Palaeolithic
Palaeolithic-Mesolithic Festival
Country
- Russia
On April 27 2019 Institut Vremeni and Moscow Ethnographic Society are holding a local festival at Voronezh dedicated to Western European Palaeolithic-Mesolithic everyday life. Voronezh is home to the famous Kostenki site. The festival is largely supported by the Kostenki Museum and welcomes everyone brave enough to face Stone Age.
Fishskin tanning workshop
Country
- the Netherlands
Did you ever want to make leather our of a fishskin?
It is possible! During this 1 day workshop we will work on a salmonskin. We will use the fat-tanning method; one of the oldest methods to turn a raw skin into a nice piece of leather. It is not easy and takes time, but it's really worth it! The leather will be beautiful, strong and durable.
Workshop Flintknapping with Markus Plesker
Country
- Germany
For thousands of years, people have been making flint tools. The well-known flint knapper Markus Plesker has acquired some of the techniques with which the people of the Stone Age have processed flint stones and will gladly pass them on to those who are interested.
Leather Tanning Workshop
Country
- the Netherlands
A unique opportunity to learn how to turn raw hide into a usable piece of leather using prehistoric/modern techniques, under the guidance of none other than the well-known Dr.
Bone Tool Making Workshop with Wulf Hein
Country
- Germany
A bone tool-making Workshop with expert Wulf Hein will take place in September 2018 at the "Zeiteninsel" in Niederweimar-Argenstein. The participants will get to know the stone age techniques and will work with authentic tools and materials. Afterwards they can make their own arrowhead, a fishing hook or even a stone age figurine.
Course suitable for age 12+.
Culinary Weekend
Country
- the Netherlands
Pierre Wind is busy both days with insect snacks from prehistoric times, Roman dishes for young and old, to medieval roasts.
Event Week “Living More Beautiful in the Stone Age“
Country
- Germany
A week with presentations and hands-on activities on living archaeology in the Stone Age Village. In cooperation with the archaeological institute of the University of Hamburg.
Innovative Osseous Technologies of the Early Upper Palaeolithic of the Swabian Jura – The Age of Ivory
Lighting the Dark in The Palaeolithic: Examining Variation in Light between Different Wood Species Using a Randomised Firewood Collection Strategy
Black Ash - a Forgotten Domestication Trait in Garden Orach (Atriplex hortensis L.)
Garden Orach (Atriplex hortensis L.) is a vegetable plant of minor importance but with a wide distribution throughout the Old World and beyond. Previous research revealed its diverse medicinal and magical importance in prehistory. Here, Orach’s special ability to retain sodium even in non-saline ground is introduced. The outstandingly high concentrations of sodium in dry plant matter and plant ash suggest its use as a salt substitute, manifested in an early domestication trait. Special attention is paid to the variability of this trait in cultivars from different geographic regions and within the genus Atriplex. ..