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The 2024/3 EXARC Journal brings you five reviewed and five mixed matter articles. Each of the articles tackles a different topic. Sally Pointer’s project looked into the earliest soapmaking. An article on the RETOLD ...

© EXARC, 2024; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: August 22, 2024;
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The 2024/2 EXARC Journal brings you eight reviewed and five 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.

© EXARC, 2024; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: June 4, 2024;
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The 2024/1 issue is bringing you 12 articles. This time round we have four articles coming from Europe (Estonia, Denmark, Netherlands and UK) while the other two are from China and India....

© EXARC, 2024; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: February 26, 2024;
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The 2023/4 issue is bringing you 18 articles. The reviewed articles come from Europe, Canada, Australia and Syria. As usual they cover wide variety of topics. Can Experimental Archaeology confirm...

© EXARC, 2023; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: December 12, 2023;
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The 2023/3 issue is bringing you 12 articles. The reviewed articles come from Denmark, United Kingdom and two from Italy. In the mixed matters section you can find reports on conferences and events including the EAC13...

© EXARC, 2023; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: August 25, 2023;
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The 2023/2 issue is bringing you 14 articles. Among the reviewed articles: reconstructing Ötzi’s shoes, production of Roma screws and Tannūr ovens. Check Mixed Matters for the discussion with Ukrainians archaeologists...

© EXARC, 2023; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: June 17, 2023;
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This issue includes 12 articles. From the potential of open-air museums to charcoal, through making scarabs, weaving, Stone Age sustainability to an abandoned open-air museum in India, and both old and new wars…

© EXARC, 2023; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: March 3, 2023;
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This issue includes ten articles. From the process of designing and running a new course on Experimental Archaeology and Experiential History, through working with gems and research of Early British glass beads...

© EXARC, 2022; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: December 2, 2022;
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The six experimental articles vary widely from investigation into polished vessel surfaces through reconstruction of a tablet woven band from the Oseberg and reconstruction of the Iceman's arrow quiver to charring experiments...

© EXARC, 2022; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: September 15, 2022;
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This issue contains four reviewed articles and nine mixed matters articles. We would like to highlight the article on the results of EXARC Twinning project by Lauresham and CEAMC at University College Dublin...

© EXARC, 2022; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: July 8, 2022;
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The ten reviewed articles are providing a broad spectrum of experiments: from fire hearths to horse armour to amber to lime mortar, this edition is packed full with interesting experiments and inspiring discussions!

© EXARC, 2022; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: February 25, 2022;
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This Journal consists of 19 articles, three articles are on Medieval Bone Pipes (UK, Poland and Finland). Other subjects are Birch Bark Glue, Ancient Greek Weaving, Pit House Reconstructions in Japan...

© EXARC, 2021; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: November 25, 2021;
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This Journal consists of 14 articles on subjects like Roman Gold Washing, Recreation of a Kapa Kaha, Origin and Use of the Potter's Wheel during the Iron Age, Bog Body Funerary Performances and several reports…

© EXARC, 2021; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: August 26, 2021;
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This Journal consists of 19 articles on subjects like reconstruction of the “compound” bow of Sintashta culture (EXARC Twinning project), the Ancient Magic of Malt, Throwing Punic Amphorae in southern Iberia…

© EXARC, 2021; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: May 26, 2021;
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This Journal consists of 19 articles on subjects like Roman horse saddles and Chinese woven bands, book reviews about bead making and beer brewing but also articles on bronze, stone and textiles…

© EXARC, 2021; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: February 25, 2021;
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It was not planned but five of 16 articles are about weaving, looms or loom weights. Even within this subject, there is a great diversity, as they are about research in Italy, Slovakia, Norway, the Levant and Meso-America....

© EXARC, 2020; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: November 25, 2020;
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The Journal contains 19 articles. Four of them relate to the Experimental Archaeology Conference #EAC11 in Trento. Other papers are from a.o. Brazil, Iran and Israel. Authors cut trees, make clay figurines and music...

© EXARC, 2020; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: August 21, 2020;
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We offer here 18 articles: 3 from EAC11, and articles on flax working, spear throwers, iron smelting and Roman food. Between Mixed Matters article with advice for open-air museums on how to handle with and after COVID-19...

© EXARC, 2020; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: May 25, 2020;
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The 25 articles include 8 articles from EAC11 in Trento, next you will find article on Experiments with Australian Aboriginal Plant Adhesives, the Human Prehistoric Habitat in the Middle Dniester Region, several book reviews...

© EXARC, 2020; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: February 25, 2020;
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The 20 articles include first six contributions from EAC11 in Trento, as well as some thoughts on working with Artisans, Low- and High-tech approaches at AOAMs and several conference and book reviews...

