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Session Review: ASOR Experimental Archaeology Session, November 2019, San Diego, CA, USA

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Tracy L. Spurrier 1 ✉
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In November 2019, Experimental and Experiential Archaeology made its debut as an independent session at the ASOR Annual Meeting in San, Diego, California, USA, featuring research done in the context of the ancient Near East. The session was organized by Tracy L. Spurrier from the University of Toronto who has been dabbling in modern lost wax bronze casting in order to research how...

Fous d’Histoire Niort

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Organised by
Association pour l'Histoire Vivante

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  • France

More than 30 professional and amateur companies of historical spectacles take part, divided into several categories: music, dance and song; theater and street performance; animal training and show; crafts and demonstrations; military art; various activities and services; technique and accessories; living history sites.

Ãļ§Ö±²¥ Historical Textiles Chat

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Organised by
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  • the Netherlands

Textile researchers have a challenge when looking for information in our field, which is part of what makes it fun! We have to think outside the box, looking in places others may not consider. Bring your favorite sources, ask about what you are looking for, or tell us your stories of the search. Join us on Discord in the textile chat on the Ãļ§Ö±²¥ channel on November 27, 2021, at 1500 CET.

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: Javelin Throwing

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  • Austria

The javelin throwing on Saturday, September 26th and Sunday, September 27th, is for the adventurous and families. Equipped with a spear and a spear thrower, young and old learn about Stone Age hunting techniques and all kinds of interesting facts about hunting and everyday life in prehistory.

Roe Deer as Raw Material for Middle Mesolithic Fishhooks? An Experimental Approach to the Manufacture of Small Bone Fishhooks

Author(s)
Anja Mansrud 1 ✉,
Morten Kutschera 2
Publication Date
Bone fishhooks have occasionally been retrieved from bone assemblages at coastal sites dating to the Middle Mesolithic phase (8300-6300 cal. BC) in Southern Norway and Western Sweden. Several studies of fishhooks from these sites have been undertaken in recent years. Fishhooks can be manufactured from different osseous materials, including antler, ribs and shafts of different long bones...