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Viking Age

Viking Textile and Craft Demonstrations

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  • Ireland

Léine, a group of expert medieval crafters, will explore and demonstrate the skills of an early medieval homestead – especially Viking.  Techniques used in Norse (Viking) clothing will be demonstrated such as spinning, sprang weaving and naalbinding – a craft somewhere between knotting and knitting used to make sturdy and comfortable socks and mittens).  Also, tablet weaving, decorati

Viking Weaponry

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  • Ireland

Find out all about arms and armour in Ireland c. 795 – 1171.  A wide range of reproductions will be presented showing the equipment used in Viking Age Ireland including swords, shields, spears, bows, and axes, the skills and tactics of these shall also be discussed in detail.

Between Hearth and Workshop

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  • Germany

The members of the group IG FrüHer breathe new life into the old settlement at Haddebyer Noor. They impressively show what everyday life in Haithabu was like during the Viking Age and give a wide range of insights into handicrafts and household crafts in the early Middle Ages. The men demonstrate leatherwork, wood and bone carving, while the women let you watch needle tying and spinni

The Antler Carver is in Town

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  • Germany

In the Viking Age, bone and antler carvers were skilled craftsmen who made everyday objects as well as richly decorated things for upscale needs. Combs, needles, spindle whorls, knife handles, game pieces, flutes and small containers were made in their workshops. As raw material they used red deer and reindeer antlers, moose shovels, but also bones from swans, wild and domestic animals.

Everyday life in Haithabu

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  • Germany

The Viking group Hànars fraendir breathes new life into the old settlement on the loop. It impressively shows how much everyday life in Haithabu during the Viking Age differs from today's and provides insights into handicrafts and handicrafts in the earl

Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa, Jahrbuch 2019

Author(s)
Stefanie Ulrich 1 ✉
Publication Date
Annual Proceedings of the EXAR Tagung
***It is the 18th issue of the periodical and includes 27 essays on experimental archaeology as well as an annual report (Jahresbericht, p. 321), an obituary for Sylvia Crumbach (p.325) and instructions for authors (Autorenrichtlinien, p. 326) of Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa on 328 pages...

Conference Review: Reconstructive & Experimental Archaeology Conference REARC 2019

Author(s)
Cameron Privette 1 ✉
Publication Date
REARC Conferences
***The 9th annual Reconstructive and Experimental Archaeology Conference, hosted by the Center for Historic Preservation at the University of Mary Washington and George Washington’s Ferry Farm in Fredericksburg, Virginia, took place between October 25th and 26th...