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Palaeolithic

EAC12: 12th Experimental Archaeology Conference - World Tour

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Organised by
EXARC

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  • the Netherlands

The #EAC12 Conference will be an “around the world in 80 experiments” taking place in March 2021 (exact dates to be confirmed). It will start in New Zealand & Australia, turning towards Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America as the time proceeds. #EAC12 has online lectures as well as presentations by local hotspots in different time zones.

Paleolithic Adventure

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  • Germany

The "Paleolithic Hunter" (biologist and museum educator) Markus Plesker from Lower Saxony will bring the camp of the last reindeer hunters of the late Paleolithic to life.

Kernave in 3D

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  • Lithuania

KernavÄ— was a medieval capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

These 3D videos were commissioned by the KernavÄ— State Cultural Reserve and are used in the KernavÄ— Archaeological Site Museum.

Museu de Prehistòria de València at the European Archaeology Days

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  • Spain

The Museu de Prehistòria preserves much of the material legacy of the towns that occupied the Valencian territory. The recovery of this important heritage has been possible thanks to the excavations that the Prehistoric Research Service (SIP) has carried out for more than 80 years.

Throwing Stick to Spear Thrower - Study of Ethnographic Artefacts and Experimentation

Author(s)
Luc Bordes 1 ✉
Publication Date
Little is known about the process of the invention of the prehistoric spear thrower which appeared around 25,000 years ago in Europe, although it may have emerged earlier on other continents. This innovative weapon had a late arrival in Australia from Papua New Guinea at the end of the late glacial maximum, and probably induced an adaptation in hand throwing spear technology used by local people. But could the spear thrower have also originated independently from older prehistoric technology on this continent?