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Historical Experience and Present-Day Challenges

Programme:

Saturday, 7 October

-- Opening of the Conference.

Dr. hist. Andris Šnē, Associate Professor, Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Latvia, Director of the Bachelor's Degree Programme in History and Archaeology

Giovanna Fregni
An Introduction to ������Ƶ: Where Archaeological Open-Air Museums, Experimental Archaeology, Ancient & Traditional Technology and Contemporary Interpretation Meet

-- Session I (moderated by Armands Vijups)

Artūrs Tomsons
The first 10 years of the Baltic Experimental Archaeology Summer School: conclusions and possible directions of development

Austėja Téa Luchtanaitė
Days of Live Archaeology in Kernavė: keeping up with digital age

Andris Šnē
Experiments, material culture and archaeology: the emergence and role of experimental archaeology in understanding the past

Ieva Pīgozne
The experience of the "Ancient Environment Workshop" in the context of experimental archaeology

Jānis Meinerts
Experimental Archaeology in the Archaeological Park of Lake Araiši in 2013-2023

Līva Kaprāle
Intersections of different experiences at the Baltic Experimental Archaeology Summer School: exploring the origins of textiles

Giovanna Fregni        
My life in experimental archaeology: Realising the need for an intersection of professional craft and archaeology

-- Session II (moderated by Andris Šnē)

Armands Vijups
Reconstructing the technical aspects of the ancient iron reduction process: insights from practical experience

Artūrs Tomsons
The use of the natural draft furnace in historical bronze working

Viktorija Bebre
Archaeological evidence of medieval slings

Artūrs Tomsons
Weights, beads or a "grain model"? A way of identifying a new category of artefacts

Reinis Indāns
The advantages of moulded sling ammunition: theoretical and practical aspects

Gunita Zariņa, Artūrs Tomsons
Cremations and burials: the role of experiments in the interpretation of cremation burials

-- Closing discussion (moderated by Artūrs Tomsons and Andris Šnē).

Sunday, 8 October, 12.00

-- Prehistoric skills demonstration

Garden of the Society LATVIJAS ARHEOKLUBS in Lucavsala;
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Demonstrations and workshops will be held on the following topics:

- Bronze working (by Artūrs Tomsons and Giovanna Fregni);
- Natural fibre working (by Līva Kaprāle);
- Prehistoric fishing net making (by Liene Kņaze);
- Ironworking (by Aivars Siliņš)

The conference is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia

Location:
Faculty of History and Philosophy of the University of Latvia
Room 510
Aspazijas Blvd. 5
Riga