Newest Era

Celebrating our Woodland Heritage Conference

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Organised by
University of Bradford (UK)
Pennine Prospects (UK)

Country

  • United Kingdom

This conference brings together people from across the UK, from a wide range of backgrounds (ecologists, woodland managers, historians, archaeologists, volunteers and students on research projects), to explore our shared interests in woodland heritage.  

Public Access to (Pre-)History Through Archaeology

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Katie Stringer Clary 1 ✉
Publication Date
Public history, like experimental archaeology, is relatively new as an accepted academic program; the two fields are intrinsically linked and should, ideally, use interdisciplinary collaboration to better educate and involve the public in their work. This paper presents case studies in education and interpretation by the author, as well as exemplary programs from various sites in the United States and Europe...

Conference Review: SAA General Session, Experimental Archaeology 2018

Author(s)
Yvette A. Marks 1 ✉
Publication Date
The Society for American Archaeology is, perhaps with the exception of the World Archaeology Congress, the largest meeting of archaeologists in the world. The 2018 annual meeting was held in Washington DC and was attended by approximately 5000 archaeologists. Delegates were primarily from the States, but there was also a good international showing with attendees coming from around the world...

CRAFTER: Reviving Bronze Age Pottery in EU-funded Project

Author(s)
Carlos Velasco 1 ✉
Miguel Valério 1
Publication Date
The CRAFTER project aims at reviving modern-day artisanship by drawing inspiration from pottery traditions of four of the most remarkable Bronze Age societies of Europe: El Argar (south-eastern Spain), Únětice (Central Europe), Füzesabony (eastern Hungary) and Vatin (south Serbia)...

Conference Session: Archaeological Landscapes in the Museum

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Organised by
Nordwestdeutscher Verband fuer Altertumsforschung e.V. (DE)
Archäologisches Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein (ALSH), Schleswig (DE)

Country

  • Germany

The 83rd conference of the Northwest German Association for Archaeological Research will take place in Heide, Holstein (DE). One of their sessions is particularly interesting: the meeting of the workgroup „archaeological museums” of the German Museum Association. This conference will be in German. 

Hygge&Heritage seminar

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Organised by
World Heritage Sites’ Boost to local services -project

Country

  • Finland

Hygge [hue-gah] is Danish word to describe an atmosphere of warmth, wellbeing, and cosiness when you feel at peace and able to enjoy simple pleasures and being in the moment.

Bridging Ages Conference

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Organised by
Bridging Ages Foundation

Country

  • South Africa

The Conference is directed at interested individuals, staff, managers, historians, social workers, community development workers, tourist guides, educators, researchers and volunteers working within the domain of museums, municipalities, schools, universities, youth development agencies, non-governmental organisations, the Department of Arts and Culture and more especially, individuals within t