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Event Review: NEMO Learning Exchange in Budapest (HU)
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The purpose of this Learning Exchange was to discover more about the Hungarian museum landscape, with examples of successful programmes engaging in social responsibility in Hungary. The host and organiser Zsolt Sari, Deputy Director General of the Hungarian Open Air Museum (Skanzen), was joined by colleagues from the Ludwig Museum, the Petofi Literary Museum, and the Herman Otto Museum...
Event Review: âI Experiment so I Participateâ Italian Experimental Archaeology Festival: Experience in Didactics and Scientific Dissemination
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11th EAC Trento 2019
***Participation in archaeology is the basic âinclusive processâ 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 ...
***Participation in archaeology is the basic âinclusive processâ 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 ...
Conference Review: Biannual Conference of the Association of European Open Air Museums (AEOM), Poland, August 2019
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This yearâs Association of European Open Air Museums (AEOM) Biannual Conference 2019 took place at multiple sites in Poland, over four days in late August. Its two key themes were âHow Open Air Museums represent different cultural identitiesâ, and âRepresenting the past - technical solutions for reconstruction and archaeological interpretationâ. I was invited to participate in order to...
Conference Review: The Third Annual Vounous Symposium
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The Third Annual Vounous Symposium was held 1-16 September 2019 and located near Ăatalköy in Northern Cyprus. In addition to ceramics and bronze casting, experiments were also conducted on smelting local copper ore, carving moulds from local limestone, and making faience.
Book Review: Pfeil und Bogen in der Römischen Kaiserzeit, by Holger Riesch
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This book closes a gap both in the documentation of the history of the Roman army as well as the history of archery in that it provides a very comprehensive overview on the use of bow and arrow in the Roman Empire. It collects and systematically discusses a wealth of information on a range of topics related to Roman archery in the imperial period and extends that discussion to previous and following periods...
Book Review: Storia Militare, by Mauro Fiorentini
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This paperback volume comprises 48 pages with several unnumbered black and white illustrations and some colour illustrations. It is a monograph dedicated to the Picenian warriors, who lived mainly in Abruzzo and Marche (central east Italy) from the IX century BC until the romanization of the area (p. 5).
Book Review: Bows and Arrows of the Vikings, by Dan HĂžj
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Dan HĂžj, a Danish archer and Viking reenactor, is very well known for his expertise in archery, especially in regard to the history of the bows used in North European (pre)history and in his new book he addresses the Viking era. He starts with a very good overview of ...
Book Review: Viking Age Brew, by Mika Laitinen
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What did ale and beer taste like in the past? How was it made? What sort of equipment did they use and what were the ingredients? The answers to all of these questions, and more, can be found in this book. Archaeologists, experimental archaeologists, brewing historians and anyone interested in ancient technologies will find this book invaluable as an easily accessible study and explanation of ...
Conference Review: The Museum Worldâs Convention in Kyoto
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ICOM is the international council of museums with over 40,000 members. Every three years, ICOM organises a large convention for museum professional; this year the 25th ICOM general conference was held in Kyoto, Japan. It was the largest conference ICOM ever organised, with 4,500 delegates...
Conference Review: Fibres in Early Textiles, Glasgow 2019
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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.