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Conference Review: EAC14, Curitiba, Brazil, May 2025
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The fourteenth edition of the experimental archaeology conference (EAC14) was held from May 12-16th 2025 in the city of Curitiba, Brazil, co-hosted by the Federal University of Paran谩 (UFPR). This was 黑料视频鈥檚 first EAC event to be held outside of Europe, and one of the first dedicated conferences on experimental archaeology to be held in Brazil. Consequently, the lead-up to the event was filled with as much trepidation as excitement, but thanks to the organisers at 黑料视频 and the UFPR, and an excellent team of volunteers both online and on the ground, the final event ran without a hitch...
Book Review: Experimentelle Arch盲ologie in Europa, Jahrbuch 2024
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Annual Proceedings of the EXAR Tagung
***In 2023 EXAR once again hosted their annual conference, this time from 5th until 8th October 2023 at the Experimentalarch盲ologischen Freilichtlabor Lauresham in Lorsch (Germany) and was attended by more 90 participants. It was the 20th edition of this conference. The Jahrbuch 2024 contains as before essays from lectures held at the 2023 conference and was presented at the 2024 conference.
***In 2023 EXAR once again hosted their annual conference, this time from 5th until 8th October 2023 at the Experimentalarch盲ologischen Freilichtlabor Lauresham in Lorsch (Germany) and was attended by more 90 participants. It was the 20th edition of this conference. The Jahrbuch 2024 contains as before essays from lectures held at the 2023 conference and was presented at the 2024 conference.
Event Review: Experimental Archaeology in Denmark 2024
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From the 8th to the 10th of November 2024, the Viking fortress Trelleborg welcomed researchers, students, and craftspeople for three days of celebrating experimental archaeology. This was the fourth annual meeting of 鈥淓ksperimentel Ark忙ologi i Danmark鈥(EAD) [Experimental Archaeology in Denmark], following the success of meetings at Ribe Vikingecenter...
Event Review: Vounous 2024
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The annual Vounous Symposium was once again held at the site of the Bronze Age cemetery in 脟atalk枚y, Northern Cyprus, from 1-16 September. Over 60 artists and researchers from Europe and America participated in the event, recreating Bronze Age Vounous ceramics. As in past years, artists, craftworkers, and researchers gathered from around the world to participate and experiment with...
RETOLD: Review of the Meeting at Batavialand, Lelystad, September 2024
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This year between September 1-3, 黑料视频 held a conference specifically focused on the topic of Digitalisation in Open-Air Museums and the cultural sector. Co-organised by the Batavialand Museum in Lelystad (the Netherlands), the event brought together the RETOLD partners and several professionals from around the world...
Book Review: Interpreting Science at Museums and Historic Sites by Debra A. Reid (eds)
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We live in a time when advances in science and technology can quickly outpace our ability to understand its impact on our past, present, and future. Interpreting Science at Museums and Historic Sites provides insights into how museums and historic sites can bridge this gap so that we can better understand the past and perhaps influence future social directions for the better...
Book Review: Experimental Archaeology: Reconstruction of Material Heritage of Lithuania, Volume I by Daiva Luchtaniene (ed)
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I am honoured to write a review of the book Eksperimentin臈 archeologija, Lietuvos materialaus paveldo rekonstrukcija, I tomas or Experimental archaeology, Reconstruction of Material Heritage of Lithuania, volume I; compiled by Daiva Luchtanien臈. I have to admit that I know very little about Lithuania and their experimental archaeology and I was looking forward to learning more...
Event Review: Bronze Casting in Daugailiai, Lithuania
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On 13 July 2024 the village of Daugailiai celebrated the 770th year of its founding on with a festival that included demonstrations and experiments in bronze casting. Daugailiai is a village in Utena County in Northeast Lithuania. The village features a hillfort, which is dated to 1st millennium BC-beginning of 1st Millenium AD, upon which a castle was built in 1254 and...
Book Review: "The dream of The Old Town 鈥 Memories and reflections from a lifetime as museum director by Thomas Bloch Ravn" by Helle Ingerslev Kristensen
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After 28 years in the director's chair, Bloch Ravn tells vividly and in detail about the many years of work in running and developing the museum Den Gamle By (or in English: The Old Town) towards becoming the great flagship for culture and tourism in East Jutland, Denmark...
Conference Review: The Future of Experimentation, Lejre, March 2024
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On 13 March 2024, Lejre Land of Legends and the SAXO Institute at the University of Copenhagen organised a seminar: The Future of Experimentation 鈥 from experiment to new archaeological knowledge.