Experimental Archaeology

Experimental Archaeology is an approach for filling gaps in our knowledge about the past, which cannot be filled through other archaeological research methods. An archaeological experiment must always answer a specific research question through practically testing production, use and/or formation of material culture and/or archaeological features. In Experimental Archaeology, testing a hypothesis in direct reference to the archaeological record is the core activity. The information gained should be impossible to obtain from solely examining original artefacts. The practice of experimental archaeology is strongly connected to the other four legs of EXARC as growing craft experience as well as interpretation can also lead to research questions and experimental projects.

Experimental Archaeology as Participant Observation: A Perspective from Medieval Food

Author(s)

Scott D. Stull ¹ ✉

Publication Date

2017-11-20

EXARC Journal Issue 2017/4

10th EAC Leiden 2017
***Central to anthropology is the concept of participant observation, where a researcher engages in immersive learning through ethnographic fieldwork. This concept is also important for archaeologists as immersive learning provides an avenue for more robust interpretation and the development of...

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Twenty Years with Flint. The Society for Experimental Prehistoric Archaeology – Where are We Now?

Author(s)

Grzegorz Osipowicz ¹ ✉,

Justyna Kuriga ¹

Publication Date

2017-08-30

EXARC Journal Issue 2017/3

The Society of Experimental Prehistoric Archaeology (SEPA, www.keap.umk.pl) is an organisation affiliated with the Nicolaus Copernicus University’s Institute of Archaeology since 1998. The first academic supervisor of SEPA was Jolanta Małecka-Kukawka, now led by Grzegorz Osipowicz...

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Research, Experimentation and Outreach in the Early Neolithic Site of La Draga (Banyoles-Spain)

Author(s)

Antoni Palomo ¹ ✉,

Raquel Piqué ²,

Xavier Terradas ³,

Joan Anton Barceló ²,

Juan Antonio Rodríguez ³,

Montserrat Buch ⁴,

Jürgen Junkmanns ⁵,

Miriam de Diego ²,

Oriol López ²

Publication Date

2017-08-30

EXARC Journal Issue 2017/3

The exceptional preservation of organic material in the early Neolithic site of La Draga (Banyoles, north-east Iberian Peninsula) has allowed lines of research that had rarely been undertaken in the region. The research project carried out at the site of La Draga involves experimental archaeology as a...

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Recommended Literature

COLES, J.M., 1979. Experimental Archaeology, London: Academic Press.

FERGUSON, J.R., 2010. Designing Experimental Research in Archaeology: Examining Technology through Production and Use, Boulder: University Press of Colorado.

HURCOMBE, L., CUNNINGHAM, P, 2016. The life cycle of structures in experimental archaeology: An object biography approach, Leiden: Sidestone Press.

INGERSOLL, D., YELLEN, J.E. & MACDONALD, W., 1977. Experimental archeology, New York: Columbia University Press.

KELTERBORN, P., 2005. Principles of Experimental Research in Archaeology, EuroREA, (Re)construction and Experiment in Archaeology – European Platform, 2, 120-122.

MALINA, J., 1983. Archaeology and Experiment, Norwegian Archaeological Review, 16:2, 69-85.

MATHIEU, J., 2002. Introduction - Experimental Archaeology - Replicating Past Objects, Behaviors, and Processes, Mathieu, J. (ed.) Experimental Archaeology, replicating past objects, behaviors and processes, BAR International Series 1035, 1-12.

OUTRAM, A.K., 2008. Introduction to Experimental Archaeology, World Archaeology 40:1, 1-7

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Twenty Years with Flint. The Society for Experimental Prehistoric Archaeology – Where are We Now?

Research, Experimentation and Outreach in the Early Neolithic Site of La Draga (Banyoles-Spain)

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Experimental Archaeology as Participant Observation: A Perspective from Medieval Food

Twenty Years with Flint. The Society for Experimental Prehistoric Archaeology – Where are We Now?

Research, Experimentation and Outreach in the Early Neolithic Site of La Draga (Banyoles-Spain)

Higher Education Centres and Groups working with Experimental Archaeology

EXARC

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