ethnoarchaeology

Can Experimental Archaeology Confirm Ethnographic Evidence? The Case of Aboriginal Boomerangs Used as Retouchers

Author(s)

Eva Francesca Martellotta ^{1, 2} ✉

Publication Date

2023-12-12

EXARC Journal Issue 2023/4

In this article, an experimental programme is used to examine how boomerangs may be used to retouch stone tools. The programme's findings confirm ethnographic data pertaining to the employment of hardwood boomerangs in retouching activities and investigate their technological similarities to Palaeolithic bone retouchers...

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Experimenting with the Ancient Greek Pottery Production Process from Clay Selection to Firing in a (Re)constructed Updraft Kiln

Author(s)

Francesca Tomei ¹ ✉,

Juan Ignacio Jimenez Rivero ²

Publication Date

2023-08-25

EXARC Journal Issue 2023/3

This article presents an experimental archaeology project that aimed to reproduce the Hellenistic Greek pottery production process. The project's main research questions were focused on understanding how locally available raw materials and climatic conditions influenced the production process and how the process created social networks with the local community...

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An Experimental Approach to Assessing the Tempering and Firing of Local Pottery Production in Nubia during the New Kingdom Period

Author(s)

Julia Budka ¹ ✉,

Giulia D’Ercole ¹

Publication Date

2022-07-08

EXARC Journal Issue 2022/2

Recently, the development of an independent strand of study, known as the ‘archaeology of dung,’ has resulted in numerous cross-geographical publications confirming the use of animal dung in archaeological deposits as the main fuel source and several other purposes. Most of these studies focus on the analysis of the microscopic evidence attributable to dung, combining multi-proxy approaches to ...

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Review: Journal of Ethnoarchaeology

Author(s)

E. Giovanna Fregni ¹ ✉

Publication Date

2021-05-26

EXARC Journal Issue 2021/2

Experimental archaeologists often seek similar ethnographic studies when designing and preparing experiments. Observing how contemporary traditional artisans work, along with the materials and tools they use, provides invaluable insights to those who want to understand crafts and tools used in the ancient past. While contemporary artisans’ tools may have been modernised...

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Traces of Manufacture, Use, Repair and Modification Observed on Ethnographic Throwing Sticks and Boomerangs

Author(s)

Luc Bordes ¹ ✉

Publication Date

2021-02-25

EXARC Journal Issue 2021/1

Throwing sticks and boomerangs are present in the collections of many French and international museums. Collected mainly in the 19th and 20th centuries by travelers, they were mainly analyzed from a stylistic point of view, to relate them to their region of origin. Some of these objects were made by the indigenous populations especially to be exchanged with Europeans and only bear...

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Experimental Bonfirings of Pottery with Camel Dung Fuel, Jordan, July 2018

Author(s)

Maria-Louise Sidoroff ¹ ✉

Publication Date

2019-05-21

EXARC Journal Issue 2019/2

The objective of this series of experimental pottery firings with camel dung fuel was to isolate the function of this fuel type within the context of a simple mode of pottery firing for data applicable to studies of ancient pottery manufacture...

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Vegetable Plaiting Materials from the Site of Abu Tbeirah (Southern Iraq, Third Millennium BC): Experimental Approach

Author(s)

Maria Virginia Montorfani ¹ ✉

Publication Date

2019-02-20

EXARC Journal Issue 2019/1

This study is based on plaiting materials from Abu Tbeirah, Iraq, with a particular attention to baskets and reed mats. The study focuses on the various raw materials used, on diverse plating techniques and tries to understand possible uses of these artefacts in their context. The research has been developed with an experimental approach, based on archaeological and ethnographic sources...

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Re-Creating an Aboriginal Earth Oven with Clayey Heating Elements: Experimental Archaeology and Paleodietary Implications

Author(s)

Maurizio Campanelli ¹,

Jane Muir ²,

Alice Mora ³ ✉,

Daniel Ross Clarke ^1,4,

Darren Griffin ⁴

Publication Date

2018-05-22

EXARC Journal Issue 2018/2

Earth ovens may relate to different ancestral cooking techniques, serving specific needs and functions. In eastern and south-eastern Australia, they were a significant element of a thriving pre-colonial Aboriginal culture. However, today it is extremely rare to find such structures well preserved. Based on archaeological and historical records...

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Hut 1 of Tornambé, Pietraperzia: an Experimental Project for Prehistoric Sicily Studies

Author(s)

Claudia Speciale ¹ ✉,

Kati Caruso ²

Publication Date

2016-08-15

EXARC Journal Issue 2016/3

Architectural reconstructions in archaeology represent very common experimental projects throughout Northern and Southern Europe (see for example Page 2012; Burrow 2015). Testing hypotheses and comparing scarce archaeological data with material culture artefacts helps to create an enduring visual experience for both researchers and the public (Paardekooper 2013)...

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