experimental archaeology

Conference Review: 6th Experimental Archaeology Conference, York 2012

Author(s)
Ruth Fillery-Travis 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2012/2
EAC Conferences
*** Established in 2006 with a workshop at UCL London, the Experimental Archaeology Conference is an annual event aiming to bring together experimental practitioners from Europe and afield. Since 2006 it has been held at a variety of locations in England and Scotland...

Conference Review: International Öguf-Symposium 2010

Author(s)
Alexandra Krenn-Leeb 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2012/1

Prehistory and Early History (ÖGUF) took place 27-30 October at The Museum for Natural History in Vienna under the patronage of State Captain and Mayor of Vienna Dr. Michael Häupl – and the general director of the Museum for Natural History Vienna, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Köberl. Theme was experimental archaeology: theory, practice, science, education...

Conference Review: Report on the 1st Annual REARC Conference

Author(s)
Maria-Louise Sidoroff 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2012/1
REARC Conferences
***Mark Butler organized the First Annual REARC Conference, which was held on October 16-17, 2010 at the Schiele Museum in Gastonia, North Carolina. The conference was a great success. Dr. Ann Tippet, Schiele Museum Director, and Steve Watts, Director of Southeast Native American Studies (SENAS)...

Conference Review: The 1st Annual REARC Conference, Defining Reconstructive Archaeology for the 21st Century

Author(s)
Eric B. Marks 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2012/1
REARC Conferences
***The first annual Reconstructive and Experimental Archaeology (REARC) conference was held at the Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina, October, 16 – 17, 2010. RE-ARC is the brainchild of Mark Butler, President of REARC, and eleven other individuals who comprise the Board of Directors...

Conference Review: EXARC General Meeting 2010

Author(s)
Jodi Reeves Flores 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2012/1

The EXARC General Meeting was held in Cardiff, Wales, UK from the 5-7 of March 2010. Participants visited St. Fagans, an open-air museum, on Saturday the 6th. This review focuses on the papers and the discussion that took place on Sunday the 7th, entitled Open Air and Experimental Archaeology in the UK: recent work and ongoing projects...

Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie. Eine Gratwanderung zwischen Wissenschaft und Kommerz by Dirk Vorlauf

Author(s)
Wulf Hein 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2012/1
Annual Proceedings of the EXAR Tagung
***The name Dirk Vorlauf is closely connected to the history of experimental archaeology in Germany. From the late1980s, the Vorlauf has conducted several experiments testing archaeological hypotheses, and he is critically involved in methodology and theory...