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Experiment and Experience: Ancient Egypt In The Present

Are you interested in ancient Egypt? Are you interested in ancient technology or crafts?

We have an exciting array of demonstrations and talks lined up for you, from flint knapping to flower arranging, from textiles to ship building, not to mention woodworking, stoneworking, manufacturing ritual clay artefacts, shipbuilding, antler bow manufacture, glassworking, an oral performance, and of course mummification!

This is a conference where academics, craftspeople and the general public, in fact all those interested in ancient Egypt or in technology can meet and share their common enthusiasm. All ages and abilities are welcome.

Experimental archaeology has the potential to be a powerful research tool while being interdisciplinary. Along with experiential approaches, it is a perfect medium for education and widening participation.

This conference aims to bring together both the public and academics who are interested in the practice of ancient Egyptian technology. Through a series of lectures, workshops and practical demonstrations we will explore the value of a hands-on approach to understanding the past, including experimental as well as experiential approaches.

This conference will be streamed. The address is:

mms://mrcstr1.swan.ac.uk/cema

But please note streaming will only take place while the conference is on, the rest of the time the link will say page not signed.

Hosted by CEMA, Egypt Centre and the Department of History and Classics, Swansea University

9am Monday 10th to 4pm Wednesday 12th May 2010

Faraday A , Swansea University

Provisional Programme

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Provisional List of Speakers and Poster Presentations (Click on speaker's name for abstract)

Salima Ikram (key note speaker)

From the Meadow to the Em-baa-lming Table: Experimental Archaeology and Mummification

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Charlotte Booth and Debbie Challis (poster presentation)

Sock it! Making Egyptian socks from scratch

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Reg Clark (poster presentation)

The importance of the brick-mould in ancient Egypt

Click here to download poster

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Ashley Cooke

The Experimental Work of F.C.J. Spurrell: Pigments, Faience, Glass and Amulets

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Pearce Paul Creasman

Exposing Ancient Shipbuilders Secrets Through Experimental Reconstruction

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Andrzej Ćwiek

Limestone Speaking: Experience and Experiments in the Field

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Carolyn Graves-Brown

Experimental Work on Egyptian Lithics: From Spurrell to Lund

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Sonia Focke

The Horn Bow - Egyptology's Problem Child

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Rosalind Janssen

Textile Demonstration

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Janet Johnstone

Practical Dressmaking for Ancient Egyptians: Ancient Sewing Techniques and Replica Clothing Construction

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Geoffrey Killen

Ancient Egyptian woodworking

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Marquardt Lund

Flintknapping scenes from the Beni-Hasan tombs viewed and interpreted by a contemporary flintknapper

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Sally McAleely

Experimental Recreation of a an Ancient Egyptian Funerary Garland Found on the Mummy of Ramesses II.

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John Merkel

New Kingdom Copper Smelting, Refining and Casting Experiments

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Paul Nicholson

Could the Egyptians Make Glass? An Integrated Approach to Experimental Archaeology.

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Pauline Norris

Keeping the Horse in Front of the Chariot: Experiments and Observations on Harnessing and Handling Horses in Ancient Egypt

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Richard Parkinson and Barbara Ewing

Experimental Philology: Performing Ancient Egyptian Poetry

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Ann Richards

Could Ancient Egyptian Textiles Have Pleated Themselves?

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Donald Ryan

Reed Boats in Ancient Egypt: Experiments and Expeditions

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Alice Stevenson (poster presentation)

Experimental Archaeology in the Pitt Rivers Museum

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Denys Stocks

Some Experiments in Ancient Egyptian Stone Technology

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Kasia Szpakowska

Making and Breaking Ritual Figurines

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Willeke Wendrich

Apprenticeship as a Research Method

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If you wish to express an interest in the conference, either attending, presenting a paper or a poster please contact either:

Kasia Szpakowska

Carolyn Graves-Brown

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