Roman Era

The VIA SCIPIONIS Project Outdoor Travelling Experimental Archaeology and Re-enactment

Author(s)
José Miguel Gallego Cañamero 1 ✉,
Eduard Ble Jimeno 2,
P. Valdes Matias 3,
Javier García Pérez 4
Publication Date
In August 2015 the first rendition of an experimental archaeology project was held, for the first time in Spain. The objective was to study the problems faced by the Roman Republican legions from the second Punic War during their marches. This project, named VIA SCIPIONIS, captured an historical episode...

Limeskastell Pohl (DE)

Member of EXARC
No

Trajan's column in Rome and Replica of a Roman Fortlet and Watchtower at Pohl on the UNESCO World Heritage Site „Frontiers of the Roman Empire" by Dr. Jens Dolata, archaeologist at the Head Office for Cultural Heritage (GDKE) Rhineland-Palatinate at Mainz.

The dedication of Trajan's Column in Rome took place 1900 years ago, attested by the Fasti Ostienses in a ceremony lasting from May 10th to 12th 113. The 40 meter high monument carries a 200 meter spiral frieze depicting the development of a section of the Roman Imperial Frontier in 155 scenes with 2000 carved figures. Emperor Trajan completed with this enormous victory monument and war report his outstanding forum in the Urbs Roma.

V Congreso Internacional de Arqueologia Experimental

Date
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Organised by
Institut Català de Paleocologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES)
Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica (ICAC)
Institut Català de Recerca en Patrimoni Cultural (ICRPC)
Country
Spain

We are delighted to announce that the Institut Català de Paleocologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), the Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica (ICAC), the Institut Català de Recerca en Patrimoni Cultural (ICRPC) and the EXPERIMENTA Association will organize the V International Congress of Experimental Archaeology in Tarragona on 25, 26 and 27 October 2017.

EmCadeamentos (PT)

At EmCadeamentos we dedicate ourselves to promote and disseminate the historical heritage, with the intention of value it. Minding this, we gathered a group of historians, archaeologists and other professionals that combining their theoretical knowledge to their practical skills; promote cultural activities with a real historical foundation.

At EmCadeamentos we dedicate ourselves to promote and disseminate the historical heritage, with the intention of value it. Minding this, we gathered a group of historians, archaeologists and other professionals that combining their theoretical knowledge to their practical skills; promote cultural activities with a real historical foundation.

Conference Review: EAA Vilnius – about Archaeological Tourism, Visualisation, Experiment and Reconstruction

Author(s)
Roeland Paardekooper 1
Publication Date
The European Association of Archaeologists held its annual conference of 2016 in Vilnius, Lithuania. About 1,500 participants attended a programme, with a similar number of papers, in over 100 sessions. About a dozen EXARC members attended; what follows here is a review of three sessions...

Cooking in Baskets Using Hot Rocks

Author(s)
Jonathan Thornton 1
Publication Date
Baskets are among the most ancient of human artefacts. Everyone is familiar with their most common functions as containers for transport and storage. When told that baskets have also served as cooking vessels, most people will be unable to conceive of how this is possible, yet this was a primary function of baskets for many cultures of the past, and some until the present...