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The Process of Making Schist Axes of Paja Ul De藔艐 鈥 鈥淭he People of Big Water鈥

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Alexander Akulov 1
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Paja Ul De藔艐 [pad蕭aul鈥檇e藔艐] 鈥淭he People of Big Water鈥 is a conventional and compact name given to Neolithic inhabitants of the territories of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region in their hypothetical reconstructed language (it is possible to state that these people spoke a language that was very close to Yeniseian languages). Paja Ul De藔艐 made axes/adzes mainly of schist, a process that takes...

Book Review: Scelte Tecnologiche, Expertise e Aspetti Sociali della Produzione. Una Metodologia Multidisciplinare Applicata allo Studio della Ceramica Eneolitica by Vanessa Forte

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Valeria Tiezzi 1
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This book is a welcome addition to the bookshelf of Italian archaeologists interested in Prehistory and will certainly be of great use to those who are trying to gain a good understanding of pottery technology. Written in Italian, it is one of the few books in this language dealing with ceramic technology and the social aspects of the production by presenting, as a case study, the Copper Age domestic and ...

#FinallyFriday: Building Engagement

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  • the Netherlands

Open-air museums are always looking for ways to engage the public. What is the best way to offer visitors a glimpse into the past? How can open-air museums be used to address issues of interpretation and social responsibility in the modern world? Zsolt S谩ri and Luke Winter join us for December鈥檚 #FinallyFriday to discuss their different approaches to these questions.

Pottery Chat

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  • the Netherlands


Following the Potter鈥檚 Wheel Conference in November, we will have a potter鈥檚 chat open to anybody. Discussion is open about any pottery related subject, wheel throwing, clays, ethnography, but also pottery trade, using ceramics, breakage and their archaeology.

Neolithic Bow Build at Kierikki Stone Age Centre (FI)

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Chris Woodland
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In July 2019 a group of students from the UK participating in the Placements in Environmental, Archaeological, and Traditional Skills (PEATS) Erasmus + Work Placement, attended the Kierikki Stone Age Centre, Pahkalantie, Finland. Group projects included experimental / experiential projects producing willow fish traps, pottery, and tanning, coordinated by Dr. Peter Groom of the Mesolithic Resource Group...

Documentation Strategies at Butser Ancient Farm

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Trevor Creighton 1
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Butser Ancient Farm has been at the forefront of experimental archaeology in Britain1. for more than 45 years. The pioneering work of its first director Dr Peter Reynolds in the evaluation of Iron Age structures and agriculture demonstrated beyond doubt the importance of experiment in archaeology in the UK and international experimental archaeology work...