing to the preservation of natural and cultural heritage?
Conference: Methodology and Archaeometry
Country
- Croatia
It is our pleasure to invite you to the 7th scientific conference Methodology and Archaeometry which will take place on 2nd and 3rd of December 2019 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb
Conference Review: 11th Experimental Archaeology Conference - EAC11, Trento 2019
***The 11th Experimental Archaeology Conference was this year held in Trento, Italy, organized by EXARC and the University of Trento. Over 190 participants gathered together hailing from more than 25 countries, and for the first time the conference ran parallel sessions. The conference spanned three days...
Conference Review: Archaeological Open-Air Museums: Reconstruction and Reenactment – Reality or Fiction?
How to Communicate an Event to the Media
REARC 2019
Country
- USA
This year the REARC meetings are scheduled for October 25th and 26th in historic Fredericksburg, Virginia. We are excited to announce that the Department of Historic Preservation at the University of Mary Washington will host Friday presentations.
X-Ray Tomography and Infrared Spectrometry for the Analysis of Throwing Sticks & Boomerangs
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
Popularisation of Experimental Archaeology in the Activity of Harjis - Project under the Patronage of the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Lodz (PL)
***This article outlines our experiences gained during the implementation of activities at the Society of Experimental Archeology Harjis. Our society aims to recreate dress, weaponry and the realities of the Przeworsk culture, that is, people living in the first centuries of Common Era in the territory of present-day Poland...
Experience and Discovery: Engaging the Public in Research. A Survey on Experimental Archaeology Contemporary Practice and Meaning – Preliminary Results
***The traditional way of engaging the public with the past has changed: now, through experimental archaeology, we can have a direct, physical contact with the “past”. But, as researchers know, the means used to engage the public are the fruits of an active process of investigation, especially in experimental archaeology. Could it be possible to enable visitors to actively engage in the questioning of the past, to let them experience the discovery process?