experimental archaeology
Conference Review: SAA General Session, Experimental Archaeology 2018
Kernave Archaeological Site – the Place for Experimental and Living Archaeology
***Kernavė is one of the most picturesque places in Lithuania. Five hill-forts surround the wide valley of Pajauta. This place has always been visited by people not only for its sights but also for its aura of the distant past. Ever since people in Lithuania became more interested in history, Kernavė has been a symbol of...
Conference Review: African Conference on Experimental Archaeology 2018 from a Volunteer’s Point of View
Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa, Jahrbuch 2017
***This volume of Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa does not only serve as 2017’s year book of the European Association for the advancement of archaeology by experiment (EXAR), but also acts as a Festschrift dedicated to Professor Mamoun Fansa, who celebrated his 70th birthday...
Conference Review: 1st African Conference on Experimental Archaeology (ACE), 2018
Book Review: Skanseny Archeologiczne i Archeologia Eksperymentalna by Jan Gancarski
Obituary: Peter Kelterborn (4 July 1928 – 9 March 2017)
An Experimental Diachronic Exploration of Patination Methodology of Dark Patinated (Arsenical) Copper Alloys on Case Studies from the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age and Early Iron Age
Artificially dark patinated copper alloys appear in various times and regions and are commonly applied in prestigious polychrome metallic objects. Currently, the earliest finds known are from ca. 2000 BC in Egypt (See Fig. 1) and Palestine (See Fig. 2), followed by ca. 1500 BC in Greece and Cyprus (See Fig. 3 and 4) and again during the Roman period from ca. the late 4th century BC (See Fig. 5 and 6).
Conference Review: Reconstructive & Experimental Archaeology Conference REARC 2017
***There was something for everyone at the 2017 Reconstructive and Experimental Archaeology Conference, as it represented many aspects of experimental archaeology. The conference took place between the 16th and 19th of November, 2017, at Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. Although it was a small conference...