Roman Era

Conference Review: TRAC, a Place for an Experiment in Roman Studies 2018

Author(s)
Lee Graña 1
Publication Date
The annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC) took place from the 11th to the 15th of April 2018 alongside the biannual Roman Archaeology Conference (RAC) at the University of Edinburgh. As the title suggests, the underlying objective of this workshop was to re-examine the role of experimental archaeology in Roman studies...

Conference Session: Archaeological Landscapes in the Museum

Date
Organised by
Nordwestdeutscher Verband fuer Altertumsforschung e.V. (DE)
Archäologisches Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein (ALSH), Schleswig (DE)
Country
Germany

The 83rd conference of the Northwest German Association for Archaeological Research will take place in Heide, Holstein (DE). One of their sessions is particularly interesting: the meeting of the workgroup „archaeological museums” of the German Museum Association. This conference will be in German. 

IVth Medieval fest "Remember the Glory"

Date
Organised by
Sliven Municipality (BG)
Country
Bulgaria

For fourth consecutive year, the centuries old Tuida fortress will be scene of clashes between armies, impressive demonstrations of warrior techniques from the back of the horse, tournaments, crafts, music and dances. The medieval festival “Remember the Glory” is conducted because of the town Sliven fair.

TRACamp: A two-day Roman Experimental Archaeology Workshop

Date
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Organised by
Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (UK)
Roman Vindolanda Fort & Museum (UK)
EXARC
Country
United Kingdom

It is our pleasure to announce the Call for Papers for TRACamp. This experimental archaeology workshop will be held at the Roman fort of Vindolanda (Northumberland) September 22-23, 2018. The workshop aims to support ongoing studies in Roman experimental archaeology and to promote the inclusion of experimental projects into the wider field of Roman studies.

Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa, Jahrbuch 2017

Author(s)
Christoph Doppelhofer 1
Publication Date
Annual Proceedings of the EXAR Tagung
***This volume of Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa does not only serve as 2017’s year book of the European Association for the advancement of archaeology by experiment (EXAR), but also acts as a Festschrift dedicated to Professor Mamoun Fansa, who celebrated his 70th birthday...