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Bronze Age

The Ancient Magic of Malt: Making Malt Sugars and Ale from Grain Using Traditional Techniques

Author(s)
Merryn Dineley 1 ✉
Publication Date
The transformation of grain into malt, malt sugars and ale is a three step process. First, the controlled germination (malting), then ‘mashing in’ and collecting a sweet liquid known as wort and finally, the fermentation by pitching the yeast which converts the sugary wort into an alcoholic beverage. Each step requires different conditions for the process to work. They cannot be combined...

Book Review: Determining Prehistoric Skin Processing Technologies by Theresa Emmerich Kamper

Author(s)
Carol van Driel-Murray 1 ✉
Publication Date
This volume on prehistoric tanning technology is the revised and expanded version of the dissertation submitted to Exeter University in 2015. It is noteworthy in that it places experiment at the heart of the entire research programme, thereby radically changing the perspective from which archaeological and ethnographic artefacts might be approached...

Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa, Jahrbuch 2020

Author(s)
Stefanie Ulrich 1 ✉
Publication Date
Annual Proceedings of the EXAR Tagung
***The 19th issue of the periodical includes 19 essays over 231 pages which present the contributions of the EXAR conference held in 2019. The annual report (Jahresbericht, p.225) and the instructions for authors (Autorenrichtlinien, p.229) of Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa can be found at the end...

Crafts Weekend

Crafts Weekend
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Country

  • the Netherlands

The craft weekends are entirely devoted to the special historical crafts from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages. Every weekend there is a different theme, such as pottery, blacksmithing or clothing and textile processing. 

For anyone interested in crafts or history in general, these are the weekends you don't want to miss!

Arch Building Demonstration

Arch Building Demonstration
Date

Country

  • Germany

Söhnke Raimann, archaeotechnician at the AFM, demonstrates the production of a ready-to-fire bow and arrows. 

A foretaste of the bow making seminar on June 12th and 13th, 2021, for everyone who has not yet been able to decide to participate.