EXARC Journal Issue 2025/1
17 Articles | DOAJ | Open Access
ISSN: 2212-8956
Publishing date: March 25, 2025
📄 EXARC Journal 2025/1 Table of Contents
Copyrights: EXARC, 2025
Summary
The 2025/1 EXARC Journal contains thirteen reviewed and four mixed matter articles. All the articles are open access to allow for free exchange of information and further development of our knowledge of the past. While most of the articles have traditionally come from Europe, the country which produced the most articles was the US. As always, the articles cover a wide range of topics. For example, from Nigeria we have received an article discussing the challenges in contemporary public archaeology in their country. Giuseppe Antonio Severini explored two hypotheses regarding the use of date palm wood for the manufacture of lutes and rabābs, drawing inspiration from iconographic sources. Lauren Muney delved into production of materials needed to create profile portraits in the US in the early 1800’s. Ashley Stillwell-Hasan researched sources of black dyes in Ireland and Scotland prior to 1500. Radomír Tichý presented the starting points of the archaeological experiment named Expedition Monoxylon IV. Other articles address the production of gold bracteates, simulating organic projectile point damage, manufacturing of Minoan clay tablets, possible use of Garden Orach, medieval textile construction and Neanderthals’ strategies to cope with wet and cold environment. In the mixed matters section Jonathan Dymond’s article considers how the lives of marginalised and/or minority groups such as those with disabilities are explored and expressed by those within the experimental archaeology and living history sectors. In another mixed matters article Rickard Åkesson converses with fellow Viking enthusiast Vicky Mikalsen.
Reviewed Articles
As Dear as Salt - Indications for an Ancient Plant Ash Tradition Preserved in Old World Folktale
Black Ash - a Forgotten Domestication Trait in Garden Orach (Atriplex hortensis L.)
Garden Orach (Atriplex hortensis L.) is a vegetable plant of minor importance but with a wide distribution throughout the Old World and beyond. Previous research revealed its diverse medicinal and magical importance in prehistory. Here, Orach’s special ability to retain sodium even in non-saline ground is introduced. The outstandingly high concentrations of sodium in dry plant matter and plant ash suggest its use as a salt substitute, manifested in an early domestication trait. Special attention is paid to the variability of this trait in cultivars from different geographic regions and within the genus Atriplex. ..
The Itinerant Artist: Portraiting Early America Using Scissors, Soot and Beer
Searching for Dubh: Experiments in Black Dyes Pre 15th Century in Ireland and Scotland
Expanding Horizons: Contemporary Dynamics and Challenges in Public Archaeology in Nigeria
Shaping Minoan Clay Tablets and Hanging Nodules: Contributions from Experimental Research and X-radiography
Simulating Organic Projectile Point Damage to Bison Pelves
A large Bison sp. pelvis was discovered eroding out of shoreline sediment at American Falls Reservoir in Bingham County, Idaho in 1953. The ischium section had a unique groove and perforation with a depth of 35 mm and 10 mm in diameter. The pelvis was X-rayed in 1961 for indicators of the origin of the damage, but it could not be ascertained, and human agency could not be ruled out. For the research presented here, the pelvis was CT scanned to look for any foreign material in the perforation and to determine the three-dimensional structure...
The Monoxylon Expeditions: The starting Points of a Nautical Archaeological Experiment
Wooden Matrices in Bracteate Production: An Experimental Approach
A Workflow Tool for Archaeological Experiments and Analytics
Resurrecting a Bog Dress: A Comparative approach to Medieval Textile Construction
Neanderthals in the Rain: Assessing Neanderthals' Strategies to Survive Wet and Cold Environments through an Experimental Analysis
Reconstruction of some String Instruments from the Ceiling Paintings of the Palatine Chapel of Palermo and the Cathedral of Cefalù, 12th Century
This study explores two hypotheses regarding the use of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera/Phoenix canariensis) wood for the manufacture of plucked string instruments (in this case the lute) and ceramics for bowed instruments (rabāb), drawing inspiration from exceptionally significant iconographic sources...
