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ISBSA 15 - International Symposium on Boat & Ship Archaeology

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Organised by
ISBSA

Country

  • France

The purpose of ISBSA is to bring together all those involved in the study of the form, structure, function, and operational performance of ancient boats. The first symposium examined the methodological problems of studying boat remains. Many of the topics addressed at that initial meeting, such as experimental archaeology and ethnography.

SAA Conference: Experimental Archaeology

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Organised by
SAA (US)

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  • USA

There is lots of Experimental Archaeology at the SAA in Albuquerque (NM): 2 paper sessions, three poster sessions and many papers scattered accross other sessions. An excerpt: 

Paper Session: New Directions in Experimental Archaeology (1)

April 11, 2019
Room: 130 Cimarron
Time: 1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Chair: Jeanne Binning
Participants:

Book Review: Flinthandwerk by Wulf Hein and Marquardt Lund

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Philipp Schraut 1
Publication Date
The book “Flinthandwerk” is a co-production of two known German experts in experimental archaeology. Both authors have been studying prehistoric techniques for years; Lund has spent his whole lifetime practicing flint-knapping skills during his free time, whilst Hein is the founder of a company that specializes in the reproduction of Stone Age artifacts for museums...

The Mechanics of Splitting Wood and the Design of Neolithic Woodworking Tools

Author(s)
Anthony Roland Ennos 1 ✉,
João A Ventura Oliveira 1
Publication Date
Because of the anisotropy of wood, trunks and branches can be vulnerable to splitting along the grain, especially radially. This fact was widely exploited in pre-industrial times, when wood was mostly cut and shaped by splitting it along the grain while still green, rather than by sawing...

Paleofestival

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  • Italy

The Paleofestival held annually from 2005 onwards at La Spezia (Italy) is a very popular event involving combining experimental prehistoric archaeology. Museums, parks and archaeological archeotecnicians, Italians and foreigners could meet and promote their activities to an audience largely composed of children and people interested. The museum of the Castle of St.

EXAR Tagung experimentelle Archäologie in Europa

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EXAR

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  • Germany

The 2023 meeting of the European Association for the advancement of archaeology by experiment e.V., EXAR, will take place at the Archaeological Open Air Laboratory Lauresham in Lorsch (Germany) from October 5th – 8th 2023. For this conference we will ask for presentations later in summer 2023.

Time Travel Heuneburg

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  • Germany

Whitsun 2018 will be exciting at the Heuneburg! Living history actors depicting prehistory, Iron Age, Roman times, the Middle Ages and modern times populate the Celtic town. How was an armament set up? How were weapons forged? What did a soldier of the First World War carry in his pack? All these questions will be answered!