2019 May - Session Experimental Archaeology in the Balkans: Summa Summarum

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Co-organised by
Serbian Archaeological Society (RS)

Until recently, in the Balkans, experimental archaeology was not considered as something that could contribute to science. For decades, this useful and fruitful branch of archaeology represents a genuine scientific discipline in a number of western and central European countries, as well as in Russia. There, for example, experiments were introduced as an inseparable part of material culture research at the famous Leningrad laboratory. On the other hand, obviously, certain experiments require a high level of interdisciplinary knowledge, expertise, and technical equipment, especially when it comes to replicas of individual structures or entire settlements. Nevertheless, it seems that experiments have always been present in our archeological communities, however often underrepresented or unpublished. Only lately has experimental archaeology been revealed up in this area, both regarding the number of conducted experiments and the number of selected topics.

Therefore, it has been suggested for the Serbian Archeological Society (SAS) and EXARC to establish a session about experimental archaeology as a part of the Annual meeting of the Serbian Archaeological Society in Negotin. On this occasion, colleagues regularly conducting experiments will have an opportunity to present their research within a professional and involved environment. All the presentations will be given either their mother tongues or in English. Also, several presentations will be displayed as posters in English. Results of the entire session shall be published as proceedings by SAS and EXARC, in English. Due to the timing and conference capacities, a maximum of 16 presentations will be held, which will be complemented with introductory and closing presentations. Other topics shall be presented as posters.

Contact Info

Organisers: Milica Tapavički Ilić, Vesna Vučković, Roeland Paardekooper and Vojislav Filipović

Contact: info@exarc.net

Program

Presentations

  1. Arthur Bankoff: Burning Down the House; A First for Experimental Archaeology in Serbia
  2. Vesna Vučković, Dejan Jovanović: Crafter: oživljavanje grnačarske tehnologije Vatinske kulture
  3. Mihailo Radinović, Marta Arzarello, Andreu Ollé, Gabriele Berruti: Characterizing flakes produced by bipolar knapping on an anvil: experimental insights 
  4. Andrej Starović: Iskustva korišćenja eksperimentalne arheologije u obrazovnom modelu Istraživačke stanice Petnica
  5. Vojislav Filipović, Wayne Powell, Aleksandar Bulatović, Ognjen Mladenović, Milica Popović, Arthur Bankoff, Jasminka Bogić, Andrea Mason, Mirko Vranić: Experimental archaeology of Jadar Geoarchaeological Project: a tin-related study
  6. Julka Kuzmanović: Pločnik-prošlost uživo
  7. Tena Karavidović, Ivan Valent, Robert Čimin, Tajana Sekelj Ivančan: Eksperimentalno taljenje željezne rude – iskustva i planovi
  8. Aleksandar Medović: The Archaeobotanical Garden of the Museum of Vojvodina
  9. Dragan Janković: Rekonstrukcija neolitskih kuća na imanju oglednog dobra Radmilovac u Vinči
  10. Marko Porčić, Vojislav Filipović: Experiment in the Petnica Science Center: towards taphonomy and microtectonics of a tumulus
  11. Milica Tapavički-Ilić: Eksperiment rimske kremacije na Viminacijumu
  12. Milica Tapavički-Ilić, Ivan Ilić: Rimska praćka
  13. Arturs Tomsons, History of experimental archaeology in Latvia
  14. Ivan Semyan, Spyros Bakas, Processing the “Sintashta bow” project. EXARC twinning award 2019 programme

Posters

  1. Vesna Vučković: Kameno oruđe: ispitivanje mehnačkih svojstava sirovina
  2. N. Mirković-Marić, S. Amicone, V. Forte, A. Memmesheimer, C. Berthold: Tisza and Vinča Pottery Technology: an experimental and archaeometric approach
  3. Rene Masaryk, Matic Perko: Projekt Navis – reconstruction, presentation and use of archaeological heritage through building an ancient vessels
  4. Maria Gurova: Experiments in prehistoric drilling and bead manufacturing
  5. Ivana Pandžić: Hemijske analize keramičkih posuda Tuzle (BiH) ili Detekcija soli na praistorijskim keramičkim ulomcima
  6. Zoran Rujak: Reconstruction of the "Prehistoric palafitte settlement" with construction of an open-air museum on the shoreline of the lake Dojran
  7. Elena Stojanova Kanzurova: The contribution of the open-air museum “Neolithic village” at the archaeological site Tumba Madzari, Skopje, in the experimental archaeology
  8. Aleksandar Kapuran: Eksperiment pečenja keramike
  9. Bojan Popović: Neka zapažanja prilikom eksperimentalnog spaljivanja manje kuće od lakog materijala prilikom nepovoljnih vremenskih uslova
  10. Jasmina Davidović: Eksperimentalna arheologija u Muzeju Srema- rimske frizure
  11. Andreja Kudelić, Filomena Sirovica, Tena Karavidović: Centar za eksperimentalnu arheologiju – doprinos konceptualnom razmatranju materijalne kulture
  12. Andreja Kudelić, Ina Miloglav, Izabela Andrašić, Dalibor Branković, Petra Lacković, Valentina Lončarić, Mia Marijan, Franka Ovčarić, Gabrijela Perhaj: Tehnološki procesi u proizvodnom postupku izrade keramičkih posuda u prapovijesti – eksperimentalni pristup