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Conference Review: Fields of Dreams - the EAC10 Conference, Leiden 2017

Author(s)
Rena Maguire 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2017/2

The 10th Experimental Archaeology Conference of EXARC took place in Leiden, Netherlands, over three days; 20th to the 22nd April 2017, in Leiden University’s Archaeology department. The first two days hosted a diverse range of presentations from all over the globe, while the final day consisted of a visit to Vlaardingen prehistoric house-building project and Eindhoven Museum.

Conference Review: Reconstructive & Experimental Archaeology Conference REARC 2016

Author(s)
Christopher Menke 1,2 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2017/1
REARC Conferences
***The 2016 REARC conference hosted by EXARC in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, from November 18th to the 20th, was an unforgettable experience. After a midnight drive and a short night's rest it was time to listen to papers. Everyone giving a presentation was incredibly knowledgeable and the passion they had for their topics...

Conference Review: EAA Vilnius – about Archaeological Tourism, Visualisation, Experiment and Reconstruction

Author(s)
Roeland Paardekooper 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2016/4
The European Association of Archaeologists held its annual conference of 2016 in Vilnius, Lithuania. About 1,500 participants attended a programme, with a similar number of papers, in over 100 sessions. About a dozen EXARC members attended; what follows here is a review of three sessions...

Conference Review: The Metalworker and his Tools: QUB Belfast Conference

Author(s)
E. Giovanna Fregni 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2016/3
A recent conference, funded partially by UISPP, was held in Queens University Belfast. While its main focus was on Bronze Age metalsmithing tools and assemblages, the MeTools conference (23-25 June at Queen’s University, Belfast) had several presentations that focussed on experimental archaeology as a means of exploring metalworking craft...

Conference Review: Archaeological Reconstructions and Tourism, Mistelbach (AT)

Author(s)
Milica Tapavički-Ilić 1 ✉
Maura Stefani 2,
Claus Detreköy 3
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2015/4
EXARC and Urgeschichtemuseum MAMUZ Schloss Asparn/Zaya joined forces to organise an international conference from the 25th to 27th of September 2015, held in Mistelbach, near Vienna focusing on Archaeological Reconstructions and Tourism...

Conference Review: Was it all worth it? Archaeological Reconstructions Between Science and Event

Author(s)
Roeland Paardekooper 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2015/4
On the 3 February 1990, as the Iron Curtain dropped and the border between Bavaria and Bohemia opened, three archaeologists from both countries met. One year later they managed to get 27 participants together and soon the archaeological working group East Bavaria, West- and South Bohemia (and latter also Upper Austria) was a fact.

Conference Review: Managing Archaeological Open-Air Museums: Current Issues, Future Trends

Author(s)
Roeland Paardekooper 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2015/3
OpenArch: In late May 2015, St Fagans National History Museum in Wales organized a three day meeting in and around Cardiff for OpenArch. This is a European Culture Project with 11 partners that work to improve archaeological open-air museums. The first day of the meeting was a conference on issues and trends in archaeological open-air museums...