We invite you to the International scientific and practical seminar entitled "Ancient shipping and shipbuilding: issues of research, reconstruction and the possibility of use for the development of tourism".
Location: Historical Reconstruction Park "Ostvytsia", Ukraine Rivne, Marusi Churai Street, 33017.
Topics of the seminar:
• Ancient shipbuilding
• Ancient shipping
• Problems of the methodology of archaeological research of ancient water vehicles
• Experimental archaeology in the study of ancient shipping
• Issues of reconstruction and restoration of ancient water vehicles
Organized with the assistance of the EXARC association (Netherlands) and with the support of the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Rivne State Regional Government.
If you cannot attend in person but want to help support maritime experimental archaeology and the open-air museum sector in Ukraine then join us online.
This conference is the result of an initiative spearheaded by SUN (#supportukrainenetwork), a collaborative endeavour between the York Experimental Archaeology Research (YEAR) Centre, EXARC and Ukrainian heritage professionals, represented by Yarema Ivantsiv (on facebook: Ярема Іванців). An initial meeting back in June gathered interested partners in Ukraine, with museums, living history groups and independent researchers giving short presentations of their work and uncovering potential areas for collaboration and development.
The outcome of that first meeting was clear - Ukrainian open-air museums and other organisations are firmly committed to developing and strengthening their cultural heritage sector and see great potential in the field of maritime experimental archaeology. And despite the obvious and overwhelming challenges of the war - for example, one of the museums involved currently has no archaeology fieldwork unit as the majority of its staff are serving at the front - this network is determined to succeed.
As one of the organisers said, "When victory comes and tourists return, we want to be ready". This conference is an important step in that process.
PROGRAM
September 16 (Saturday) (all times are Kyiv time)
09:00 – 10:00 Registration of participants and guests.
10:00 - 11:00 Opening. Plenary session.
1. PhD Andriy Petrauskas – senior researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv).
2. Serhii Hayduk - vice admiral, commander of the Ukrainian Navy in 2014-2016, chairman of the Association of Veterans of the Ukrainian Navy.
3. The SUN initiative (Support Ukraine network) The importance of establishing a communication network among specialists of various fields in Ukraine.
Yarema Ivantsiv - head of the NGO “Chorna Galych”, the Historical and Cultural Reserve "Davniy Plisnesk" (Lviv).
4. Presentation of the historical-reconstruction park "Ostvytsia".
Yuri Oitsyus - head of the NGO "Historical Reconstruction Club "Ostvytsia" (Rivne).
5. PhD Roeland Paardekooper. (EXARC director, Denmark).
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break.
11:30 – 13:00 Section.
1. Archaeological research of the port area of the 10th - beginning of the 11th century. in Podesna. Dr. Potsya O.P. head of the department of the Institute of Archaeology, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences, Skorokhod V.M. (Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)
2. "Skuldelev 3: from ship-find to full-scale reconstruction"
PhD Tríona Sørensen (Museum Curator Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark)
3. Through the history of domestic seafaring and shipbuilding to the restoration of the national maritime idea of Ukrainian society. Smagin I.I. (Zhytomyr)
4. Problems of research, preservation, and exhibition of the monument of underwater archaeology - the Manevytsia monoxyl boat. Khomych P.M. (director of the Manevytskyi Museum of Local Lore, Manevytsy)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch.
14:00 – 16:00 Section.
1. Conservation and museification of an ancient boat discovered near the village of Khochyne. Vzhesinska A.O. (Director of the Olevsky Museum of Local Lore, Olevsky)
2.To the question about the typology of the medieval boat discovered near the village of Khochyne. Petrauskas A.V. (Candidate of historical sciences, senior researcher at the Institute of 12/ Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Kyiv)
3.The shortest water route of the Baltic-Black Sea route. Historical retrospective.
Panyshko S.D. (candidate of historical sciences, associate professor, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Lutsk)
September 17 (Sunday). The practical part.
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Familiarization with the technical and technological features of manufacturing park objects (wood, fabric, metal). Shipyard work, tourism, financing, historicity.
11:00 - 12:00 Navigation, ship, business.
12:00 - 13:00 Boat tour of the Basivkut Reservoir.
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch.
14:00–15:00 Round table. Completion. Summary of the results of the seminar.
