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Book Review: The Boyne Currach: from Beneath the Shadows of Newgrange By Claidhbh Ó Gibne
Claidhbh Ó Gibne has devoted himself to building traditional currachs and researching their history. His new volume, The Boyne Currach: From beneath the shadows of Newgrange, puts the currach in the context of the history of...
Book Review: Experimentation and Interpretation, The Use of Experimental Archaeology in the Study of the Past by Dana C. E. Millson
What role does experimental archaeology have in the wider discourse? According to the papers in this book, all of which were presented at the Theoretical Archaeological Group (TAG) conference in Southampton in 2008, a large one...
Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa, Bilanz 2011
***Bilanz 2011 once again supplies an exciting, diverse and interesting view into the world of experimental archaeology. Published by EXAR in cooperation with the Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen, Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2011, 270 pp, ISBN 978-3-89995-794-5
Book Review: La ArqueologÃa Reconstructiva y el Factor Didáctico by Santacana and Masriera
Both in Europe and in the US there is a multitude of archaeological sites which are shown to the general public either partially or completely rebuilt. This pattern, which is standard practice in many countries, is sternly contested and rejected in others, giving rise to a 200 year old international debate...
Book Review: Die römische Armee im Experiment by Chr. Koepfer, F. W. Himmler & J. Löffl
Book Review: Experimental Archaeology – Between Enlightenment and Experience by Petersson and Narmo
Book Review: Förestallningar om det Förflutna by Bodil Petersson. Imaginations of the Past, Archaeology and Reconstruction
Book Review: Die Knochen- und Geweihgeräte der Feddersen Wierde by Katrin Struckmeyer
Book Review: The Minoan Double Axe: An Experimental Study of Production and Use by Maria Lowe Fri
Book Review: Experimental Archaeology Presented in the AiD Magazine
The top popular magazine in Germany on archaeology is called Archäologie in Deutschland, simply referred to as ‘AiD’. It has been published every two months since 1984 and is 84 pages in length. The publisher is Theiss from Stuttgart. They publish on archaeology, history and ethnography and carry about 650 titles...