EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY SEMINAR UCD

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…

 

 

2 Responses to “EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY SEMINAR UCD”

  1. Southisham says:

    How’d the talk go?

  2. Declan says:

    We were happy – don’t know about the audience though…

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