Ceramics

Lara Comis MA cand. PhD

Member of EXARC since
E-mail address
lara.comis [at] ucdconnect.ie
Country
Ireland

The first time Lara got in contact with experimental archaeology was in 1995. As an ERASMUS student at the University of Edinburgh, she attended Nicholas Dixon’s Underwater Archaeology and contributed in building one of the wattle walls of the Scottish Crannog Centre.

Birte Meller MA

Member of EXARC since
E-mail address
birte.meller [at] uni-hamburg.de
Country
Germany

Giving lectures about Experimental Archaeology at the University of Hamburg since 2004, also in charge of the annual Experimental Archaeology Summer camp at the Stone Age Village of Albersdorf, Germany (AÖZA). Own Experiments on Neolithic Housing, ceramics, woodwork and textiles.

Prof. Dr Jane M. Eastman

Member of EXARC since
E-mail address
jeastman [at] email.wcu.edu
Country
USA
Crafts & Skills

I have been a founding board member of REARC in the US and have taught experimental archaeology courses at Western Carolina University since 2013. My research interests include foodways, pottery use and manufacture, Cherokee Studies, Neolithic Britain, Woodland and Mississippian studies.

Dr Vanessa Forte

Member of EXARC since
E-mail address
vanz.forte [at] gmail.com
Country
Italy
Crafts & Skills

My experience with experimental archaeology started during my MA, attending to the experimental archaeology course at the Sapienza University of Rome.

Bettina Ronschke

Member of EXARC since
E-mail address
bettinaronschke [at] arcor.de
Country
Germany
Crafts & Skills

I am member of a registered society named "RAUZWI - Lebendige Archäologie Mittelweser e.V.". This association is going to construct an Old Saxon farmyard nearby the burial ground of Liebenau near Nienburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. I am practising different types of handicraft.

Barbara Klessig MA cand. PhD

Member of EXARC since
E-mail address
bkk4 [at] humboldt.edu
Country
USA

I teach experimental archaeology in the Anthropology department at Humboldt State University, California. The labs and classes provide student insight into past technologies, helping them recognize the tools and evidence in the field.