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Book Review: Proceedings of the 25th Meeting of Archaeologists from Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria

Author(s)
Miroslav Popelka 1 ✉
Publication Date
On the 17th – 20th June 2015 40 participants of the 25th Archaeological working group East Bavaria/ West and south Bohemia/ Upper Austria, were hosted by the Upper Palatinate town BĂ€rnau which lies on the border with the Czech Republic. The meeting took place in the conference hall of the Historic Park BĂ€rnau-Tachov, a remarkable archaeological open-air museum which demonstrates...

Book Review: Experimentelle ArchÀologie in Europa, Bilanz 2013

Author(s)
Katharina Roth 1 ✉
Publication Date
Annual Proceedings of the EXAR Tagung
***Experimentelle ArchĂ€ologie in Europa. Bilanz 2013 published by Gunter Schöbel and the European Association of Archaeology by Experiment e.V. is the product of the experimental archaeology conference AEAS/GAES, held between the 4th - 7th October 2012, Switzerland...

Symposium Experimental Music Archaeology

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Organised by
The Study Group on Music Archaeology of the ICTM
The International Study Group on Music Archaeology (ISgMA)

Country

  • Germany

Music-archaeological studies often draw to a large extent on experimental activities, which are more and more reflected in the scientific discourse, as the subject evolves. This symposium acknowledges current trends in the experimental reconstruction and making of ancient musical instruments, and in experimental playing.

ISBSA 15 - International Symposium on Boat & Ship Archaeology

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Organised by
ISBSA

Country

  • France

The purpose of ISBSA is to bring together all those involved in the study of the form, structure, function, and operational performance of ancient boats. The ïŹrst symposium examined the methodological problems of studying boat remains. Many of the topics addressed at that initial meeting, such as experimental archaeology and ethnography.

SAA Conference: Experimental Archaeology

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Organised by
SAA (US)

Country

  • USA

There is lots of Experimental Archaeology at the SAA in Albuquerque (NM): 2 paper sessions, three poster sessions and many papers scattered accross other sessions. An excerpt: 

Paper Session: New Directions in Experimental Archaeology (1)

April 11, 2019
Room: 130 Cimarron
Time: 1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Chair: Jeanne Binning
Participants:

Book Review: Flinthandwerk by Wulf Hein and Marquardt Lund

Author(s)
Philipp Schraut 1 ✉
Publication Date
The book “Flinthandwerk” is a co-production of two known German experts in experimental archaeology. Both authors have been studying prehistoric techniques for years; Lund has spent his whole lifetime practicing flint-knapping skills during his free time, whilst Hein is the founder of a company that specializes in the reproduction of Stone Age artifacts for museums...

Paleofestival

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Country

  • Italy

The Paleofestival held annually from 2005 onwards at La Spezia (Italy) is a very popular event involving combining experimental prehistoric archaeology. Museums, parks and archaeological archeotecnicians, Italians and foreigners could meet and promote their activities to an audience largely composed of children and people interested. The museum of the Castle of St.