living history

Book Review: Menswear of the Lombards. Reflections in the Light of Archaeology, Iconography and Written Sources

Author(s)
Rena Maguire 1
Publication Date
Recent archaeological adventures in the beautiful Friulian region of Northern Italy had introduced me to the history of the Langobards, a Germanic people who settled in the Adriatic during the 6th century AD after a long period of southerly migration from the German/Scandinavian Baltic area...

EmeSe Várispánság (HU)

Member of EXARC
No

EmeSe (European Medieval Settlement) has as main goal to promote the history and customs of the medieval Árpád-age to the wider audience with the help of professionals (archaeologists, historians, etc.) and experimental archaeology and historical reconstruction.

EmeSe (European Medieval Settlement) has as main goal to promote the history and customs of the medieval Árpád-age to the wider audience with the help of professionals (archaeologists, historians, etc.) and experimental archaeology and historical reconstruction...

Living History as an Instrument for Historical and Cultural Exchange in German Archaeological Open-Air Museums: an Online Survey Defines Present Status

Author(s)
Tatjana Meder 1,
Jana Seipelt 1 ✉,
Sabrina Slanitz 1
Publication Date
The topic of Living History is a controversial one, with diverse opinions on its subject matter. To begin with: What does the term Living History mean? And in what context do we discuss it? Living History has long been utilized as a method of experiencing history and cultural exchange in open-air museums, especially outside of Germany...

The VIA SCIPIONIS Project Outdoor Travelling Experimental Archaeology and Re-enactment

Author(s)
José Miguel Gallego Cañamero 1 ✉,
Eduard Ble Jimeno 2,
P. Valdes Matias 3,
Javier García Pérez 4
Publication Date
In August 2015 the first rendition of an experimental archaeology project was held, for the first time in Spain. The objective was to study the problems faced by the Roman Republican legions from the second Punic War during their marches. This project, named VIA SCIPIONIS, captured an historical episode...

The Value of Experience: Lessons from a Study of Reenactment

Author(s)
Samantha Hartford 1
Publication Date
It is no secret that in many ways experimental archaeology overlaps with what has come to be called experiential archaeology, an interpretive and humanistic approach to the past. As a result of drawing distinct lines between the two, experimental archaeology struggles with its conception of itself, and experiential archaeology is poorly studied.

Book Review: Geschichtstheater. Formen der "Living History" by Wolfgang Hochbruck

Author(s)
Ibrahim Karabed 1
Publication Date
The dramatisation of history is ubiquitous in our postmodern everyday life: historical novels (as well as their TV adaptations, netting huge audience figures), documentaries, and stylistic references and citations evoking the past in fashion and architecture...

Experience with Building Mesolithic Huts in the Stone Age Park Dithmarschen in 2014

Author(s)
Werner Pfeifer 1
Publication Date
OpenArch Dialogue with Skills Issue
***Two new huts in the Stone Age Park Dithmarschen in Albersdorf (Germany) were built in spring 2014 by the Experimental Archaeologist and Educator Werner Pfeifer with the support of some friends and with financial support from the Stone Age Park Dihmarschen and the EU co-financed project OpenArch.

Living History

An activity involving historical tools, activities and dress in an interactive presentation to give observers and participants a sense of stepping back in time.

What Does Your Visitor Experience? Making the Most of Live Interpretation in a Unique Setting

Author(s)
Marc van Hasselt 1
Publication Date
OpenArch Special Digest 2015 Issue 2
***Archaeological Open-Air Museums (AOAM) offer a unique setting in which live interpretation can make history come truly alive. For many, or perhaps all, AOAM history is the product being sold to the public. During the five years the OpenArch project has run the partners have spent many hours discussing the...