Palaeolithic

Putting on a Show - The How and Why of Historical Shows and Theatre in a Historical Setting or Theme-park

Author(s)
Jaap Hogendoorn 1 ✉,
Erik Collinson 2
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2015/1
As long as people have walked the earth, stories have been told; from stories around the campfire told by older people to entertain and educate the young, to 15th century knights dressing up as Romans during themed tournaments. Telling a story is putting on a little show; a show is a great way to tell a story... Including Spartacus in Archeon by Erik Collinson

Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa, Bilanz 2012

Author(s)
Thijs Hofland 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2014/4
Annual Proceedings of the EXAR Tagung
***According to James Mathieu in 2002, experimental archaeology is “A subfield of archaeological research which employs a number of different methods, techniques, analyses and approaches within the context of a controllable imitative experiment to replicate past phenomena...

Book Review: Performing Heritage: Research, Practice and Innovation in Museum Theatre and Live Interpretation by Anthony Jackson & Jenny Kidd (eds)

Author(s)
Kirsty Sullivan 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2014/4
This useful text brings together recent thinking about museum theatre and the performance of heritage, offering a range of international case studies to its readers as evidence of the discipline’s usefulness in interpreting the past for visitors...

Museum of Human Evolution (ES)

Member of EXARC
Yes

The idea of the Museum of Human Evolution (MEH) emerged a decade ago, when the archaeological sites of the Sierra the Atapuerca were designated with the World Heritage Status by UNESCO. Its importance lies in in that fossils of hominids of more than 1.2 million years (the oldest of Western Europe) have been found there.

The idea of the Museum of Human Evolution (MEH) emerged a decade ago, when the archaeological sites of the Sierra the Atapuerca were designated with the World Heritage Status by UNESCO. Its importance lies in in that fossils of hominids of more than 1.2 million years (the oldest of Western Europe) have been found there...

Archeopark Vogelherd (DE)

Member of EXARC
No

Within the archaeological site of the Vogelherdhöhle cave, the museum, educational centre and theme park provide hands on activities on the Palaeolithic period.

In the palaeolithic site of the Vogelherdhöhle cave, a modern museum structure provides the visitor with active interaction with the past.

Book Review: "Experiments Past" Edited by Jodi Reeves Flores & Roeland P. Paardekooper

Author(s)
Clara Masriera i Esquerra 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2014/4
The publication in 1979 of the John Coles’ book Experimental Archaeology can be called the vademecum of the experimental archaeology. Many particular experiments have been published since then, such as A Bibliography of Replicative Experiments in Archaeology (Graham et al. 1972) and...

Theresa Emmerich Kamper PhD

Member of EXARC since
Country
United Kingdom
Crafts & Skills
Ancient Technology
Education, teaching & training
Leatherwork & tanning
Stone
Weapons

I am an avid practitioner of traditional living skills and primitive technology of all kinds and have followed this interest into the academic field of Experimental Archaeology, in which I hold an MA in Experimental Archaeology and a PhD on the ‘Microscopic Analysis of Prehistoric Tanning Technol

From the Minutes of “Universities & Experimental Archaeology” Roundtable Discussion 7th May 2014

Author(s)
HollyMae Steane Price 1 ✉,
Roeland Paardekooper 2
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2014/3
EXARC, Experimenta and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid invited several universities to a round table meeting in Madrid, in May 2014. EXARC's aim was to bring colleagues into one room to share their experiences in handling experimental archaeology from an academic perspective...