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Hand Stencils – Recreating Ice Age Art
This is a project the ‘Department of Archaeology’ at Sheffield University took on, to recreate cave hand prints from ice age times. Directed by Rob Speranza. South Yorkshire Filmmakers Network, 2011.
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An archaeological cremation
Archaeologist Paul Duffy conducts an unusual experiment using a pig as stand-in for a human being (health and safety gone mad!). How will the remains compare with our ancestors’ bones after their bodies were cremated? It’s all part of the Discover Bute Family Midsummer Celebration at Scalpsie on the Isle of Bute
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Iron Age smelting demonstration
Experimental archaeologist Jake Keen demonstrates some of the concepts of iron smelting in a bloomery furnace using techniques believed to have been used during the British Iron Age. The demonstration was part of Wessex Archaeology’s annual practical archaeology course in 2004
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The Lyre of Ur Project
Exploring a lyre and dance piece at the Stahl Theatre. Lear about the Lyre of Ur Project here. http://www.lyre-of-ur.com/ Video made for the Lyre of Ur project by Mark Harmer at http://www.yourmusic.biz
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Dover Beaker Decorating
Decorating one of the 60 replica Bronze-Age beakers that I made for Canterbury Archaeological Trust Bronze-Age Boat Project.
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Trossingen Lyre (6th century Germanic Lyre)
This video shows Corwen Broch playing his reconstruction of the lyre found recently at Trossingen in Germany. The lyre has six nylgut strings (gut can be substituted on request), a body carved from oak and (unlike the original which had an oak soundboard) a maple soundboard for extra volume. Unlike Anglo-Saxon lyres the Germanic lyres have a one piece body without a separate yoke. These instruments are for sale at www.ancientmusic.co.uk
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Making a Bronze-Age Beaker
Hand building one of the 60 Bronze-Age Beakers made for Kent Archaeological Trust for the Dove Boat Project you can also see my video of me decorating one of these pots.
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Khipu Cords
This video illustrates the spinning and plying of cords on a khipu. All khipus displayed are photos taken by Dr. Clark Erickson at the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in December 2011. Additionally, KHIPUPROJECT drew the images in this video based on Harvard’s Khipu Database Project. Khipu are knotted textile record-keeping devices used by the Inkas. The Inka empire extended throughout the Andes and lasted from about 1400 A.D. until the Spanish Conquest of Peru in 1532. [...]
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Flintknapper workshop
A visit to flintkapper Dan Kärrefors and his workshop in Olarp, Scania, south Sweden. 2008-03-30
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Flint knapping – Washingborough Archaeology Group
Washingborough Archaeology Group members practising the skills of flint knapping to learn about the flint tools the group finds during fieldwalking. Washingborough Archaeology Group website