© EXARC, 2019; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: November 25, 2019;
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The 15 articles include contributions on public at AOAMs (from the Kernave 2018 conference), lithic technology, analysis of metal points, rondelles, throwing sticks, a late Bronze Age bridle and several conference reviews...

© EXARC, 2019; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: August 15, 2019;
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The 12 reviewed articles cover subjects like ancient beer, firing pottery with camel dung, antler working and bead making, or reconstructing ornamentation on Russian pottery. We also have 11 unreviewed short articles...

© EXARC, 2019; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: May 21, 2019;
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This Issue includes articles on Constructions of at Kierikki Stone Age Centre, Current Trends in Historical Re-Enactments in Catalonia, Cooking in Egypt and Romania, History and Theory on EA, CRAFTER and more...

© EXARC, 2019; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: February 20, 2019;
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This Issue includes articles on a Lath Screen Fish Weir, Celtic Copper Alloy Coin Minting, Brewing, Outfitting a Catawba Indian Mannequin and Viking Jewellery Mould Making (Experimental and Reconstructive Aspects).

© EXARC, 2018; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: November 15, 2018;
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Articles describe Erasmus, bronze casting, a cloak clasp, trebuchets, museum exhibitions, pottery, textiles and prosthetic legs. We cover a.o. the Roman Era and 19th Century in the UK, Easter Island, Slovakia and Cyprus.

© EXARC, 2018; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: August 25, 2018;
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With articles about earth ovens, a weaving loom, learning to recreate, recreating to learn, Colonial Williamsburg, a Bronze Age longhouse, Inca & Egyptian mummification and experimental approaches to student success.

© EXARC, 2018; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: May 22, 2018;
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This Issue includes articles on bronze patination, building a watchtower, re-rolling a mummy, taking vacation in the past, a rattle with animal teeth, prehistoric dances, Iberian pottery and Roman woodworking tools.

© EXARC, 2018; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: February 25, 2018;
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This Issue contains articles on Roman Experimental Archaeology in Ireland, Medieval Food, Glass Bead Making, challenging Modern Assumptions about Metal Recycling and the Mechanics of Splitting Wood.

© EXARC, 2017; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: November 20, 2017;
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With a.o. the Ancient Greek Long Jump, a Sherd Shatter Patterns Experiment, Experimentation and Outreach in Catalonia, Twenty Years Experimental Archaeology in Poland and nine book, conference and event reviews.

© EXARC, 2017; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: August 30, 2017;
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More about an Event in the Czech Republic, Prehistoric Beekeeping, the Colour Palette of Antique Bronzes, Stable British Archaeological Open-Air Museums and Making a Mongol Era Bow.

© EXARC, 2017; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: June 1, 2017;
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With Bronze Age Ceramics in Siberia, Experiential Archaeology at an Archeopark, the Potential for Open-Air Sites, Museums as Good Places and Painting Bronze Age Plaster; also eight brief pieces.

© EXARC, 2017; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: February 15, 2017;
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A Danish Boat as Open Source Project, a Minoan Experimental House, Outdoor Travelling as Reenactment and Living History in German Archaeological Open-Air Museums. Mixed Matters from South Africa and more.

© EXARC, 2016; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: December 1, 2016;
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A Tour with Hands-On Objects, an Attacking Tooth Worm, Insulating Walls in the Bronze Age, Flintknapping at Archaeological Open-Air Museums, an Experimental Hut in Sicily and Cooking in Baskets Using Hot Rocks.

© EXARC, 2016; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: August 15, 2016;
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Using Volunteers in Archaeological Open-Air Museums, the Spatial Structure of Museums, an Open-Air Museum in Austria, Use Wear on Bronze Age Hammers, Spiral Tube Decorations and A Medieval Broken Leg.

© EXARC, 2016; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: June 15, 2016;
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Playing with the Past? Or Saving Our Future?, Making and Using a Glass Furnace, Salt Production in the UK, Burning Pig Bones in Denmark, Lessons from a Study of Reenactment and several Reviews.

© EXARC, 2016; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: February 15, 2016;
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Montale, (In)tangible Knowledge, Lessons Learnt from Reconstructing Roundhouses, Experience with Building Mesolithic Huts, Access to Cultural Heritage Sites for All, Stone Age Glue and Needlework the Pazyryk Way.

© EXARC, 2015; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: November 30, 2015;
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What Does Your Visitor Experience? An Experimental Camp, Assessing Knapping Skills, A Gaulish Throwing Stick, Bronze Age Metal Casting in Italy and Building a Neolithic Longhouse in Austria.

© EXARC, 2015; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: August 30, 2015;
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From Roman Matron to Modern Icon, Steinzeitpark Dithmarschen, How did They Drill That?, Museum Theatre in Greece, Making Wine like the Iberians, Neolithic Woodworking and Yeavering Reconsidered.

