Mesolithic
Conference Review: European Textile Forum 2017
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The eighth European Textile Forum took place 6-12th November 2017, organised by Katrin Kania and Sabine Ringenberg. It was held at its adopted home LEA (Labor f眉r Expermentelle Arch盲ologie) in Mayen, Germany, a satellite of the RGZM (R枚misch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum) at Mainz, by invitation of LEA director Michael Herdick...
3rd Day of Experimental Universitaria
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Organised by
Universida de Vigo (ES)
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (ES)
GEPN.AAT
Country
- Spain
Program 10:00h - 17:00h
OPERATION OF A GLASS FURNACE
Experience of the behavior of molten glass in a previously prepared oven.
EXPERIMENTING WITH PIGMENTS AND AGLUTINANTS
Experience based on the elaboration of different pigments (iron oxides) mixed with different binders and subjected to different temperatures.
Flint & Jewellery
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Country
- Germany
Fine arrowheads, sharp axes and pretty pearls 鈥 experimental archaeologists from Norway and Germany show you the fascinating techniques used in the Stone Age to make important tools - You can even give them a try yourself!
Book Review: Dressing Prehistory (Oblekani Praveku) by K. Urbanov谩 and J. T. Pulp谩n
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A unique popular education publication called Obl茅k谩n铆 prav臎ku (Dressing prehistory) has appeared on the Czech book market. It is a work by archaeologist Krist媒na Urbanov谩, and Jan T. P暖lp谩n, an experienced experimenter. At first glance the book attracts attention with an unusually large format, well chosen because of the foundation elements of the publication 鈥 colour photographs...
Conference Review: 1st African Conference on Experimental Archaeology (ACE), 2018
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The first African Conference on Experimental Archaeology (ACE) took place at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, between 20th and 22nd March 2018. The conference, co-organised by 媚姬直播, provided a platform for African-based scholars to showcase their experimental research. Scholars from as far afield as the USA, France and India participated in the conference...
Book Review: Skanseny Archeologiczne i Archeologia Eksperymentalna by Jan Gancarski
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The book Skanseny Archeologiczne i Archeologia Eksperymentalna published by the Podkarpackie Muzeum in 2012 brings up the subject of open-air museums, opportunities and disadvantages of the promotion of cultural tourism and experimental archaeology mainly in Poland but also in Slovakia. Articles presented in this book were prepared for two different conferences organised by this museum...
Obituary: Peter Kelterborn (4 July 1928 鈥 9 March 2017)
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On 9 March 2017, Peter Kelterborn, Swiss civil engineer and experimental archaeologist closed his eyes for good at the age of 89. He was known to many of his colleagues through his well-researched works on prehistorical flint and rock technology, but also from his methodological scientific experiments in archaeology. Many cherished him as a modest and thoughtful colleague, friend and counsellor...
Conference: Archaeological Open-Air Museums: Reconstruction and Reenactment 鈥 Reality or Fiction?
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Country
- Poland
The Subcarpathian Museum of Krosno and its branch, the Carpathian Troy Archaeological Open-Air Museum at Trzcinica, Poland, are organising an International Conference entitled 鈥淥pen-Air Archaeological Museums: Reconstruction and Reenactment 鈥 Reality or Fiction?鈥 which will be held on 18 and 19 October this year.
Beyond School - Workshops in Experimental Archaeology at the Museum (Romania)
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Experimental archaeology, as an educational means, has become a particularly useful practice in museum institutions in Romania, although there is no tradition in this field. Here, we present activities of the History and Ethnography Museum in T芒rgu Neam牛, where several experimental archaeology workshops were organised for pupils aged between 9 and 12 years. Participants were introduced to the prehistoric technologies...
Animal Teeth in a Late Mesolithic Woman鈥檚 Grave, Reconstructed as a Rattling Ornament on a Baby Pouch
Publication Date
10th EAC Leiden 2017
***In one of the Late Mesolithic graves at Skateholm, Sweden, dating from 5500鈥4800 BC, was buried a woman together with a newborn baby. Altogether 32 perforated wild boar (Sus scrofa) teeth, along with traces of red ochre pigment, were found in this grave. We interpreted these artefacts as a rattling ornament decorating a baby pouch...
***In one of the Late Mesolithic graves at Skateholm, Sweden, dating from 5500鈥4800 BC, was buried a woman together with a newborn baby. Altogether 32 perforated wild boar (Sus scrofa) teeth, along with traces of red ochre pigment, were found in this grave. We interpreted these artefacts as a rattling ornament decorating a baby pouch...