Newest Era
Replication of a Maori Ethnographic Textile Hem Border Pattern
***Replication of archaeological and ethnographic M膩ori textiles, under the direction of customary knowledge and previous practical experience, can provide a more nuanced understanding of the manufacture of taonga (treasures) made from fibre materials. A case study is presented here from the unique perspective of a weaver who...
Event Review: 鈥淚 Experiment so I Participate鈥 Italian Experimental Archaeology Festival: Experience in Didactics and Scientific Dissemination
***Participation in archaeology is the basic 鈥渋nclusive process鈥 of a human community, which allows it to identify its cultural values. Experimental archaeology with its rediscovery of gestures and techniques allows re-appropriation, a sense of belonging and ...
Everybody Else is doing It, so Why Can鈥檛 We? Low-tech and High-tech Approaches in Archaeological Open-Air Museums
Indian Students鈥 and Teachers鈥 Perceptions and Attitudes to Archaeological Content in History Textbooks
Conference Review: Biannual Conference of the Association of European Open Air Museums (AEOM), Poland, August 2019
IMTAL Training Day - Death in the Country
Country
- Germany
Nowadays, death is pretty much excluded from daily life. Until only a few generations ago, however, death and dying as a natural process were highly visible throughout society, and ever-present at every stage of people鈥檚 biography: Young mothers could die in childbirth, out of a large flock of siblings, only some would grow up to be adults. Life expectancy was generally lower than it is today.
Conference: Exploring Heritage
Country
- Germany
The LVR-R枚merMuseum organises the international conference"Exploring Heritage - Museums mediating archaeology - Wege digitaler Arch盲ologievermittlung im Museum".
Conference Review: The Museum World鈥檚 Convention in Kyoto
Conference Review: Fibres in Early Textiles, Glasgow 2019
The scientific programme included twenty-four papers divided across six sessions over a two-day programme, with opportunity at the end of each session to ask questions to the presenters. Another seven poster presentations were accessible during the session breaks throughout the programme, as well as a number of practical demonstrations giving participants the opportunity to get hands-on with different fibres and techniques.