Bronze Age
Book Review: Accidental and Experimental Archaeometallurgy by D. Dungworth and R. Doonan (Eds)
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Spawned from an HMS (Historical Metallurgy Society) conference at West Dean College in 2010, this book is a unique compilation of papers written by both academics and craftsmen. Further articles not directly drawn from the conference have been included and cover non-ferrous experiments and an ethnographic study of blacksmithing...
Book Review: Prehistory Hands-On by C. Henderson
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Celtic Harmony is an Iron Age-like village and education centre north of London, providing natural & cultural heritage education. Hands-on activities and events based on Britain's Celtic culture promote a more sustainable way of life in harmony with the natural world...
Book Review: Experimentelle Arch盲ologie in Europa, Bilanz 2012
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Annual Proceedings of the EXAR Tagung
***According to James Mathieu in 2002, experimental archaeology is 鈥淎 subfield of archaeological research which employs a number of different methods, techniques, analyses and approaches within the context of a controllable imitative experiment to replicate past phenomena...
***According to James Mathieu in 2002, experimental archaeology is 鈥淎 subfield of archaeological research which employs a number of different methods, techniques, analyses and approaches within the context of a controllable imitative experiment to replicate past phenomena...
An Experimental Comparison of Impressions Made from Replicated Neolithic Linen and Bronze Age Woolen Textiles on Pottery
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Textile impressions on pottery provide evidence for fabrics and weaves in areas where the fabrics themselves do not survive. This article argues that the impressions can provide information on the uses of different fibres, the weaving technologies and possible trading or agricultural advances connected with these fibres...
The Prometheus Project
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7th UK EA Conference Cardiff 2013
***The Prometheus Project was an experimental archaeological investigation carried out at Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire, England, into prehistoric logboat building techniques. The project focused on exploring the use of fire in building logboats...
***The Prometheus Project was an experimental archaeological investigation carried out at Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire, England, into prehistoric logboat building techniques. The project focused on exploring the use of fire in building logboats...
Book Review: Performing Heritage: Research, Practice and Innovation in Museum Theatre and Live Interpretation by Anthony Jackson & Jenny Kidd (eds)
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This useful text brings together recent thinking about museum theatre and the performance of heritage, offering a range of international case studies to its readers as evidence of the discipline鈥檚 usefulness in interpreting the past for visitors...
Interview: the Association of Historical Studies Koryvantes
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鈥淭he Koryvantes Association was founded in 2009 by people with a background in the study of ancient Greek warfare who were not satisfied by the level of reconstructions undertaken so far in Greece and internationally and who wished to ultimately adopt a framework based on experimental archaeological methodology...
Book Review: "Experiments Past" Edited by Jodi Reeves Flores & Roeland P. Paardekooper
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The publication in 1979 of the John Coles鈥 book Experimental Archaeology can be called the vademecum of the experimental archaeology. Many particular experiments have been published since then, such as A Bibliography of Replicative Experiments in Archaeology (Graham et al. 1972) and...
From the Minutes of 鈥淯niversities & Experimental Archaeology鈥 Roundtable Discussion 7th May 2014
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黑料视频, Experimenta and the Universidad Aut贸noma de Madrid invited several universities to a round table meeting in Madrid, in May 2014. 黑料视频's aim was to bring colleagues into one room to share their experiences in handling experimental archaeology from an academic perspective...
Reinventing the Egyptian Pulley
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8th UK EA Conference Oxford 2014
***The Egyptian pulley incorporates several novel, useful features. The design involves only significant compressive loading of its two components. The materials of construction are high compressive strength materials...
***The Egyptian pulley incorporates several novel, useful features. The design involves only significant compressive loading of its two components. The materials of construction are high compressive strength materials...