Newest Era

The Scottish Crannog Centre: Sustainable Thinking through Time and Place

Author(s)
Edward Hiden 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/2
The Scottish Crannog Centre is currently in the process of moving to a new larger site, just across the waters of Loch Tay to the northern shores. On our journey to our new home of Dalerb we took the decision to embrace sustainability in all its forms and consider how we can highlight certain sustainable practices that can be seen in the archaeological record...

Book Review: Reality or Fiction?

Author(s)
Roeland Paardekooper 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/2
In October 2018, a conference took place in Southern Poland. It was attended mainly by people from Poland and Slovakia, but also included several EXARC members from abroad. The conference was titled “Archaeological Open-Air Museums: Reconstruction and Reenactment – Reality or Fiction?” which is also the title of this book which was published in 2022...

The Rearrangement of the Archaeological Museum of Arcevia: Aiming to Improve Accessibility

Author(s)
Mauro Fiorentini 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/2
The Marche region in central Italy hosts quite a number of archaeological museums, containing a wide range of specimens and collections that cover a time span from the Palaeolithic onwards. From Stone Age votive statues to Iron Age weaponry, from Greek and Celtic luxurious jewellery and pottery to unmatched Roman finds; local museums preserve a huge variety of specimens that are of great ...

Pottery at the Scottish Crannog Centre

Author(s)
Rachel Backshall 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/2
The Scottish Crannog Centre, an open-air museum on Loch Tay in Highland Perthshire, has been able to do some really meaningful, powerful work over the past 12 months focusing on the power of prehistoric pottery! Supported by the Esmee Fairbairn Collections Fund and the Headley Trustand Art Fund, the project has led to new relationships, a new strategic partner for the organisation and ...

State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Tustan" (UA)

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Комунальний заклад Львівської обласної ради Адміністрація державного історико-культурного заповідника "Тустань" (Communal facility of the Lviv Regional Council Administration of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Tustan"). The reserve takes care of the remains of the fortress, its natural and historical environment

The fortress city of Tustan existed on the Uritsky rocks during the 14th-16th centuries. It was a strategic point of the Carpathian defense line, combining customs, administrative and military center. According to the construction technology, the fortress has no known analogues in the world[2]. The wooden building has not survived to this day, but more than 4,000 grooves and notches, into which the wood was inserted during construction, have been preserved. Their system allowed scientists to reproduce the appearance of the Tustan fortress with high reliability.

Conference Review: Living History and Experimental Archaeology, Ukraine, March 2023

Author(s)
Maria Ivantsiv 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/2
The time of change, the time of choice came to Ukraine with the beginning of the war. We had to set vectors and priorities in all spheres of life. Science, culture and, in particular, open-air museums were no exception. First of all, we faced the issue of the protection and preservation of museum collections...

A Hall fit for a King; a Meeting fit for All

Author(s)
Roeland Paardekooper 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/2
Denmark has a long tradition in educational activities in reconstructed environments. Lejre, Sjælland is one of the oldest examples, but by now the country has over 25 smaller and larger education centres where school children learn about the archaeological past. A number of these sites are also open to the public. You will be able to find most of them via https://exarc.net/venues.

RETOLD: Documenting Houses, Sharing the Story with the Visitors

Author(s)
Magdalena Zielińska 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/2
Open-air museums host much cultural heritage data. You can find them in archival records, photos, video, and the minds of people. These data are at risk of being lost. This is where RETOLD comes in, a European Project (Creative Europe Program) with six partners working together on a solution.

Conference Review: Europeana “Making Digital Culture Count” 2022

Author(s)
Caroline Jeffra 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/2
The Europeana 2022 conference on the theme “Making Digital Culture Count” was held 28-30 September 2022 in the Hague (NL) and online. The three day conference was filled with presentations and lively discussions on current initiatives, planned projects, and contemplating the future direction for Europeana and those using or contributing to it...