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Book Review: Archaeology and Crafts edited by R眉diger Kelm

Author(s)
Arati Deshpande-Mukherjee 1 鉁,
Doug Meyer 2
Publication Date
The book 鈥淎rchaeology and Crafts鈥 is a transcript of the proceedings of the VI OpenArch-Conference held in Albersdorf, Germany, on the 23-27 September 2013. The conference was an activity of the OpenArch project 鈥揳 cooperation of Archaeological Open-Air Museums across Europe of which the AOZA...

Event Review: Paleofestival: 10 Years of Spreading Archaeology in Evolution

Author(s)
Edoardo Ratti 1 鉁,
Donatella Alessi 2
Publication Date
At the age of thirty Edoardo started to study Archaeology for pleasure at the University of Genoa (Italy) while working as a computer programmer. Since then has taken part in archaeological excavations of prehistoric sites. Here he met many enthusiastic students, who dreamed of a future as prehistoric archaeologists in Italy, a country much more structured for classical archaeology...

Archaeological Routes and Paths in Northeast Slovenia 鈥 new Opportunities for Tourism

Author(s)
Nata拧a Kolar 1
Publication Date
Archaeological parks, routes and paths in Slovenia are becoming new cultural-tourist products/attractions which, due to their content, enable visitors to 鈥渢ravel鈥 back to the most remote periods of time. These products/attractions were first created in order to preserve the archaeological heritage and to make visitors aware of the rich cultural heritage which can be found at a specific place.

Book Review: Recent Publications: Experimental Archaeology in the November 2015 Issue of the Cambridge Archaeological Journal (Volume 25, Issue 4)

Author(s)
E. Giovanna Fregni 1
Publication Date
In the last quarter of the 1900s, John Coles (1979) and Peter Reynolds (1999) introduced the subject of experimental archaeology, which has gained significant momentumin the past few years. The discipline has become essential for reconstructing past technologies, in addition to supporting archaeological theory.

Experiments on Possible Stone Age Glue Types

Author(s)
Werner Pfeifer 1 鉁,
Marco Clau脽en 1
Publication Date
These experiments cover the making and testing of several possible glue types that might have been used in the hunter and gatherer period of the European Stone Age. Glue types produced in these experiments are: 1. Birch bark tar and pitch, 2. Pine wood tar and pitch, 3. Pine resin / wax glue, 4. Pine resin / wax / charcoal glue, 5. Hide glue and 6. Blue Bell glue...

Tangible and Intangible Knowledge: the Unique Contribution of Archaeological Open-Air Museums

Author(s)
Linda Hurcombe 1
Publication Date
OpenArch Special Digest 2015 Issue 2
***Over the years my personal research interests have focussed on the less tangible elements of the past, such as gender issues, perishable material culture, and the sensory worlds of the past, but all of these have been underpinned by a longstanding appreciation of the role experimental archaeology can play as...

Kierikki Stone Age Centre 鈥 The Advantages of Being an OpenArch Funded Project

Author(s)
Leena Lehtinen 1
Publication Date
OpenArch Special Digest 2015 Issue 2
***Compared to other European countries, the number of Finnish archaeological open-air museums is limited. Currently, Kierikki and Saarij盲rvi Stone Age villages are the only two open-air museums under the care of professional museums. Both villages specialise in the Stone Age period (Kierriki 2015; Saarij盲rvi 2015)...

Interview: "The Small Things Paint the Big Picture" with Harm Paulsen

Author(s)
Wulf Hein 1
Publication Date
I meet Harm Paulsen (70), the best known and longest working experimental archaeologist in Germany, in his apartment in Schleswig. Although the rooms aren't small, it is only possible to move around by holding in your belly and not breathing, as everywhere, standing, hanging or lying around, is evidence of Harm's professional and private life 鈥 a clear line between the two is not visible...

Conference Review: Was it all worth it? Archaeological Reconstructions Between Science and Event

Author(s)
Roeland Paardekooper 1
Publication Date
On the 3 February 1990, as the Iron Curtain dropped and the border between Bavaria and Bohemia opened, three archaeologists from both countries met. One year later they managed to get 27 participants together and soon the archaeological working group East Bavaria, West- and South Bohemia (and latter also Upper Austria) was a fact.