experimental archaeology and fire, my two favourite things but usually not in the same place at the same time
March 30, 2026 at 6:07 PM
experimental archaeology and fire, my two favourite things but usually not in the same place at the same time
passing off my disinterest in home baking as yet more experimental archaeology. i'm using the communal ovens* indeed as the romans did
*the dave's killer bread factory outlet store
*the dave's killer bread factory outlet store
March 16, 2024 at 2:36 PM
passing off my disinterest in home baking as yet more experimental archaeology. i'm using the communal ovens* indeed as the romans did
*the dave's killer bread factory outlet store
*the dave's killer bread factory outlet store
my big son is doing experimental archaeology (banging a hollow dried-out gourd with a wooden spurtle)
November 9, 2024 at 1:46 AM
my big son is doing experimental archaeology (banging a hollow dried-out gourd with a wooden spurtle)
Always been fascinated by experimental archaeology. Decided to try knapping some flint and made a decent blade. Tried shaving with it. Big chin scar. And that is why I now have a beard like Bluto.
August 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Always been fascinated by experimental archaeology. Decided to try knapping some flint and made a decent blade. Tried shaving with it. Big chin scar. And that is why I now have a beard like Bluto.
Calling all experimental archaeologists, experimental research orgs like us, and people who whack rocks and set things on fire, we're making an experimental archaeology starter pack!
We know a lot of you but just in case chuck us a reply if you want in 😊
We know a lot of you but just in case chuck us a reply if you want in 😊
January 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Calling all experimental archaeologists, experimental research orgs like us, and people who whack rocks and set things on fire, we're making an experimental archaeology starter pack!
We know a lot of you but just in case chuck us a reply if you want in 😊
We know a lot of you but just in case chuck us a reply if you want in 😊
other types of accounts that were NOT normal:
oregon-coast-centric wildharvesting
children's books recommendations
food preservation generally
beekeepers/poultry botherers
accounts that WERE normal:
experimental archaeology and historic foodway
handweaving / floor looms
heritage apple orchardists
oregon-coast-centric wildharvesting
children's books recommendations
food preservation generally
beekeepers/poultry botherers
accounts that WERE normal:
experimental archaeology and historic foodway
handweaving / floor looms
heritage apple orchardists
September 10, 2026 at 4:04 PM
other types of accounts that were NOT normal:
oregon-coast-centric wildharvesting
children's books recommendations
food preservation generally
beekeepers/poultry botherers
accounts that WERE normal:
experimental archaeology and historic foodway
handweaving / floor looms
heritage apple orchardists
oregon-coast-centric wildharvesting
children's books recommendations
food preservation generally
beekeepers/poultry botherers
accounts that WERE normal:
experimental archaeology and historic foodway
handweaving / floor looms
heritage apple orchardists
Practical archaeology teaching at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture with my wonderful colleagues Brendan, Ryan, Anita, Barry, Cathy, and Lauren
March 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Practical archaeology teaching at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture with my wonderful colleagues Brendan, Ryan, Anita, Barry, Cathy, and Lauren
UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture busy for UCD Festival 2025
June 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture busy for UCD Festival 2025
Broch-tastic news. Taking experimental #archaeology to the extreme! Such a fantastic project, great news for #Caithness and Scottish archaeology. #IronAge #Broch #Scotland
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/scotlan...
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/scotlan...
Scotland’s first new broch for 2000 years wins planning approval
The approval of the Caithness Broch Project’s plans represents a major milestone for their bid to build a “faithful replica” on a site near Latheron.
www.northern-times.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Broch-tastic news. Taking experimental #archaeology to the extreme! Such a fantastic project, great news for #Caithness and Scottish archaeology. #IronAge #Broch #Scotland
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/scotlan...
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/scotlan...
