Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
15 papers which present practical case studies in experimental archaeology, as well as more theoretical work. Topics include flour production in Gravettian Italy, macro-wear analysis of lithic projectiles, Neolithic ceramic production from Calabrian evidence, late medieval storage vessels, the Iron-Age coastal salt industry, ancient copper smelting, charcoal burning and iron smelting, Roman dying, Neolithic house building, light and dark and prehistoric monuments, ritual, and public and educational aspects to experimental archaeology.
Synopsis
Contributions: 1) The experimentation of technologies linked to vegetable food: the production of flour at Bilancino (Florence Italy) 30.000 BP (Biancamaria Aranguren and Anna Revedin); 2) Daily practices of prehistoric Europe during the Mesolithic/Neolithic transition (Jacqui Wood); 3) New experimental approaches on lithic projectile macro-wear analysis: A case study (Cinzia Loi and Vittorio Brizzi); 4) Experiments and technological analyses on Neolithic ceramics from Lamezia plain, Calabria (Rocco Purri and Simona Scarcella); 5) Storage vessels in the Mediterranean area in the late Middle Ages: Interpreting technical devices with reference to ethnographic and historical sources (Marta Caroscio); 6) An archaeology of the Iron Age coastal salt industry: The essential role of experiment (Marie-Yvane Daire, Catherine Bizien-Jaglin and Anna Baudry); 7) Experiments with Ancient Copper Smelting Technologies (Stanislav Grigoriev); 8) Shropshire Council Experimental Archaeology in Charcoal Burning and Iron Smelting (Mick Krupa); 9) The Minoan Double-V-Necked Dress (Bernice R. Jones); 10) Using Experimental Archaeology to answer the unanswerable: A case study using Roman Dyeing (Heather Hopkins); 11) Traces of fire and pieces of clay: A preliminary approach to landscape through the remains of Neolithic burnt houses (Styliani Kaltsogianni); 12) Harmony of the material and the immaterial in prehistoric monuments. Experimental investigation of ancient light and shadow interaction: A case study (Emilia Pasztor); 13) Experimenting technological rituals (Dragos Gheorghiu); 14) Between research and tourism: A case of integrated experimental archaeology in Sardinia (M. G. Melis, R. Cappai, L. Doro, L. Manca and S. Piras); 15) The role of experiment as an educational approach in maritime archaeology (Francesca Oliveri).