EAC

Conference Review: EAC13, Torun, Poland, May 2023

Author(s)
Phoebe Baker 1 ✉,
E. Giovanna Fregni 2,
Jess Shaw 3
Publication Date
This year EXARC/EAC held its first fully hybrid conference at Nikolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland on 1-3 May. Using the experience and technology from the EAC World Tour, the previous conference in 2021, EXARC was able to include international speakers who would otherwise be unable to participate in the conference.

The Contribution of Experimental Archaeology in Addressing the Analysis of Residues on Spindle-Whorls

Author(s)
Vanessa Forte 1 ✉,
Francesca Coletti 1,
Elena Ciccarelli 2,
Cristina Lemorini 3
Publication Date
11th EAC Trento 2019
***This contribution focuses on residues developing on spindle-whorls during spinning. Such a kind of tools is largely diffused in archaeological contexts where spindle-whorls were used in textile activities or deposited in burials as grave goods. Scholars recently approached...

Conference Review: 11th Experimental Archaeology Conference - EAC11, Trento 2019

Author(s)
Caroline Jeffra 1
Jilian Garvey 2
Publication Date
EAC Conferences
***The 11th Experimental Archaeology Conference was this year held in Trento, Italy, organized by EXARC and the University of Trento. Over 190 participants gathered together hailing from more than 25 countries, and for the first time the conference ran parallel sessions. The conference spanned three days...

Conference Review: Fields of Dreams - the EAC10 Conference, Leiden 2017

Author(s)
Rena Maguire 1
Publication Date
EAC Conferences
***In recent years, experimental archaeology has increased in popularity among academics and students alike due, in no small part, to pioneering universities such as Exeter, University College of London, Leiden and University College of Dublin...

Conference Review: 9th Experimental Archaeology Conference, Dublin 2015

Author(s)
Katy Whitaker 1
Publication Date
EAC Conferences
***The ninth Experimental Archaeology Conference was held over 16-18 January 2015 at University College Dublin (Ireland). A large gathering of nearly 200 delegates from more than 25 countries across the EU and the Americas was hosted by UCD School of Archaeology and the Irish National Heritage Park. Twenty papers and 26 posters...

Conference Review: 8th Experimental Archaeology Conference, Oxford 2014

Author(s)
E. Giovanna Fregni 1
Publication Date
EAC Conferences
***The conference unofficially began in the Royal Blenheim pub at 6 pm on Thursday evening. Conference staff and attendees filtered in throughout the evening eventually filling the back room. The pub had excellent food and a good variety of local ales. Those who managed to brave the flooding introduced themselves and got to know...

Conference Review: 7th Experimental Archaeology Conference, Cardiff 2013

Author(s)
Heather Hopkins 1
Publication Date
EAC Conferences
***The 7th Experimental Archaeology Conference was held on 12-13th January 2013. This annual event, first held in 2006. This year it was hosted jointly by the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University and St Fagan’s Open-Air Museum. Seventy-five delegates originally booked to attend, but one hundred actually...

Conference Review: 6th Experimental Archaeology Conference, York 2012

Author(s)
Ruth Fillery-Travis 1
Publication Date
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...