© EXARC, 2015; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: May 15, 2015;
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Get into the Grave, Putting on a Show, Reconstructing Houses in Poland, two Book Reviews, an Interview (Linda Hurcombe), Obituary (Mats Geschwind) and a Discussion on Experimental versus Experiential Archaeology.

© EXARC, 2015; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: February 15, 2015;
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The Prometheus Project, Impressions in Pottery from Linen and Woollen Textiles, Iberian Pottery Kiln Burning, Interviews from Hungary and greece, Book reviews and How to Organize an Archaeological Open-Air Museum.

© EXARC, 2014; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: November 15, 2014;
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Experiments with Felsite from Shetland, Pottery Decoration, Dyeing Kettles from Pompeii, reinventing the Egyptian Pulley, A Greek Interview and Review of a Spanish Experimental Archaeology Conference.

© EXARC, 2014; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: August 15, 2014;
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Interpreting the Interpreter, Archaeological Live Interpretations, Docu-Soaps and Themed Walks, Minoan Chisels, Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) and Reenactment and Medieval Iron Smelting.

© EXARC, 2014; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: May 15, 2014;
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The Impact of Living History on Young People, Mummification of Votive Birds, Italian Bronze Age Sword Production, the Registry of Memory Process in Experimental Archaeology and Stone Casting Moulds.

© EXARC, 2014; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: February 15, 2014;
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Air Quality in Reconstructed Houses, People Want Quality and will Pay, Smelting with Public, Neolithic House Reconstruction and Modern Architecture, Acorn Bread, Lost Wax Bronze Disk Making and Cherokee Blowguns.

© EXARC, 2013; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: November 15, 2013;
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Lithic Experiments, a Tile Kiln, A Museum/Playground, Experimental Cremation, High Carbon Steel, Bone Splinters, Warrior Reconstruction, Scandinavian House Reconstructions and Viking Brewing.

© EXARC, 2013; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: June 15, 2013;
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Gene Fornby in Sweden, Recreating the Roman Fonseca Hairstyle, Crafting the Past, the Quality of the Craft, Drying Meat in the Ice Age and Roman Lime Burning; includes Conference & Book Reviews, 20 Years VAEE (NL).

© EXARC, 2013; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: February 15, 2013;
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Ancient Repairs on Bronze Objects, Bronze Sheet a la Cellini, a Merovingian Treasure Box, Precision Lost Wax Casting, Cold Gilding, Experimental Archaeology in Switzerland, Authenticity: Fiction? Etruscan Pottery Kilns.

© EXARC, 2012; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: September 15, 2012;
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Aeneolithic Potters, History of Archaeological Open-Air Museums, Living History and Adult Education, Public Outreach in the Drents Museum, an Iron Age Horse Bridle and Lead Weights on Roman Plumbata.

© EXARC, 2012; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: May 15, 2012;
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Prehispanic Bells, the Experiment & the Umbrella, Iron Smelting, Building a Round Church, Roseldorf Rekonstruiert, Butser, Medieval Gambling, Archaeological Rafts, Roman Fish Sauce, Re-enactment in Lejre.

© EXARC, 2012; ISSN: 2212-8956;
Publishing date: January 15, 2012;
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Archaeological open-air museums allow us to present archaeological findings to the wider public in their cultural context. Their credibility is tied firmly to... (19 PDF articles)

© EXARC, 2010; ISBN 13: 978-90-78657-05-7

When we are attempting to recreate the worlds of our ancestors from their remains, how close can we get? How far can we go?... (17 PDF articles)

© EXARC, 2009; ISBN 13: 978-90-78657-04-0

Archaeologists often ask themselves: What was this for or, how did they do that? While we cannot give absolute answers, experimental archaeology... (19 PDF articles)

© EXARC, 2008; ISBN 13: 978-90-78657-03-3

The year 2007 was a year of changes for EuroREA. Responsibility for its publishing moved from the Czech Republic, where it was founded by Dr Tichý, to EXARC... (15 PDF articles)

© EXARC, 2007; ISBN 13: 978-90-78657-02-6

Our modern hurried way of life is opening a deeper and deeper gorge between our lives and the lives of our ancestors... (21 PDF / HTML articles)

© EXREA / EXARC, 2006;
ISBN 13: 978-90-78657-01-9; ISSN: 1214-9551

The second volume brings you a taste of the current happenings in experimental archaeology across Europe... (17 PDF / HTML articles)

© EXREA / EXARC, 2005;
ISBN: 80-239-4085-6; ISSN: 1214-9551

Both SEA & EXARC are proud of setting up a new mouthpiece for those working in the fields of (re)construction and... (16 PDF / HTML articles)

© EXREA / EXARC, 2004;
ISBN: 80-239-5559-4; ISSN: 1214-9551