Experiments with Past Materialities (BAR International)

15 papers which present practical case studies in experimental archaeology, as well as more theoretical work. Topics include flour production in Gravettian Italy, macro-wear analysis of lithic projectiles, Neolithic ceramic production from Calabrian evidence, late medieval storage vessels, the Iron-Age coastal salt industry, ancient copper smelting, charcoal burning and iron smelting, Roman dying, Neolithic house building, light and dark and prehistoric monuments, ritual, and public and educational aspects to experimental archaeology.

Dragoş Gheorghiu is a cultural anthropologist and an experimental archaeologist, currently teaching at the Doctoral School of the National University of Arts in Bucharest. His approach to the European Chalcolithic uses semiotics and rhetoric to interpret the material culture and the landscapes of the past. Another main research area is the rituality of prehistoric technologies and places.