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Bronze Age

Experimenting with Protohistory: Interdisciplinary Dialogues

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Organised by
Association pour l’expérimentation et la recherche archéologique (APERA)
Collège des Ecoles Doctorales et de l’ED 112 de l’université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Country

  • France

Call for Papers and Articles

The association APERA in partnership with the College of Doctoral Schools and ED 112, and with the support of the University Paris 1 

Ãļ§Ö±²¥ Beer Brewing Chat

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Organised by
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  • the Netherlands

For historical-archaeological brewers, we gather for our monthly chat. It is open access and will include links and discussion about craft brewing - you decide what will be on the table! The chat starts at 15:00h CET (Amsterdam time) and may take about 1.5 hours.

Active Weekend: Creating Rammed Earth in the Bronze Age Forge

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  • Austria

On Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, the journey to the Bronze Age continues, when experimental archaeologist Wolfgang Lobisser delves into the secrets of prehistoric clay building. Under his expert guidance, visitors create rammed earth in the Bronze Age forge and learn how to judge, process, apply and compact clay.

Experience Weekend: Sealing the Walls of the 'Schwellenbau' Building with Clay

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  • Austria

Visitors can find out all sorts of interesting facts about building and living in the Bronze Age on May 28th and 29th at the experience weekend "The walls of the sleeper construction are sealed with clay". Franz Pieler, scientific director of MAMUZ, shows the techniques and materials our ancestors used to build their houses thousands of years ago. In the threshold construction of the

Myth tour: Once upon a Time

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Country

  • Germany

How did people explain the world to their children 1000, 5000 or 10,000 years ago? Were earth and water separated, were there battles between monsters or did a cow lick someone out of the ice? In a tour we deal with myths and stories about beginnings and origins. There are sources from the Middle Ages, Iron and Bronze Ages that echo how people explain the world to themselves and to others.

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
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...

Enhancing the Accuracy of Use Interpretation: The Discovery of a New Wear Formation with the Complementary Methods of Experimental Archaeology and Use-Wear Analysis

Author(s)
Amber Roy 1 ✉
Publication Date
11th EAC Trento 2019
***Experimental archaeology and use-wear analysis are methods used together to understand aspects of an object’s life, such as manufacture and use. This paper demonstrates the benefits of analysing use-wear through experiments. It presents the results of experiments which were carried out to test the use of battle-axes and axe-hammers...

Ceramicists, Apprentices or Part-Timers? On the Modelling and Assembling of Peak Sanctuary Figurines

Author(s)
Céline Murphy 1 ✉
Publication Date
The question of who made peak sanctuary figurines has frequently been raised but seldom deeply examined. The assumption that the aesthetically refined pieces were carefully made by skilled ‘artists’ while the less visually pleasing ones were rapidly made by low-skilled ‘artisans’ has consequently endured. Revisiting these conclusions from..

A Short Guide to Making Wax Tablets

Author(s)
Αntonis Vlavogilakis 1 ✉
Publication Date
A few years ago, I conducted a series of experiments focusing on wax tablets as drawing tools in antiquity (Vlavogilakis, in press. All references to my earlier experiments with wax tablets refer to this paper). When this was over, I decided to create a diptych as a present. The method of making was inspired from examples of tablets and diptychs from different periods: Bronze Age...