The 2023 meeting of the European Association for the advancement of archaeology by experiment e.V., EXAR, will take place at the Archaeological Open Air Laboratory Lauresham in Lorsch (Germany) from October 5th – 8th 2023. For this conference we will ask for presentations later in summer 2023.

Lectures on the latest methods of investigation of finds and findings, possibilities of analysis and reconstruction as well as reports of scientific demonstrations and associated museological methods of mediation are again in focus. During the conference a side program will be organized.

Thursday evening will start with the Get-together for the early arrivers. Friday and Saturday are the days for the conference in the Archaeological Landesmuseum Brandenburg. Following the lectures there will be moments for meeting up and exchanging experiences and research results.

On Saturday succeeding the conference the annual meeting of EXAR will take place.

On Sunday the conference concludes with a final activity.

The central topic of the conference is: “Experimental archaeology in science and education 2023”. The lectures will present current experiments and projects of reconstructing archaeology, in addition, the discussion of the scientific method experimental archaeology. Further experiences in using the research method and the education and presentation of experimental research will be presented.