Roman Era
Conference Review: 7th Experimental Archaeology Conference, Cardiff 2013
***The 7th Experimental Archaeology Conference was held on 12-13th January 2013. This annual event, first held in 2006. This year it was hosted jointly by the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University and St Fagan鈥檚 Open-Air Museum. Seventy-five delegates originally booked to attend, but one hundred actually...
Experimental Lime Burning Based on the Findings from the Roman Empire Period
In 2006 the remains of two lime kilns from the Roman Empire period were discovered in Tun臎chody near Chrudim in the Czech Republic. These finds became the object of a detailed multidisciplinary research project resulting in hypotheses on the use of the kilns. Based on these hypotheses experimental research was designed (Th茅r et al. 2010)...
Recreating the Fonseca Hairstyle
Gene Fornby - the Ancient Village of Gene
I have for years, through articles, debate and political activities, been a very active part in the efforts to preserve Gene Fornby from demolition. The cause seemed long doomed to be lost, but in the end the saving-line won. Therefore the longhouse and the smithy, in my opinion the important reconstructions, will be preserved and restored.
Book Review: Die r枚mische Armee im Experiment by Chr. Koepfer, F. W. Himmler & J. L枚ffl
Conference Review: VAEE Celebrates 20 Years
If you live in the Netherlands and work with archaeological open-air museums, archaeological experimentation or education, there is a good chance you are a member of VAEE, the Dutch Association for Experimental Archaeology & Education...
Event Review: Fourth Iron Smelting Camp in Hungary
Conference Review: EXAR Tagung 2012, Brugg (CH)
In early October 2012, EXAR held its yearly conference in Brugg, Switzerland. EXAR is the European Association for experimental archaeology and has over 150 members. Their highlight is their annual conference and the proceedings, which usually appear 12 months later, which is very fast...
Interview: Dr Rosemarie Leineweber
Ancient Repairs on Bronze Objects
***Bronze objects can be damaged in many ways, for example during casting or during their time of use. Often this damage was repaired using various techniques. In this paper, some examples of ancient repairs and their techniques are described and illustrated with examples published in the literature...