The Kamianets-Podilskyi Museum under the auspices of the EXARC association with the cooperation of the NGO "Chorna Halych" is holding the first international scientific and practical conference "Living history and experimental archaeology". Purpose of the conference: Studying and spreading in Ukraine experience in the field of experimental archaeology, living history, as well as the application of this experience in museum, tourism and other fields.
Areas of work of the conference:
1. Experimental archaeology;
2. Experience in reproducing ancient crafts and technologies, objects of material culture;
3. Cooperation of museums and nature reserves of Ukraine with public organisations and associations working in the field of experimental archaeology, re-enactment et cetera;
4. Conducting living history activities on the basis of museums;
5. Historical cuisine;
6. Use of fortification objects, archaeology monuments and others in tourism activities.
Conference languages: Ukrainian, Polish, English.
Thursday 23.03
Conference stream: https://www.youtube.com/@K-Pmuseum/streams
Plenary session, 11:00h - 14:45h
All times: Kyiv time (EET)
Greetings to the participants of the conference
PhD Dmytro Stupak, researcher at the Department of Stone Age Archaeology of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Stone Raw Materials of the Upper Palaeolithic Monuments of the Middle Desna Basin. Features of Use
Chabanyuk Vladyslav, director of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Trypil Culture" (Legedzyne, Cherkasy region)
Phd Oleksiy Korvin-Piotrovsky , senior researcher of the Department of Eneolithic-Bronze Age Archaeology of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Mykola Dekhtyarchuk, potter, member of the National Union of Masters of Folk Art of Ukraine (Legedzyne, Cherkasy region)
Experimental Research on the Reconstruction and Operation of Tripil Pottery
PhD Vitaly Hutsal, Associate Professor of the Department of Archaeology, Special Historical and Legal Disciplines of Kamianets-Podilskyi National University I. Ohienko (Kamianets-Podilskyi)
Study of Flour Milling Properties of Early Iron Age Querns
Oksana Yakubovska, head of the scientific research department of the ENT Research Center "Historical and cultural reserve "Davnii Plisnesk" (Lviv)
An Attempt to Reconstruct Certain Elements of the Economic Activities of the Inhabitants of the Ukrainian Subcarpatia in the 8th–10th Centuries. (By Example of Growing Millet (Panicum Miliaceum) in Plisnesk)
PhD Andriy Petrauskas, senior researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Maryna Khadadova, senior lecturer at the Department of World History of Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University (Zhytomyr)
Research and Real Modeling of the Hydrotechnical Structure of the 9th-10th Centuries at the City in M. Olevsk, Zhytomyr Region
Petro Khomych, director of the Manevytskyi Museum of Local History (Manevichi, Volyn region)
Research, Preservation and Promotion of Underwater Archaeological Monuments of The Volyyn Polissya “Manevytsky Boat-Monoxyl, Anno 1223-1256”
Genadiy Nizhnik-Kolomiychuk, Israel Antiquities Authority (Israel, Tel Aviv)
Empirical Study of Tactics and Equipment of Crusaders Within the Reconstruction of the Battle at Hattin
PhD Pavlo Nechytaylo, head of the Kamianets-Podilskyi architectural and archaeological expedition of the State Enterprise "Scientific Research Center "Protective Archaeological Service of Ukraine" of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kamianets-Podilskyi).
The Experience of Museumification of Archaeological Objects in Kamianets-Podilskyi
PhD Serhii Taranenko, head of the archaeology research sector of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve (Kyiv)
Olena Makhota, research associate of the archaeology research sector of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve (Kyiv)
Concept of the "Archeological Park of Kyiv-Pecherska Lavra"
Lunch 14:45h - 15:15h
Session 1. Experimental Archaeology, Reconstruction, Ancient Crafts and Technologies
15:15h - 17:00h
Stephanie Piper, Associate Lecturer in Archaeology, Director of Study MA in Mesolithic Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of York (United Kingdom).
Peter Coventry, Trish Darcy, Aimée Little, Andy Needham, Gareth Perry, Emily Shoesmith, Piran White, Craftwell Project team (United Kingdom).
