ancient technology

Book Review: Experimental Archaeology: Reconstruction of Material Heritage of Lithuania, Volume II by Daiva Luchtaniene (ed)

Author(s)
Paul Wright 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2024/2

Experimental Archaeology: Reconstruction of Material Heritage of Lithuania, Volume II, is an interesting journey back into the past by means of practical experimentations. An insightful volume that contains a collection of well-written and well-crafted essays exploring different facets of ancient life in Lithuania...

Book Review: Celtiform Pendants of Pre-Columbian Costa Rica: Production, distribution, and experimental replication by Waka Kuboyama-Haraikawa

Author(s)
 LeeAnn Culbertson 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/4
In her book, Celtiform Pendants of Pre-Columbian Costa Rica: Production, distribution, and experimental replication, Waka Kuboyama-Haraikawa seeks to highlight lapidary technologies in Costa Rica by examining the social application and production of celtiform pendants. Haraikawa is a PhD research fellow for the Center for Northeast Asian Studies...

The Scottish Crannog Centre: Sustainable Thinking through Time and Place

Author(s)
Edward Hiden 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/2
The Scottish Crannog Centre is currently in the process of moving to a new larger site, just across the waters of Loch Tay to the northern shores. On our journey to our new home of Dalerb we took the decision to embrace sustainability in all its forms and consider how we can highlight certain sustainable practices that can be seen in the archaeological record...

Book Review: Technology and Experimentation in Archaeology by Sara Cura et al.

Author(s)
Silje Evjenth Bentsen 1,2 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2021/4

Are chaîne opératoire, technology, and experimental protocols and methodology keywords to your research interests? Technology and Experimentation in Archaeology provides international perspectives and excellent case studies on those very subjects...

Techno-functional Study of the Personal Ornaments in Lignite of the Boira Fusca Cave (Cuorgnè, Torino-Italy)

Author(s)
Stefano Viola 1,2 ✉,
Gorgio Gaj 3,
Dino Del Caro 3,
Marie Besse 4
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2020/3
11th EAC Trento 2019
***This paper aims to present a techno-functional study of lignite ornamental objects found during the Fedele excavations (1977-1980) in the Boira Fusca Cave (Cuorgnè, Salto-Turin, Italy). The site demonstrates a chrono-cultural sequence which extends from the late Palaeolithic to the Modern era...

Book Review: Slow Tech by Peter Ginn

Author(s)
Jonny Crockett 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2020/1
Slow Tech by Peter Ginn is a guide for step-by-step experimental archaeology. It is more a manual than a text or reference book, clearly showing the chaîne opératoire for potential experiments to try at home. Each of the five chapters includes a brief introduction to the relevant topics, followed by a series of experiments with clear procedure instructions and lists of required equipment...

Conference Review: Reconstructive & Experimental Archaeology Conference REARC 2019

Author(s)
Cameron Privette 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2020/1
REARC Conferences
***The 9th annual Reconstructive and Experimental Archaeology Conference, hosted by the Center for Historic Preservation at the University of Mary Washington and George Washington’s Ferry Farm in Fredericksburg, Virginia, took place between October 25th and 26th...

Book Review: Storia Militare, by Mauro Fiorentini

Author(s)
Lara Comis 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2019/4
This paperback volume comprises 48 pages with several unnumbered black and white illustrations and some colour illustrations. It is a monograph dedicated to the Picenian warriors, who lived mainly in Abruzzo and Marche (central east Italy) from the IX century BC until the romanization of the area (p. 5).