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Conference Review: Celebrating Ten Years of Experimental Archaeology at the Baltic Experimental Archaeology Summer School in Riga, Latvia

Author(s)
E. Giovanna Fregni 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/4
On 7 October 2023 a conference was held at the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the University of Latvia to celebrate ten years of the Baltic Experimental Archaeology Summer School. The school is organised by the society Latvijas Arheoklubs and is located on Lucavsala Island, in Riga, Latvia. A series of papers in both Latvian and English were given about experimental archaeology and its importance...

Book Review: Archaeology as Festival: Virtual Wanderings through FestivalCHAT during Covid-19 by Kiddey and Caraher (eds)

Author(s)
Steve Burrow 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/4
Archaeology as Festival reports on the 2020 annual conference of the Contemporary and Historical Archaeology Theory group. It contains fifteen contributions and includes papers reporting on public stairways in Pittsburgh, toilet graffiti in Lisbon, and a kitchen wall in the Netherlands...

Event Review: The Norwegian Forum for Experimental Archaeology 2023

Author(s)
Fredrik Bjønnes 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/4
The Norwegian forum for experimental archaeology (NFEA) 2023 was held on the 15th and 16th of September at Tingvatn Fornminnepark in Agder, Norway. Tingvatn, a part of the Vestagder museum, is well known in Norway as a museum where the main focus lies on experimental archeology and historical crafts. The director of Tingvatn fornminnepark, Katja Regevik, organized the seminar...

Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie – Vergessenen Technologien auf der Spur

Author(s)
Wulf Hein 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/4
In 1998, the association Experimental Archaeology Switzerland (EAS/AES) was founded in Switzerland. The AES emerged from its predecessor AEAS, which was launched in Zürich in 1993. The declared aim was and is the promotion of experimental archaeology in the Alpine Republic...

RETOLD: Review of the Meeting at the Stone Age Park Dithmarschen, Albersdorf, September 2023

Author(s)
Rüdiger Kelm 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/4
At the end of September 2023 the third face-to-face meeting of the partners from the RETOLD-project took place in Albersdorf in Northern Germany, hosted by the Stone Age Park Dithmarschen (Steinzeitpark Dithmarschen). The meeting took place in the recently opened new museum “Stone Age House” and in the open-air area of the Museum...

Experimental Archaeological Factors of Primary Education in China

Author(s)
Bangcheng Tang 1 ✉,
Hongjie Wang 2
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/4
Asarchaeology in China has developed, experimental archaeology, as a research method of archaeology, has attracted more and more attention from Chinese archaeologists. The strength of a discipline's development is reflected not only in academic contributions but also in how it enhances the lives of the public...

Museum Talks ONLINE: Building Sustainability

Museum Talks ONLINE: Building Sustainability
Date
Organised by
Amgueddfa Cymru – St Fagans National History Museum (UK)
Country
United Kingdom

The historic buildings at St Fagans National Museum of History showcase 2,000 years of home building in Wales. From simple handmade homes of sticks and earth to a precision engineered aluminium prefab from The Second World War. Can this collection help us design new homes that are sustainable, long-lasting and resilient?

Vinalia

Vinalia
Date
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Organised by
Musée Gallo-Romain de Saint-Romain-en-Gal - Vienne (FR)
Country
France

Organized at the Gallo-Roman museum and sites of Saint-Romain-en-Gal, the Vinalia festival makes the link between the gastronomic cultures of Antiquity and the practices of today. See you with an enriched 2023 edition which, for the first time, will take place over 2 days! An event open to all!