Viking Age
Viking Summer at the Farm
Country
- Sweden
Take part in the daily work on a Viking farm and have a go at different types of crafts such as forging, weaving, try your hand at archery, or relax by playing Viking games. Guided tours of the area held in English.
Opening hours: Thursday-Sunday from 28th of June to 26th of August, 11 am – 5 pm
Entrance fee: 50 SEK for adults, 25 SEK for children up to the age of 13.
Vikingfest 2023
Country
- the Netherlands
Are you ready for a Vikingfest?
During Pentecost well over two hundred Vikings will be invading the Prehistorisch Dorp! Meet traders, fighters, artisans, and entire Viking families. Be quick to secure a ticket for this special event.
A worldly Pentecost at the preHistorisch Dorp
Vikings!
Country
- the Netherlands
The Vikings return to Zutphen...! This whole weekend you will see Vikings at Erve Eme: tradesmen, craftspeople, fight shows and demonstrations: fun for young and old!
Entrance fee: 0-4 years: free, 4-12 years: 3 euro, 12 years and up: 6 euro. Free parking
All-times Chrismas Market
Country
- Denmark
There are many Christmas markets in Denmark, but one of the nicest is the All Times' Christmas Market at the Middelaldercentret in Nykøbing F, south of Copenhagen.
The medieval houses are decorated with spruce, hearts and light and in the booths you can buy everything the heart desires.
Kicking Ash, Viking Glass Bead Making
***Tens of thousands (Callmer, 1977, pp.12-32) of beads marking the rich graves of the Viking world indicate that the production of these beads is an area worthy of study. Evidence such as mandrels, crucibles, bead fragments, and semi-manufactures exist at Helgo, Birka, Paviken, Hedeby (Lundström, 1976, p.3), Kaupang (Gaut, 2011, p.232), Frojel (Carlsson, 2011), Åhus (Callmer, 2001, p.138), and Ribe (Sode, 2004, p.86). At Ribe...
Paleofestival
Country
- 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.
EAA Session: What we are learning from experimental archaeology?
Country
- Spain
What we are learning from experimental archaeology?
Session #199 at the European Association of Archaeologists’ (EAA) meeting,
Saturday 8 September, 14:00h – 18:00h, room UB407
EXAR Tagung experimentelle Archäologie in Europa
Country
- 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
Country
- 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!
Conference Review: the EAA 2017 in Maastricht (NL)
