EXARC

16/10/2026

🎙 In this episode of the EXARC Show, Matilda Siebrecht presents the latest issue of the EXARC Journal!

👉 Listen in to hear a summary of the articles, which are all available to read open-access through the EXARC Journal website: https://exarc.net/issue-2026-3

For those of you who listen regularly to The EXARC Show Podcast. Firstly, thank you for your support! We have recently moved over our feed to become part of the Archaeology Podcast Network, and as such we now have a brand new feed under the name "The EXARC Show".

Please make sure to subscribe to the new feed wherever you listen to your podcasts. The content will remain the same, and our hosts are looking forward to continuing to develop this podcast further!

14/10/2026

⏱ 31 October is the deadline to submit your abstract and participate as a presenter at our 2027 Experimental Archaeology Conference in Romania!

👉 Upload your abstract and register via the link: https://www.exarc.org/news/the-15th-experimental-archaeology-conference-eac15

The conference will cover a variety of topics, including public outreach, reconstruction, living history, open-air museum practices, and much more. If you have something to share, don’t forget to submit your abstract by the end of the month!

Knowledge is created by people, for people. We need your contribution to keep learning and expanding our understanding of this indispensable field of archaeology.

09/10/2026

During the final part of its “prehistoric immersion”, the experimental group Sociedad de Estudios Historiológicos y Etnográficos (Spain) experimented with prehistoric crafts.

Loom weaving, carving, sewing, tanning, esparto weaving, and glue-making were among the activities they explored. The beautiful pictures taken during these activities give us a glimpse into, and perhaps bring us a little closer to, these ancient crafts.

👉 Would you like to read more? Check out their article in our journal: https://exarc.net/issue-2026-2/mm/prehistoric-immersions

📝 by Pedro Lucas Salcedo and Teresa Fernández Azorín

07/10/2026

New EXARC member Damiean Cristian is a tour guide from Deva, Romania. Before becoming a guide, he was, and still is, a reenactor.

His connection with history began long before tourism became his profession. He grew up near Deva Fortress, Romania, a place he has known since childhood and which has, in one way or another, always been part of his life.

👉 Would you like to know more about Damiean's experience? Read his blog in our website: https://www.exarc.org/exarc-blog/from-reenactment-to-guiding-when-experience-becomes-interpretation

📝 blog by Damiean Cristian.

05/10/2026

🪡 Pile-woven textiles are rare archaeological finds. During the excavation of the deserted medieval town Borgund at Sunnmøre, Norway, an unusually well-preserved early medieval textile fragment with a knotted pile was found.

One side is twill woven, while on the other, long curly tufts of wool thread have been woven and knotted in.

The Borgund curly pile textile stands out: the pile is curled in a way that has not been previously documented, and the knot is unlike other known pile knots, although the weave of the textile does resemble other known pile woven finds woven by the research team’s craftspeople.

👉 Our latest article presents analyses of the textile and the subsequent experimental work, read it here: https://exarc.net/issue-2026-3/rev/borgund-curly-pile-textile-reconstruction

📝 by Monika Ravnanger, Marta Kløve Juuhl, Elizabeth Johnston, Ina Vanden Berghe, Gitte Hansen from BKP: The Borgund Kaupang Project - Borgund Kaupang Prosjektet

02/10/2026

The amazing weir fishing film from EXARC member, photographer and filmmaker Frank Wiersema will be out soon! The premiere dates are now available!

🎬The film will premiere on:

👉October 7: Sneak preview at Archeon (The Netherlands), including a talk by Silke Lange.

👉November 10: Official premiere at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University (The Netherlands).

Don't miss the premier! But if you cannot attend in person we will make sure to share with you the link of the film once available.

🎞️ This film was made possible by Het Cultuurfonds and Provincie Flevoland, special thanks to Swifterkamp.

30/09/2026

🥁 We are very happy to announce that the 2026 kiernam award has been awarded to two young researchers, after a selection process conducted by our Jury members!

Christina is researching the agricultural practices of farmers that supported the urban landscape of Cahokia, the first city in eastern North America.

Anne-Julie (she/her) completed a first Master’s degree in Anthropology at the University of Toronto in 2023 before returning to her hometown of Montreal, where she is now pursuing a second Master’s in Museum Studies.

👉 Would you like to know more about their projects? Read the full news article here:

The EXARC team wishes Christina and Anne-Julie the best of success with their research! We will keep you posted on the developments of these exciting projects.

28/09/2026

🪵 Our latest article investigates the production and functional interpretation of the refined split-pine lath technology.

It was employed in stationary fishing structures at Mesolithic and Neolithic wetland sites across the Boreal Forest, from Purkajasuo (Finland) to Zamostje 2 (Central Russia).

👉 Would you like to know more? Read the article: https://exarc.net/issue-2026-3/rev/split-pine-lath-technology-used-fishing

📝 by Chris Woodland - Prehistoric Technology, Peter Groom.

25/09/2026

Dry octopus, roe, wild boar leg, dry loin, fats, black pudding, snails, and a bark pot for storage.

During their “prehistoric immersion” the experimental group Sociedad de Estudios Historiológicos y Etnográficos (Spain) has experimented with prehistoric crafts, food processing, and cooking techniques.

👉Would you like to read more? Check out their article in our journal: https://exarc.net/issue-2026-2/mm/prehistoric-immersions

📝 by Pedro Lucas Salcedo Patrimonio Histórico and Teresa Fernández Azorín

23/09/2026

🏺 The process of achieving seemingly deliberate black colouring on ancient decorated pottery has been of great interest to researchers and potters across cultures and throughout history.

Many modern potters with the same interest have replicated black, or combinations of black and other colours, on the surfaces of vessels using various minerals, clays, and firing techniques. But how might culinary arts have contributed to ceramic arts?

In our latest article, this question is addressed using Blacktop Redware from Kerma, ancient Nubia, as a case study.

👉 Interested to know more? Read the full article: https://exarc.net/issue-2026-3/rev/culinary-arts-ceramic-arts-blacktop-redware-kerma

📝 by Jeff Cooper and Deborah Wilkinson.