Iron Age

An Insight into the Baltic Experimental Archaeology Summer School 2017

Artūrs Tomsons (LV)
The Baltic Experimental Archaeology Summer School (BEASS) took place from July 17th to 23rd 2017 in Lucavsala, Riga, Latvia. For the first time it was organised outside Āraiši Archaeological museum park, because of the change of its status from a branch of the National History Museum back to the department of Amata local municipality near Cēsis...

Museumkids Week

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Organised by
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the Netherlands

Autumn Holidays = Museum Kids Week. Discover prehistory, Roman times and the Middle Ages. Participate in sword fighting, archery and make your own felt bracelet! Become a real Roman and participate in the exercise and make the most beautiful fibula. Enjoy the gladiators at the end of the day and choose your favorite gladiator

Introduction to Medieval Textile Skills with Leine Medieval Crafters

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Ireland

Join Léine Medieval Crafters who will show you how to master the basics of some of the Medieval textile skills.

Making clothing in early Medieval times was very labour intensive and required skills that took many years to perfect. The result was high quality, well-made garments that reflected the status of the wearer.

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.