”Experimental Archaeology: Making, Understanding, Storytelling” 12th November 2026 at 15:30 in the Theatresaal at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Aidan O’Sullivan from University College Dublin for the HEAS Keynote“on“https://www.heas.at/events/heas-keynote-with-aidan-osullivan/
HEAS Keynote with Aidan O'Sullivan - HEAS
We are looking forward to welcoming Aidan O’Sullivan from University College Dublin for the HEAS Keynote on Experimental Archaeology: Making, Understanding, Storytelling which will take place online a...
www.heas.at
October 6, 2026 at 6:11 AM
”Experimental Archaeology: Making, Understanding, Storytelling” 12th November 2026 at 15:30 in the Theatresaal at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Aidan O’Sullivan from University College Dublin for the HEAS Keynote“on“https://www.heas.at/events/heas-keynote-with-aidan-osullivan/
A quick look inside our early medieval house reconstruction at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture (CEAMC) at University College Dublin, afterwards destroyed by fire in 2019. youtube.com/shorts/2FyJz...
Early medieval roundhouse reconstruction at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology
YouTube video by UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture
youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
A quick look inside our early medieval house reconstruction at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture (CEAMC) at University College Dublin, afterwards destroyed by fire in 2019. youtube.com/shorts/2FyJz...
Local archaeological societies
Object handling
Conservators
Marine archaeology
3D scanning
Craft activities
Geophysics
University archaeology departments
Experimental archaeology
BOOKSHOP!!
Young archaeologists club
Environmental archaeology
Archaeological science
What more could you want?!
Object handling
Conservators
Marine archaeology
3D scanning
Craft activities
Geophysics
University archaeology departments
Experimental archaeology
BOOKSHOP!!
Young archaeologists club
Environmental archaeology
Archaeological science
What more could you want?!
July 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Local archaeological societies
Object handling
Conservators
Marine archaeology
3D scanning
Craft activities
Geophysics
University archaeology departments
Experimental archaeology
BOOKSHOP!!
Young archaeologists club
Environmental archaeology
Archaeological science
What more could you want?!
Object handling
Conservators
Marine archaeology
3D scanning
Craft activities
Geophysics
University archaeology departments
Experimental archaeology
BOOKSHOP!!
Young archaeologists club
Environmental archaeology
Archaeological science
What more could you want?!
MSc/GradDip (on campus) or Graduate Certificate (online, distance learning) in Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture at UCD
www.ucd.ie/archaeology/...
www.ucd.ie/archaeology/...
January 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
MSc/GradDip (on campus) or Graduate Certificate (online, distance learning) in Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture at UCD
www.ucd.ie/archaeology/...
www.ucd.ie/archaeology/...
"It might have been like this? Experimental archaeology: Making, understanding, storytelling"
Prof Aidan O'Sullivan, University College Dublin.
Garrod research seminar series, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research on 11 November 2021.
youtu.be/x9FIEoWrZyg?...
Prof Aidan O'Sullivan, University College Dublin.
Garrod research seminar series, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research on 11 November 2021.
youtu.be/x9FIEoWrZyg?...
Prof Aidan O'Sullivan - It might have been like this? Experimental archaeology
YouTube video by Cambridge Archaeology
youtu.be
November 23, 2024 at 8:35 AM
"It might have been like this? Experimental archaeology: Making, understanding, storytelling"
Prof Aidan O'Sullivan, University College Dublin.
Garrod research seminar series, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research on 11 November 2021.
youtu.be/x9FIEoWrZyg?...
Prof Aidan O'Sullivan, University College Dublin.
Garrod research seminar series, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research on 11 November 2021.
youtu.be/x9FIEoWrZyg?...
Our MSc in Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture 2026/27 at our UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture is about to begin - and it’s a ten year anniversary of our very first cohort in 2016/2017
Photos of some of that class below, 🙂
Photos of some of that class below, 🙂
August 11, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Our MSc in Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture 2026/27 at our UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture is about to begin - and it’s a ten year anniversary of our very first cohort in 2016/2017
Photos of some of that class below, 🙂
Photos of some of that class below, 🙂
Sarah @potsofhistory.bsky.social and I are Potted History, we make replicas of ancient pottery. But we also run experiential and experimental archaeology projects like the replica Roman pottery kiln @vindolandatrust.bsky.social youtu.be/baX7YVswF_Q?...
