thatching of roof

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

Author(s)
Werner Pfeifer 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2015/4
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.

Thatch

A roof covering of straw or reeds, et cetera.
Definition source: Chambers 21st Century Dictionary

Two Reconstructions of Prehistoric Houses from Torun (Poland)

Author(s)
Grzegorz Osipowicz 1 ✉,
D. Nowak 1,
Justyna Kuriga 1
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2015/1
In 1998 the Society for Experimental Primeval Archaeology (SEPA) was founded at the Institute of Archaeology at the Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Toruń. Since its beginnings, SEPA members have dedicated a great effort to engaging in numerous scientific experiments with the aim to present human lifestyle in prehistoric times in general...