Craftwell: Investigating Connections Between Heritage Crafting, the Outdoors, and Wellbeing
Oleksandr Naumenko, senior researcher of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, graduate student of the history faculty of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University (Kyiv)
Vadim Stepanchuk, doctor of historical sciences, leading researcher of the Stone Age Archaeology Department of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. (Kyiv)
Experiments on Modeling of Lower Palaeolithic Artifacts and Technologies in Medzhibozh (2019–2023)
PhD Olga Zagorodnya, researcher of the British Museum, department of scientific research (Great Britain).
Preliminary Results of Traceological Analysis of Bone Implements From Great Orme (North Wales) and Clay Sickles From Mesopotamia
Oleksiy Pototsky, graduate student of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Experimental Archaeology as an Alternative Direction in the Conditions of Military Conflict
Alina Stupak, junior research associate of the Department of Paleontology of the National Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Technology and Possible Areas of Use of Perforated Freshwater Fish Vertebrae (Based on Materials of Archaeological Objects of Ukraine)
Ihor Butsky, graduate student of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Some Features of the Technology of Production of Ceramic Vessels of the second Settlement Horizon Hlyboke Ozero-2
PhD Oksana Hrycyuta, Odesa Archaeological Museum. Natural and cultural reserve "Old Orhei" (r.Moldova) (Odesa)
Vasyl Ilchyshyn, director of the Communal Institution "Zalozetsk Museum of local history", teacher of the Department of History and Teaching Methods of the Kremenets Regional Humanitarian and T. Shevchenko Pedagogical Academy (Zaliztsi village, Ternopil Region)
Experimental-Traceological Research, Based on the Archaeological Expedition of The Zalozet Museum of Local History
Leonid Babenko, senior researcher of the Kharkiv Historical Museum named after M. F. Sumtsov (Kharkiv)
Technology of Creating Pectoral Harnesses From Tovsta Mohyla: an Experiment as a Hypothesis Verification
Oleksandr Didyk , junior researcher of the scientific research department of the hisorical and culture reserved "Davniy Plisnesk" (Lviv)
Experience of Manufacturing and Use of Slavic Ceramic Vessels in the Historical and Cultural Reserve "Ancient Plisnesk"
Volodymyr Ilkiv , director of Charitable Foundation “Road of Ancestors” (Ivano-frankivsk)
Experience of Reconstruction of Lyre-View Gusli of the 12th Century (Based on the Find From Zvenigorod Fort)
Taras Rak, leading researcher, Lviv History Museum (Lviv)
Bone Flails From Plisnesk and Zvenigorod - a Brief Overview of the Museums and Attempts at Their Recreating
Friday 24.03
Session 2. Living History: Promotion and Applying, 11:00h - 14:00h
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PhD Vasyl Tymoshenko, director of the Malinsky City Local History Museum.(Malyn, Zhytomyr region)
Pasichnuk-Prokopenko Iryna Ivanivna, chief specialist of the department of culture and tourism of the executive committee of the Korosten City Council.(Korosten, Zhytomyr region)
Cultural Eco-Touristic Route “the Ways of Derevlians”
Yarema Ivantsiv, “The historical and cultural reserve "Ancient Plisnesk" (Lviv)
PhD Myska Roman, senior researcher of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Tustan" (Lviv)
Successful Experience of Cooperation of the Historical and Cultural Reserve "Tustan" and Ngo "Chorna Galych": Opportunities and Challenges
Vladyslav Bezpalko, senior researcher, National Museum of the History of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Serhiy Shamenkov, publishing house "Tempora" Kyiv, illustrator. (Kyiv)
Experience of Museum Cooperation With an Artist, Researcher and Reenactor in the Conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian War
PhD Vsevolod Buravchenko, associate professor of the department of architectural structures of KNUBA (Kyiv)
Experience of Recreating Historical Scientific Instruments in the Project «Маster Terebrus»
Oleksandr Pashkovsky, deputy general director for scientific work of the Museum of the History of Kyiv (Kyiv)
PhD Alina Sushko, Leading researcher of the "Ancient and Medieval Kyiv" (Kyiv) department of the Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv (Kyiv)
Maria Tymoshenko, head of the "Ancient and Medieval Kyiv" department of the Kyiv City History Museum (Kyiv)
Tkachuk Lesya, Independent researcher, reenactor of ancient crafts and life of the early Middle Ages (Kyiv)
"Made In Kyiv. Archaeology of Everyday Life": the Experience of Involving Reenactment and Modern Technologies in an Exhibition Project"
PhD Serhii Taranenko, head of the archaeology research sector of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve (Kyiv)
Ksenia Strelnyk, member of the All-Ukrainian Association of Guides (Kyiv)
Archaeological Sites Of Kyiv Podil in the Author's Tour Based on the Book "Adventures Of Mark in Prince Kyiv"
Dmytro Chubiy professional reenactor (Kyiv)
The Concept of Creating a Reenactment Department at the Archaeological Hub in the Kyiv-Pecherska Lavra National Reserve
PhD Valentyn Pahor, National Historical and Architectural Reserve "Kamianets", researcher.
