Education, teaching & training

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.

Jamie Paxton

Member of EXARC since
E-mail address
paxtonj [at] moravian.edu
Country
USA

I am a historian who teaches early American and First Nations' history at Moravian College. Together with Sandy Bardsley, a Medieval historian, we will be offering a course on experimental archaeology in the spring.

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.