2014-05-07 EA Conference Burgos, intro to EXARC (and OpenArch)

DR ROELAND PAARDEKOOPEREXARC DIRECTOR

EXARC and

Experimental

Archaeology

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EXARC is worldwide

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Archaeological Open-Air Museums Experimental Archaeology

Ancient Technology Interpretation

Four Legs

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EXARC AOAM Members

The EXARC Journal

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The EXARC Journal

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EU Experience

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A five year Culture project with 11 partners, building on the

success of EXARC. Our objective is to create a permanent

partnership of archaeological open-air museums throughout

Europe. The ultimate goal of OpenArch is to help museums and

their broader network to become more professional, and to

demonstrate the value of working on a European level for the

benefit of the visitor experience.

2011 - 2015

Meetings and Workshops

Staff Exchanges

Experimental Actions

EXARC’s task

Communication & Dissemination

Links with other museum organizations

Venues

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www.openarchaeology.info

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Social Media

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Links with other organisations

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The characteristics of an archaeological open-air museum (AOAM):

Museum

Archaeological

Life size architectural (re)constructions in the open air

Collection of immaterial cultural heritage

Link with scientific research

Appropriate interpretation

What is an AOAM?

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What is an AOAM?

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What is an AOAM?

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What is an AOAM?

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What is an AOAM?

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What is an AOAM?

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What is an AOAM?

We tell stories, relevant to

modern-day visitors, so they

can reflect on the past to

learn for the present.

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What is an AOAM?

What is EA?

• “A sub-field of archaeological research which employs a number of different methods, techniques, analyses, and approaches within the context of a controllable imitative experiment to replicate past phenomena (from objects to systems) in order to generate and test hypotheses to provide or enhance analogies for archaeological interpretation” (Mathieu 2002, 1).

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Verbal Theoretic Data &

Knowledge By Experience

Technical Approach&

Human Science

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What is EA?

• From www.openarchaeology.info • (10,000+ titles):• 7% was published before 1960

66% was published after 1990

80% are articles, chapters or conference papers

47% is in English, 29% in German

85% of the 5,500 authors, a one-time experiment?

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What is EA?

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What is EA?

Experiments do not only satisfy scientific purposes

You are forced to look at your data differently

A reconstruction is no experiment

Long term monitoring

It teaches us crafts, methods and techniques

It often is interdisciplinary work

It requires looking broader

It has become part of a toolkit of methods

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What is EA?

May Switzerland 4th Flint Knapping Week

August Norway 4th Norwegian EA Meeting

August Poland 11th Iron Smelting Symposium

September Austria 20th EXARC Conference

October Serbia 8th OpenArch Conference

October USA 5th US Conference on EA

October Germany 16th German EA ‘Tagung’

November Germany 4th Textile Forum

January Ireland 9th UK Conference on EA

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Become EXARC Member Students and Members from Spain and

Portugal pay EUR 35 a year.

full fee individual membership is EUR 60 for European Members and EUR 40 for none Europe.

Institutional Members from Spain and Portugal pay EUR 50 a year.

Contact us at this conference or register online at members.exarc.net

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Our limited offer Join us with a Light Membership

which includes ONLY access to our online Journal.

You can become Light Member up to the end of 2015 for EUR 10 a year (so total EUR 20).

Contact us at this conference or mail before 1 June to: info@exarc.net, referring to this conference.

Conclusion

EXARC IS GOOD FOR YOU

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Conclusion