EXARC Journal

EXARC Journal Issue 2017/1

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Issue 2017-1
EXARC Journal

13 Articles | DOAJ | Open Access
ISSN: 2212-8956
Publishing date: February 15, 2017
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Copyrights: EXARC, 2017

Summary

This year’s first online issue of the EXARC Journal has just been published. It holds several important articles on the future: “museums as good places” on the relevance of museums in modern society, and “the potential of open-air sites” to mention just a few. There is lots in it about the Bronze Age too: painting plaster in Thebes and the reconstruction of Bronze Age ceramics in Siberia. All in all we offer five reviewed articles for members only and eight open access articles, open to all. Four of these are reviews of very interesting books about for example Neolithic house reconstructions and Lombard men’s wear. We also share an obituary of Steve Watts, primitive technologist and much more.

 

Reviewed Articles

Painting Bronze Age Plaster from Thebes Boeotia

Author(s)
Αntonis Vlavogilakis 1 ✉
Publication Date
A series of experiments were conducted to study an unusual mortar mixture identified by Brysbaert (2008a) in plaster fragments found in Thebes, Boeotia (Her study of the samples mentioned in the article included investigation by X-ray diffraction, stereo, reflected light and scanning electron microscopy, laser-induced breakdown spectrometry, micro-Raman spectroscopy and macroscopic study.)...

Museums as Good Places

Author(s)
David Anderson 1 ✉
Publication Date

It was a bold and challenging brief. The trustees decided to commission two alternative reports. They invited Patrick Geddes, the pioneering biologist, sociologist, environmentalist, social reformer and city planner, to produce one of these, and T. H. Mawson the other. For Geddes, this was an opportunity to bring together his life's work across many disciplines in one visionary scheme. He spent months, with the assistance of a photographer, recording almost every square yard of the city, before submitting his plan.

The Potential for Open-Air Sites: a Diversified Approach in Emilia, Italy

Author(s)
Davide Delpiano 1 ✉,
Francesco Garbasi 1,
Filippo Fontana 2
Publication Date
The development of open-air cultural heritage and archaeological areas is based upon their optimal safeguarding and management, and through the public awareness they generate. In this paper, considering different management issues and end goals, we will demonstrate how, through cooperation among specialized professionals, local authorities and ...

A Course in Experiential Archaeology at an Archeopark as a Part of Active University Education

Author(s)
Veronika Mikešová 1 ✉,
D. Maršálek 1
Publication Date
As with any other science, archaeology constantly adopts new methods and trends over time. University education in the field can be very helpful advancing sciences in every country. This type of education influences the early stages of future top scientists and forms their future careers. Therefore, education should reflect not only scientific innovations but also innovative educational methods...

Reconstruction of the Geometric DĂ©cor Technology of the Bronze Age Ceramics in Siberia

Author(s)
Eva Lamina 1 ✉
Publication Date
The grassland and forest steppes ranging from the Ural to the Altai-Sayan mountains were dominated by Andronovo Family cultures during the second millennium BC (the Bronze Age) (Koryakova & Epimakhov 2007; Мартынов 2005). The Andronovo dated ceramic series were characterized by a distinctly expressed geometric ornamentation style...