EXARC Journal Issue 2013/1

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Reviewed Articles

Experimental Lime Burning Based on the Findings from the Roman Empire Period

Richard Thér and

David Maršálek (CZ)

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Experimental Archaeology

In 2006 the remains of two lime kilns from the Roman Empire period were discovered in Tuněchody near Chrudim in the Czech Republic. These finds became the object of a detailed multidisciplinary research project resulting in hypotheses on the use of the kilns. Based on these hypotheses experimental research was designed (Thér et al. 2010)...

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Drying Meat Today as During the Late Glacial Period

Edoardo Ratti and

Valeria Cosma (IT)

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Ancient Technology

Western Europe during the Upper Palaeolithic, between 42,000 years ago and 12,000 years ago, was sparsely wooded, but later there was an increase in the percentage of specimens of birch, abies, fagus and tilia hosting wildlife similar to that already present during the Middle Palaeolithic. With the recent phase, starting from 24,000 years ago, humans in this territory become specialized...

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The Quality of the Craft

Paul Eklöv Pettersson (SE)

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Ancient Technology

In this study the sustainability of crucibles used during the Scandinavian Bronze Age is tested. Due to the crucible’s high or low sustainability the idea of it being a disposable object may be ratified or discarded. Earlier experiments focusing on the casting process in Scandinavian Bronze Age have concluded that crucibles such as the ones used during Bronze Age were disposable objects due...

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Crafting the Past: Theory and Practice of Museums

Katherine Ambry Linhein Muller (US)

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Interpretation

How do we know something is real? We say something exists when it is tangible and we can touch it; it is factual when we can compare it to other known variables, and historic when it fulfils our expectation of the past. There are objects and activities that blur these categories and cause people to accept alternative histories...

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Recreating the Fonseca Hairstyle

Janet Stephens (US)

EXARC Journal Issue 2013/1

Ancient Technology

Roman women’s hairstyles of the late first century AD are notable for their voluminous frontal hair. Described by Juvenal as “tiers upon tiers” of curls (Sat. 6. 502-3), and by Martial as a “circle of hair” (Ep. 2.66.1) the development of this style is epitomized by the portrait of an anonymous woman known as the Fonseca bust...

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Gene Fornby - the Ancient Village of Gene

Carl L. Thunberg (SE)

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Archaeological Open-Air Museum

I have for years, through articles, debate and political activities, been a very active part in the efforts to preserve Gene Fornby from demolition. The cause seemed long doomed to be lost, but in the end the saving-line won. Therefore the longhouse and the smithy, in my opinion the important reconstructions, will be preserved and restored.