Viking Age
Event Review: Dark Ages Recreation Company at L’Anse aux Meadows, NHSC 2017
Lying at the extreme northern tip of Newfoundland, L'Anse aux Meadows represents the only widely accepted Viking-Era presence in North America. Archaeological remains of seven buildings were found at the site, along with a few minor artefacts including a ring-headed pin, glass bead, and drop-spindle whorl. Evidence of on-site work was also found in the form of iron slag, discarded ship rivets, and axe-hewn wood chips. Four of the seven buildings were reconstructed by Parks Canada. Since 1997, these have been staffed by costumed interpreters who blend first- and third
Interpret Europe Conference
Country
- Estonia
Fostering heritage communities
Heritage communities are a cornerstone of the Council of Europe’s Faro Convention. But how do heritage sites actually become meaningful for everyone? What triggers volunteer engagement and what boosts someone’s sense of fulfilment?
Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa, Jahrbuch 2016
***The periodical "Experimentelle Archäologie" is issued by Gunter Schöbel and the "Europäische Vereinigung zur Förderung der experimentellen Archäologie", together with Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen from Germany. Issue no. 15 includes 223 pages of text, with numerous colour photographs...
Sherd Shatter Patterns Experiment
Viking Festival old
Country
- Norway
This festival is organised at the Landa Park, near Stavanger (NO).
ACE - Conference on African Experimental Archaeology
Country
- South Africa
On behalf of the organizing committee, we invite you to participate in the African Conference on Experimental Archaeology (ACE), in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference will be held at the Wits Club, University of the Witwatersrand. ACE encourages the exchange and sharing of new work in scientific experiments and closely related activities focussing on African and Africanist research.
REARC Conference
Country
- USA
This year the REARC meetings are scheduled for October 25th and 26th in historic Fredericksburg, Virginia. We are excited to announce that the Department of Historic Preservation at the University of Mary Washington will host Friday presentations. And on Saturday, REARC craftspeople will hold a variety of demonstrations/workshops at George Washington’s Ferry Farm.
Event Review: EXARC visits Moscow
12th Iberian Congress of Archaeometry (CIA 2017)
Country
- Spain
The 12th Iberian Congress of Archaeometry will be held between October 25th and 28th at the Centro Nacional de InvestigaciĂłn sobre la EvoluciĂłn Humana (CENIEH) in Burgos .
The Iberian archaeometry community will meet to discuss the technological advances and their possible applications to the material study of historical, archaeological and cultural heritage.
“Days of Living Archaeology” at the Prehistoric Archaeopark Vsestary, Czech Republic