Vindolanda Firing November 2021: Experiential and Experimental Archaeology
YouTube video by PottedHistory
youtu.be
March 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Sarah @potsofhistory.bsky.social and I are Potted History, we make replicas of ancient pottery. But we also run experiential and experimental archaeology projects like the replica Roman pottery kiln @vindolandatrust.bsky.social youtu.be/baX7YVswF_Q?...
I would absolutely love to do experimental archaeology!
Maybe after the PhD eh? 😂
Maybe after the PhD eh? 😂
UCD’s early medieval roundhouse under construction (thatching in progress here) at University College Dublin’s Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture (CEAMC)
Come study for MSc, Graduate Diploma or online Grad Cert with us!
@experimentarchaeol.bsky.social
@ucddublin.bsky.social
Come study for MSc, Graduate Diploma or online Grad Cert with us!
@experimentarchaeol.bsky.social
@ucddublin.bsky.social
March 15, 2026 at 9:55 AM
I would absolutely love to do experimental archaeology!
Maybe after the PhD eh? 😂
Maybe after the PhD eh? 😂
We see all those medieval illustrations of people having meals in their bath, but as this footage of some very serious first class experimental archaeology shows, it's not as easy as it looks ;)
September 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
We see all those medieval illustrations of people having meals in their bath, but as this footage of some very serious first class experimental archaeology shows, it's not as easy as it looks ;)
Please support our colleagues at the University for Exeter Archaeology department. A prestigious and impactful centre for prehistory, archaeological science and experimental archaeology and so much more. its one of the pillars of our academic archaeological community and needs our support. 🏺
Petition against the job losses here: c.org/ddjtYXzdQQ
Sign the Petition
Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
www.change.org
June 25, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Please support our colleagues at the University for Exeter Archaeology department. A prestigious and impactful centre for prehistory, archaeological science and experimental archaeology and so much more. its one of the pillars of our academic archaeological community and needs our support. 🏺
Blacksmithing at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture (CEAMC).
Dr Brendan O’Neill and some of our MSc students drawing out some of the iron they made themselves from bog ore, to make knives
youtu.be/tKssy1fpCGA?...
Dr Brendan O’Neill and some of our MSc students drawing out some of the iron they made themselves from bog ore, to make knives
youtu.be/tKssy1fpCGA?...
Blacksmithing at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture (CEAMC)
YouTube video by UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture
youtu.be
December 23, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Blacksmithing at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture (CEAMC).
Dr Brendan O’Neill and some of our MSc students drawing out some of the iron they made themselves from bog ore, to make knives
youtu.be/tKssy1fpCGA?...
Dr Brendan O’Neill and some of our MSc students drawing out some of the iron they made themselves from bog ore, to make knives
youtu.be/tKssy1fpCGA?...
Omg @butserancientfarm.co.uk is here!! My Soay sheep all trace their ancestry back to animals that were originally brought from the island of Soay to Butser Farm for experimental archaeology.
November 20, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Omg @butserancientfarm.co.uk is here!! My Soay sheep all trace their ancestry back to animals that were originally brought from the island of Soay to Butser Farm for experimental archaeology.
I've heard of experimental archaeology but experimental philosophy is new.
May 9, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I've heard of experimental archaeology but experimental philosophy is new.
📰 Experimental archaeology confirms the theory that Rapa Nui (Easter Island)'s moai could have been 'walked' using ropes and as few as 15 people!
#ArchaeologyNews via @livescience.com
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
#ArchaeologyNews via @livescience.com
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
October 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
📰 Experimental archaeology confirms the theory that Rapa Nui (Easter Island)'s moai could have been 'walked' using ropes and as few as 15 people!
#ArchaeologyNews via @livescience.com
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
#ArchaeologyNews via @livescience.com
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Experimental archaeology for the win.
December 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Experimental archaeology for the win.
Post Halloween experimental archaeology
November 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Post Halloween experimental archaeology