Early Middle Ages

Open Air Weaving House

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Germany

Today we take the weaving house outside and invite them to be there when flax is made into linen and a colorful cloth is woven. You will learn all sorts of interesting facts about textile production in the early Middle Ages, as it has come down to us from the Lorsch Codex.

Early Medieval Autumn Market

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Organised by
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the Netherlands

Fierce warriors, cunning traders and artists from all over the world

Fierce warriors, handy traders and skilled artisans return to Erve Eme on October 17 and 18 when Medieval people will occupy the entire Erve Eme site. For two days you can immerse yourself in special medieval atmospheres. A true journey through time that the whole family will enjoy!

Lively Middle Ages

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Germany

How did the people of the Middle Ages live in the Upper Palatinate? What was your daily job? What was sizzling in their saucepans? What clothes did they wear? And what differences were there between the early Slavic settlers and the warriors in the castle or in the cities of the late Middle Ages?

Book Review: Viking and Iron Age expanded Boats by Ole Crumlin-Pedersen and Hanus Jensen

Robert Holtzman (UK)
Viking and Iron Age expanded boats is the English version of the simultaneously-published Danish edition, Udspændte både fra vikingetid og jernalder. The two editions are identical in layout and are heavily illustrated with colour and black and white photographs, and line drawings from a variety of sources. This review is of the English edition. By “expanded boats”, the authors mean those craft that are more...

From Sound Stone to Bagpipe

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Germany

Demonstration and performance, 18.-19.07.2020, 10-17 o´clock

Ancient instruments hold a fascination for many people.
Therefore we offer the chance to get in touch with shawn, flute, bagpipe and jaw harp. All weekend long a number of medieval instruments will be played and explained by an archaeologist and musician. 

Your Summer Holidays at the Brandenburg State Museum of Archaeology

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Germany

Our summer workshops for kids are a playful introduction to old crafts and technologies and a really handmade time travel.

On four successive days we offer outdoor workshops with different contents that apply to children from the age of 6 to10 years.

Archaeological Approaches to the Study of the Potter’s Wheel

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Organised by
University of Amsterdam (NL) / University of Hradec Králové (CZ) / EXARC (NL)
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the Netherlands

The recent past has witnessed a flowering of scholarship explicitly addressing the way that individuals, communities, and societies responded to the introduction of the pottery wheel.