Experimental Archaeology in Northwest Europe: Principles and Potential
Declan, Billy and Nigel will be presenting on Friday in UCD at 2ish as part of a Seminar on Experimental Archaeology. Here’s the outline from UCD:
Experimental Archaeology has recently re-emerged as an approach enabling us to think about the past in practical ways, while it also has potential for engaging modern communities with archaeological knowledge. This one-day seminar, organised by Aidan O’Sullivan, UCD School of Archaeology and Thomas Kador, The Cultural Learning Initiative and sponsored by the UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland, will bring together some of the leading experts and projects in Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, and Denmark and their papers will focus on recent developments and advances in Experimental Archaeology in Northwest Europe and how it might be developed further in coming years. The speakers include:
Professor Martin Bell, University of Reading
Dr Linda Hurcombe, University of Exeter
Dr Steve Burrow, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Dr John Barber, AOC Archaeology Group
Declan Moore, Nigel Malcolm and Billy Quinn, Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services
Dr Ronan O’Flaherty, National Heritage Park, Ferrycarrig
Triona Nicholl, Sagnlandet Lejre, Denmark
Preben Rather Sørensen, Viking Ship Museum, Copenhagen
The key themes on the day will include:
Basic Principles and Best Practice
Houses and buildings
Ships
Technologies
Agriculture
Public outreach and communication
Registration
Attending the seminar is free of charge but places are limited so please register as soon as possible. To register for the event please email Thomas Kador (community.archaeology@gmail.com).
Timing:
Friday 23 September from 10am to 5pm
Seminar Room H204
UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland
University College Dublin
Ireland
Needless to say we’ll be giving a 20 minute or so presentation on, of all things, experimenting in beer…
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How’d the talk go?
We were happy – don’t know about the audience though…