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Paths of archaeology. Science - Culture - Pop culture

Paths of archaeology. Science - Culture - Pop culture in Biskupin
Date
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Organised by
Muzeum Archeologiczne w Biskupinie (PL)
Country
Poland

Are you interested in the scientific research and achievements of archaeology? Are you a schoolmate and don’t you know what to choose to study in the future? Are you a teacher or a parent and do you want to inspire children with the scientific knowledge?

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.

Conference Review: Open-Air Museums in Denmark – a Fieldtrip

Author(s)
Roeland Paardekooper 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2019/2
Every two years, Danish archaeological open-air museums meet up at a significant conference. They prefer the designation ‘historical workshops’, a concept which originated in the 1960s (see Bay 2004). The Danish Association of Historical Workshops (De Historiske Værksteder i Danmark, 2019) totals to over one hundred members. With their conferences, they ensure continuity...

Association for Protection of Heritage, Archaeology and Museums of Vila do Conde (APPA-VC) (PT)

The aim of APPA-VC is to study, protect and disseminate local heritage through research, conservation, excavation, management of archaeological sites and education. We are a group of professionals of archaeology, history, conservation, architecture, psychology, sculpture and biology acting specifically on Vila do Conde city's Heritage.

The aim of APPA-VC is to study, protect and disseminate local patrimony through conservation, excavation, management of archaeological sites and education. We are a group of professionals of archaeology, history, conservation, psychology, sculpture and biology acting specifically on Vila do Conde city's patrimony...

Event Review: EXARC at the Times and Epochs Festival, Moscow, Russia

Author(s)
E. Giovanna Fregni 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2019/2
In August 2018, members of EXARC participated in Moscow’s Times and Epochs Festival for the third year . The annual festival is held on park boulevards that surround the inner city, providing an ideal green space for reenactors to recreate various periods of Russia’s history. The main sites were located in Tverskaya Square, Nikitsky, Passion and Tver Boulevards, on Kamergersky Lane and Profsoyuznaya Street...

Experimental Archaeology: Who Does It, What Is the Use?

Author(s)
Roeland Paardekooper 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2019/1
In two surveys, several people working with experimental archaeology explained what they believe is experimental archaeology. They also described their activities. We asked universities, societies, freelancers and museums. Several adjacent activities are discussed, like archaeotechnique, making reconstructions and life experiments. After some confusing and clarifying examples, the future of ...

Experimental Archaeology in the Scottish Highlands

Author(s)
Susan Kruse 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2019/1
Over the past year, Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH) has been running a series of experimental archaeology workshops in the Scottish Highlands. ARCH is a non-profit educational charity, providing learning opportunities inside and out for all ages, always with an eye on the legacy of the event. Our experimental archaeology project was a good example of this approach...

Early Efforts in Experimental Archaeology: Examples from Evans, Pitt-Rivers, and Abbott

Author(s)
Carolyn Dillian 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2019/1
Experimental archaeology formally began more than 150 years ago with attempts in replicative flint knapping by well-known archaeologists such as Sir John Evans, Augustus (Lane Fox) Pitt-Rivers, John Lubbock, and Sven Nilsson (Coles, 1973). These individuals sought to discover how stone tools were made in order to better identify archaeological artifacts as the products of human manufacture and to understand...

Current Trends in Annual Historical Re-Enactments Events in Catalonia. Uses of Cultural Heritage

Author(s)
Antonio Rojas Rabaneda 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2019/1
The project “Re-enactments events in Catalonia” seeks to identify and analyse annually occurring events that make use of cultural heritage and history for the purposes of tourism, economic promotion and dissemination, and for other festive, recreational or educational ends. The activity programmes of all active events currently held in Catalonia were analysed and quantitative data provided in order to...