Use of the Complex Near the Ruska Brama: Living History
Anastasia Donets , director of the Maliyevets regional historical and cultural museum (Maliivtsi, Khmelnytskyi region)
Nataliya Yarova, senior researcher of the Maliyevets regional historical and cultural museum (Maliivtsi, Khmelnytskyi region)
The Horse as an Independent Component of Nobly Property and Experience of "Living History" by the Example of the Stables of Maliyevet Regional Historical and Cultural Museum
Volodymyr Hrynishak , director of the public organization "Nadvirnya Tourist Information Center", scholarship holder of the master's program of the Ukrainian Catholic University (Nadvirna, Ivano-Frankivsk region)
Krasnodvir Castle Food Theatre": Prospects for the Preservation of the Castle in the City of Nadvirna in a State of Permanent Ruins
Dr. Kateryna Bila, Junior researcher of the Department of History of Ukraine in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Institute of the History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Reconstruction of the Infrastructure of the Parish Centre: 3D Model of Administrative Buildings and Public Facilities of the Peasants (Based on the Materials of the Right Bank Governance of Ukraine, 19th – 20th Century)
Ihor Havrylyuk, Head of the after-school education center of the Nadvirnya City Council, founder of the "Interactive Museum of Chivalry", co-founder of the Krasnodvir Castle Club (Nadvirna, Ivano-Frankivsk region)
Engagement of Pupils and Students in the Study of Living History
Lyudmila Yulkina, junior researcher of the National Historical and Cultural Reserve "Chigyrin" ( Chigyrin, Cherkasy region)
Traditions of Ukrainian Cuisine by the Example of Stetsivka Village of the Cherkask Region (First Half of the 20th Century)
Lunch 14:00h - 15:00h
Round table: 15:00h - 17:00h
"Experimental archaeology and living history in Ukraine and experience of Western partners"
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I. Introduction
Presentation of the participants of the round table
- Yarema Ivantsiv, culture and history reserve"Davnii Plisnesk", head of the NGO "Chorna Galych" (Ukraine)
- Dr. Roeland Paardekooper, director of EXARC (Denmark)
- Dr. Aimée Little, senior lecturer University of York, director of the "YEAR” Centre (York Experimental Archaeological Research Centre) (Great Britain)
- Vladyslav Chabanyuk, director of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Trypilska Kultura" (Ukraine)
- Oleksandr Didyk, culture and history reserve"Davnii Plisnesk", archaeologist-experimenter (Ukraine)
- Genadiy Nizhnyk-Kolomiychuk, head of the historical reenactment club "Regnum Hierosomylitanum", employee of the Israel Antiquities Authority, experimenter (Israel)
II. Main Part, Discussion
Topics for discussion:
1. Experimental archaeology as a factor in the development of culture and history reserves, open-air museums, and museums.
2. Experimental archaeology and living history – a method of communication, conveying information, scientific direction, promotion of ideas and values.
- Why should such a method of conveying information occupy an important place? Why can it be more effective than other methods?
- How to achieve this?
3. Practical issues and difficulties of project implementation.
- Activity planning. Searching for information to gain experience. Risks and challenges.
- Possible directions of development of the SUN initiative: determination of further steps; involvement of participants; dissemination of educational information;
- Exchange of knowledge, ideas and experience.
III. The Practical Part
Presentation of flint knapping by researcher of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Dmytro Stupak.
Summary of the round table
