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Department of Archaeology and Sheffield Archaeomaterials, University of Sheffield (UK)

Member of EXARC
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Experimental archaeology has been a core research and teaching methodology at Sheffield since the early-1990s. Crossing archaeomaterials and environmental archaeology, experimental investigations are a key component of our work and have offered a multifaceted approach to our research. We integrate experimental methodologies and practice into our taught modules to inform interpretation as part of understanding our past. 

Our research covers a vast number of archaeological periods from prehistory to recent history, working closely with modern practitioners to inform our work in a collaborative environment.

Exploring the Potential of Shared Authority Projects in Open-Air Museums

Author(s)
Kate Shear 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/1
As our societies become more diverse and the demographics of heritage visitors change, many open-air museums are concerned about how to remain relevant. Making a shift to an activist approach is one way museums can evolve to better serve their visitors and community. Many traditional museums have adopted this approach, but relatively few open-air museums have done so...

Hard Fun: Further Discussions on an Undergraduate Project to (Re)Construct and Fire a Medieval Tile Kiln

Author(s)
Gaynor Wood 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/1
This experiment, undertaken over a 12-month period in 2015 at Norton Priory Museum in Cheshire, formed part of a pedagogic case study and an experimental archaeology project. Here eight Archaeology and 12 Ceramics students from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) researched, built, and fired a tile kiln using evidence from previous experimental archaeology projects on the site and other firing projects...

The Stone Age becomes Sustainable - Experiences from being an Educational Partner for Sustainable Development for more than 15 years

Author(s)
Rüdiger Kelm 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/1
Since the year 2006 the Archaeological-Ecological Centre Albersdorf (AÖZA), Germany, has worked as an officially recognised partner for sustainable development on an institutional base for the Sustainable Development Goals of the UNO on a regional level. In this article the thematic background of the educational work in archaeology and ethnography will be ...

Conference Review: EXARC at the European Archaeology Days Forum in Paris 2023

Author(s)
Ligeri Papagiannaki 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/1
On January 20, the INRAP, overall coordinator of the European Archaeology Days (EAD), invited the national coordinators as well as several partners of the event at the UNESCO in Paris for a day of get-together and discussions. 19 countries were represented during the Forum, with the participation of 26 national coordinators. Lygeri Papagiannaki represented EXARC...

Discussion: Heritage in Times of War - part 1

Author(s)
Andriy Kotlyarchuk 1 ✉,
Vladyslav Chabanyuk 2,
Volodymyr Ilkiv 3,
Andrij Petrauskas 4,
Olga Postnikova 5
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/1
With the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, along with the preservation of the integrity of the state and the preservation of people's lives, the issues of preserving cultural heritage and national identification became acute. The museums and nature reserves that did not fall under the occupation did not stop working...

Event Review: Experimental Archaeology in Denmark 2022

Author(s)
Jannie Marie Christensen 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/1

Following up on the inception meeting back in November 2021 it was clear that a meeting opportunity for researchers, museum workers, craftspeople and practitioners in experimental archaeology was missing. A year later it was interesting to follow up on the forum to see if it was actual viable and if there was a desire to continue in its current form.

Conference Review: The 6th CONEXP held between October 25-28 2022 at Pézenas (FR)

Author(s)
Javier Baena Preysler 1 ✉,
Antoni Palomo 2
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/1
From 25 to 28 October 2022, we celebrated the 6th International Congress of Experimental Archaeology at Pézenas (France) with the support of the Experimental Association, EXARC, and several local and national French institutions that included INRAP. This Congress, which started in Santander (Cantabria) in 2005, and after that was organized in Ronda (Granada) 2008, Banyoles (Girona) 2011, Burgos 2014...