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The Omnis Barbaria Experimental Archaeology Camp for Children – First Edition
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Like in many other European countries, during the past 15 years, Romania has seen an increased interest by archaeologists and history enthusiasts towards the reconstruction of artefacts and certain phenomenal aspects of the past...
Obituary: Steve Watts (25 July 1947 - 21 March 2016)
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I first met Steve in the summer of 1990. I was a student at University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) following a summer course in anthropology called Southeastern Indians. The course included several field trips, one of which was to the Schiele Museum where we visited the Catawba Village and listened to a presentation by Steve Watts...
High Tech for the Stone Age – iBeacons in Open-Air Museums
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Over the last few years, a lot of different digital communication technologies for the transfer / transmission of audio-visual informations have been developed, some very sophisticated, some very complicated (and expensive) and in recent times mostly based on applications for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets...
Living History as an Instrument for Historical and Cultural Exchange in German Archaeological Open-Air Museums: an Online Survey Defines Present Status
Book Review: Heritage Tourism Destinations by Maria D Alvarez (et al.)
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This book is a follow-up from the first Hospitality, Tourism and Heritage International Conference, held in Istanbul, Turkey from the 6th to the-7th November 2014. It is wonderful that these papers were published only two years later. This book’s goal is to cross the bridge between theory and conceptual reflections...
The Best Way of Preserving Something is to Educate about it - Educational Centres in South Africa
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This article aims to show the kind of issues South- African archaeologists have, working with public archaeology. A past that was segregated earlier should now be shared, but sharing a common past includes alternative perspectives on history and archaeology, for the archaeologist as well as for the public.
Interview: “I have never Done an Experiment in my Whole Life!” with Mamoun Fansa
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For almost 25 years, Mamoun Fansa has been one of the defining personalities within the discipline of experimental archaeology.
In 1990, he introduced his exhibition `Experimental Archaeology in Germany’. The exposition continued to circulate all over Germany and Europe for the next 14 years...
Recycled Flint Cores as Teaching Tools: Flintknapping at Archaeological Open-Air Museums
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This article examines the art and craft of flintknapping and how the OpenArch project has influenced the way in which this specialized body of craft-knowledge can be most efficiently presented to the public, but additionally—and more importantly—how making the most of teaching opportunities can convey a deeper interpretation to the museum-goer...
A Different Look at the Past - a Tour with Objects at the Archaeological Open-Air Museum Oerlinghausen
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Due to the inclusion program at schools in North Rhine Westphalia, the need arose to organise guided tours through the museum in such a way that visually impaired participants could be included in the experience. The idea was to offer an additional level of experiencing information through touch, by creating individual purpose-made objects...
Visual Aids for Presentations
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