Mesolithic

Session: Archaeological Replication in Contemporary Research

Date
Organised by
The New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA)
Australian Archaeological Association (AAA)
Country
New Zealand

The New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) and the Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) annual conference will be held at Auckland University from 28 November to 1 December 2018. This particular session is on Thursday November 29. The session is in room 3, 8:30h - 13:00h and contains 12 papers. 

Re-Creating an Aboriginal Earth Oven with Clayey Heating Elements: Experimental Archaeology and Paleodietary Implications

Maurizio Campanelli,
Jane Muir,
Alice Mora,
Daniel Clarke and
Darren Griffin (AUS)
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/2
Experimental Archaeology
Earth ovens may relate to different ancestral cooking techniques, serving specific needs and functions. In eastern and south-eastern Australia, they were a significant element of a thriving pre-colonial Aboriginal culture. However, today it is extremely rare to find such structures well preserved. Based on archaeological and historical records...

Learning to Recreate, Recreating to Learn. Experimental Archaeology

Beatriz Comendador and
Aaron Lackinger (ES),
Elin Figueiredo (PT)
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/2
Experimental Archaeology
10th EAC Leiden 2017
***This paper aims to present and discuss ongoing activities that combine Experimental Archaeology and Ethnoarchaeology developed in the scope of a master's degree, a post-doctoral and other research projects at the University of Vigo (Galicia, Spain), in collaboration with regional open-air museums and educational centres...

Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa, Jahrbuch 2017

Christoph Doppelhofer (UK)
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/2
Mixed Matters
Annual Proceedings of the EXAR Tagung
***This volume of Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa does not only serve as 2017’s year book of the European Association for the advancement of archaeology by experiment (EXAR), but also acts as a Festschrift dedicated to Professor Mamoun Fansa, who celebrated his 70th birthday...

Conference Review: European Textile Forum 2017

European Textile Forum 2017
Heather Hopkins (UK)
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/2
Mixed Matters
The eighth European Textile Forum took place 6-12th November 2017, organised by Katrin Kania and Sabine Ringenberg. It was held at its adopted home LEA (Labor für Expermentelle Archäologie) in Mayen, Germany, a satellite of the RGZM (Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum) at Mainz, by invitation of LEA director Michael Herdick...

3rd Day of Experimental Universitaria

Date
Organised by
Universida de Vigo (ES)
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (ES)
GEPN.AAT
Country
Spain

Program 10:00h - 17:00h

OPERATION OF A GLASS FURNACE
Experience of the behavior of molten glass in a previously prepared oven.

EXPERIMENTING WITH PIGMENTS AND AGLUTINANTS
Experience based on the elaboration of different pigments (iron oxides) mixed with different binders and subjected to different temperatures.

Book Review: Dressing Prehistory (Oblekani Praveku) by K. Urbanová and J. T. Pulpán

Helena Březinová (CZ)
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/2
Mixed Matters
A unique popular education publication called Oblékání pravěku (Dressing prehistory) has appeared on the Czech book market. It is a work by archaeologist Kristýna Urbanová, and Jan T. Půlpán, an experienced experimenter. At first glance the book attracts attention with an unusually large format, well chosen because of the foundation elements of the publication – colour photographs...

Conference Review: 1st African Conference on Experimental Archaeology (ACE), 2018

Justin Bradfield (ZA)
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/2
Mixed Matters
The first African Conference on Experimental Archaeology (ACE) took place at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, between 20th and 22nd March 2018. The conference, co-organised by EXARC, provided a platform for African-based scholars to showcase their experimental research. Scholars from as far afield as the USA, France and India participated in the conference...

Book Review: Skanseny Archeologiczne i Archeologia Eksperymentalna by Jan Gancarski

"Skanseny Archeologiczne i Archeologia Eksperymentalna" by Jan Gancarski
Justyna Duda (PL)
EXARC Journal Issue 2018/2
Mixed Matters
The book Skanseny Archeologiczne i Archeologia Eksperymentalna published by the Podkarpackie Muzeum in 2012 brings up the subject of open-air museums, opportunities and disadvantages of the promotion of cultural tourism and experimental archaeology mainly in Poland but also in Slovakia. Articles presented in this book were prepared for two different conferences organised by this museum...