Experiments past : histories of experimental archaeology / edited by Jodi Reeves Flores & Roeland Paardekooper.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Flores, Jodi Reeves, editor.

Paardekooper, Roeland, editor.

Conference Name:

History of Experimental Archaeology Conference (2013 : Lejre, Denmark)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Methodology--Congresses.

Archaeology.

Archaeology--Philosophy--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Sidestone Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With Experiments Past the important role that experimental archaeology has played in the development of archaeology is finally uncovered and understood. Experimental archaeology is a method to attempt to replicate archaeological artefacts and/or processes to test certain hypotheses or discover information about those artefacts and/or processes. It has been a key part of archaeology for well over a century, but such experiments are often embedded in wider research, conducted in isolation or never published or reported. Experiments Pasts provides readers with a glimpse of experimental work and e

Contents:

Histories of Experimental Archaeology; Documenting the Past for the Future; Roeland Paardekooper & Jodi Reeves Flores; The History of Experimental Archaeology in Croatia; Andrea Jerkušić; History of Experimental Archaeology in Latvia; Artūrs Tomsons; Experimental Archaeology in Ireland; Its Past and Potential for the Future; Tríona Sørensen & Aidan O'Sullivan; Experimental Archaeology in France; A History of the Discipline; Guillaume Reich & Damien Linder; Experimental Archaeology in Spain; Javier Baena Preysler, Concepción Torres, Antoni Palomo, Millán Mozota & Ignacio Clemente

The Developmental Steps of Experimental Archaeology in Greece Through Key Historical Replicative Experiments and ReconstructionsNikolaos Kleisiaris, Spyridon Bakas & Stefanos Skarmintzos; The Role of Experimental Archaeology in (West) German Universities from 1946 Onwards - Initial Remarks; Martin Schmidt; Ruminating on the Past; A History of Digestive Taphonomy in Experimental Archaeology; Don P. O'Meara; The History and Development of Archaeological Open-Air Museums in Europe; Roeland Paardekooper; Experience and Experiment; Hans-Ole Hansen; Erfaring og Eksperiment

Experimental Archaeology in Denmark 1960-1980 - As Seen Through the Letters of Robert ThomsenHenriette Lyngstrøm; The Origins of Experimental Archaeology in Catalonia; The Experimental Area of L'Esquerda; Imma Ollich-Castanyer, Montserrat Rocafiguera-Espona & David Serrat; Building, Burning, Digging and Imagining: Trying to Approach the Prehistoric Dwelling; Experiments Conducted by the National University of Arts in Romania; Dragoş Gheorghiu; From Ship-Find to Sea-Going Reconstruction; Experimental Maritime Archaeology at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde

Vibeke Bischoff, Anton Englert, Søren Nielsen & Morten RavnExperimental Iron Smelting in the Research on Reconstruction of the Bloomery Process in the Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains, Poland; Szymon Orzechowski & Andrzej Przychodni; Engaging Experiments; From Silent Cultural Heritage to Active Social Memory; Lars Holten; Blank Page; Blank Page

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 17, 2014).

ISBN:

90-8890-252-6

OCLC:

897874266