Iron Age

Salim Patel

Member of EXARC since
E-mail address
rockfaces [at] gmail.com
Country
United Kingdom
Crafts & Skills
Bronze
Jewellery
Metal
Weapons

Sculptor / Jeweller turned Metal smith with special interest in Bronze and Iron Age castings and metal work. Volunteer at Butser Ancient Farm assisting in Bronze Age sword castings and helping to set up an iron smelting project.

An Experimental Study of Lesions Observed in Bog Body Funerary Performances

Tiffany Treadway and
Clement Twumasi (UK)
EXARC Journal Issue 2021/3
Experimental Archaeology
The analysis of sharp force trauma has usually been reserved for prehistoric osteological case studies. Bog bodies, on the other hand, due to the excellent preservation of the soft tissues, provide a unique example of visible lesions. This type of preservation of prehistoric soft tissue trauma that would otherwise be predominantly absent from osteological remains allows archaeologists to understand better the ...

Some Reflections on the Origin and Use of the Potter's Wheel during the Iron Age in the Iberian Peninsula. Interpretive Possibilities and Limitations

Juan Jesús Padilla Fernández (ES)
EXARC Journal Issue 2021/3
Ancient Technology
An abundance of past research has addressed Iron Age pottery in the Iberian Peninsula since the beginning of archaeological analysis in Spain. However, it has mainly focused on examining historical-cultural aspects linked to specific chronologies and typologies. It is only rarely that studies have been concerned with production processes. Ethnography has traditionally been used to make direct ...

Bast, Ferns, and Mud: Experimental Recreation of a Kapa Kaha (Barkcloth)

Avalon Paradea (US)
EXARC Journal Issue 2021/3
Ancient Technology
Kapa (Hawaiian barkcloth) was the ubiquitous fabric of historic Hawaiʻi, used for everything from clothing to bedding, from swaddling newborns to enshrouding the deceased, and all things in between. This textile is crafted from the bast (inner bark) of several plant species, most notably wauke (paper mulberry tree, Broussonetia papyrifera). The laborious process involves harvesting an adequate number of trees...

Laura Mussi

Member of EXARC since
E-mail address
mussilaura [at] libero.it
Country
Italy
Crafts & Skills
Food

Graduated in 2001 at the University of Pavia with a thesis in Archaeology of the Roman Provinces, I subsequently obtained from the Province of Pavia the qualification of expert technician in the analysis and cataloguing of monumental assets at risk according to the Risk Map, the qualification of