Dear Listervers,
The following conference to be held on Sat 17th November 2007 maybe of
interest.
THE vast and exciting potential of experimental archaeology often goes
unrecognised in academic archaeology, and the University of Exeter is
currently the only university in Europe which offers an MA in experimental
archaeology. Based on experience with this MA, the organisers identified
some key issues, which form the basis of this conference. The idea of
experimental archaeology as a mainstream methodology in academic research
should be promoted, and the communication networks between practicing
experimental archaeologists should be improved. By practicing experimental
archaeologists we mean academics, craft specialists and others, passionate
about the potentials of experimental archaeology.
Key themes:
1. Explore the scope of ‘experimental archaeology’ and distinguish between
full experiments, pilot experiments, pre-experiments, experiential
activities, public demonstrations and hobby projects.
2. The role of experimental archaeology in academic research.
3. Improving ways of promoting experimental archaeology in academic research
4. Improving communication between academic experimental archaeologists
and crafts people.
5. How to communicate experiments and results to the academic community
and the public.
With these themes in mind, the day will be split into three sections. I.
Theoretical issues (themes one and two above) of experimental
archaeology, with an emphasis on the values of experimental archaeology as
well as issues of terminology.
II. Experimental case studies which can include full experiments, pilot
experiments, pre-experiments or experiential projects.
III. Round table discussion on the future of experimental archaeology,
opened by a short presentation summarising the day. The discussion will
focus on themes three to five, see above.
The conference fee of £5 will be charged to cover the costs of tea/coffee
and a copy of the programme. Please register before the 1st of October, by
filling in the registration form.
The deadline for abstracts is the 17th of August (for more details see
registration form).
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We are looking into possibilities of publishing the papers from this
conference.
In the evening we would like to go for a drink, before an organised dinner
at a local restaurant for the speakers.
We hope this will be a stimulating day, and are looking forward to
receiving your abstracts.
Penny Cunningham, Roeland Paardekooper, Julia Wiecken
Registration form is attached and can also be found at the follwing web site
http://www.sogaer.ex.ac.uk/archaeology/conferences/present/exp2007.shtml
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