Palaeolithic

Walking through some of the most glorious parts of Cranborne Chase, we will learn how to harvest wild plants for food and other uses.

Join Kael on a beginner’s guide to foraging for wild food course. Kael is a tutor at the Ancient Technology Centre and is an expert on the historical use of food and regularly forages for his own consumption.

How did people survive in the Stone Age and how did an increase in temperature affect their hunting technique? Which animals did our ancestors hunt in Lippe around 12,000 years ago, and what weapons did they use for this?

Birch pitch is the glue of prehistory and early history. It consists solely of birch bark. Not only were arrowheads traded with it - birch pitch is also known as prehistoric chewing gum! In addition, it is still used for medical purposes even today. But how was this all-purp

With warming sparks and flames, the Archaeological Open Air Museum Oerlinghausen will welcome you on this day. Söhnke Raimann uses many examples to show how lighting a fire worked in the days without matches and lighters and tells interesting stories about it. Experience how a spark turns into a cozy fire. Learn and feel how important fire was and still is for us humans.

The terrain of the "Oertijdpark" entirely belongs to our ancestors this weekend. The ancient people show life in prehistory. The Stone Age, the Iron Age and the Bronze Age come to life. People live, work, eat, do and feel just like they do now. Experience the primeval time, experience the human being who is still in full contact with nature. Feel their dependence, experience their hard work.

During the Prehistory festival, our Prehistory park is overflowing with prehistoric people. The hunebed builders and their descendants imitate life in prehistoric times. With a group of prehistoric people, the Stone Age, Iron Age and Bronze Age are brought to life. Lots of things are going on! People live, work, eat, do and feel, as they did long ago.

The terrain of the "Oertijdpark" entirely belongs to our ancestors this weekend. The ancient people show life in prehistory. The Stone Age, the Iron Age and the Bronze Age come to life. People live, work, eat, do and feel just like they do now. Experience the primeval time, experience the human being who is still in full contact with nature. Feel their dependence, experience their hard work.

"Hunters, gatherers, farmers" is a journey to the oldest history of man, to  the Stone Age.

This weekend Archeon is all about textiles, leather and clothing. There are various special demonstrations and activities.

In prehistoric times we weave with vegetable fibers, such as nettle, flax and tree bark. In addition, wool is dyed and we spin and weave with wool. You can also learn how to sprang this weekend. This is the oldest known way of braiding.