Archaeofest 2013 aug sat 24th dublin

davycc

just to nofity the forum here of news of this excellent free event & try create a little more awareness..:cool::)

As part of National Heritage week, the IAI are coordinating a one day event in Merrion Square on August 24th.
Our event will include lectures given from ‘the soapbox’, experimental archaeology (UCD archaeology dept), demonstrations of technologies employed by archaeologists (Earthsound and others), a tent of archaeological specialists (Dr Eileen Reilly and many more), a mock excavation of a Viking house foundation for children, ‘the Big Dig’ (www.sia.ie), music and a poetry slam!.
It will be a voluntarily run free event that hopes to engage the public with archaeology, other aspects of our shared heritage and related arts. The overall aim of the event is to present aspects of our shared heritage in a fun, engaging and inclusive way, and to illustrate how archaeological investigation forms an integral part of enriching our understanding of that heritage.
The event is being funded by donations from DCC, DHLG and by many volunteer archaeologists freely giving their time.
Details on all the events will be announced over the coming weeks... Keep an eye out here on the IAI facebook page and on our website www.iai.ie

dr gonzo

davycc wrote: »

just to nofity the forum here of news of this excellent free event & try create a little more awareness..:cool::)

As part of National Heritage week, the IAI are coordinating a one day event in Merrion Square on August 24th.
Our event will include lectures given from ‘the soapbox’, experimental archaeology (UCD archaeology dept) - Us :cool:, demonstrations of technologies employed by archaeologists (Earthsound and others), a tent of archaeological specialists (Dr Eileen Reilly and many more), a mock excavation of a Viking house foundation for children, ‘the Big Dig’ (www.sia.ie), music and a poetry slam!.
It will be a voluntarily run free event that hopes to engage the public with archaeology, other aspects of our shared heritage and related arts. The overall aim of the event is to present aspects of our shared heritage in a fun, engaging and inclusive way, and to illustrate how archaeological investigation forms an integral part of enriching our understanding of that heritage.
The event is being funded by donations from DCC, DHLG and by many volunteer archaeologists freely giving their time.
Details on all the events will be announced over the coming weeks... Keep an eye out here on the IAI facebook page and on our website www.iai.ie

Great post Davy, should have thought about throwing this up myself.

davycc

Thanks Its mostly a copy & paste job though I cant take credit ,sure an event this huge deserves as much promotion as early as possible ..

slowburner

It was good to meet a few (too few) Boardsies at the Archaeofest.

I guess that it was a toe in the water for the organisers but it was a successful dip nonetheless.
Attendance was not brilliant but as the event becomes an established one, that will change.
I hope any momentum achieved today can be carried forward to next year - when the event will be bigger, better and busier.

It would be completely unfair to point out the highlights, so I will do just that.

UCD School of Archaeology stole the show. The range of experimental flint and other tools on display (and being made) was simply outstanding.
To see two fine flint knappers at work together with the mess they created (archaeologists call this debitage) was spine tingling.
A few of us here have come across decent assemblages of flint flakes and nodules and watching these knappers at work just recreated the scene so well.
For me, that's what experimental archaeology is all about.

The other highlight was geophys of a mound in Merrion Square !!!
The results of this intriguing survey should be available tomorrow.
Watch this space.

I hope to meet more of you next year, if not long before that. Stick Archaeofest in the diary for next year

davycc

slowburner wrote: »

It was good to meet a few (too few) Boardsies at the Archaeofest.

I guess that it was a toe in the water for the organisers but it was a successful dip nonetheless.
Attendance was not brilliant but as the event becomes an established one, that will change.
I hope any momentum achieved today can be carried forward to next year - when the event will be bigger, better and busier.

It would be completely unfair to point out the highlights, so I will do just that.

UCD School of Archaeology stole the show. The range of experimental flint and other tools on display (and being made) was simply outstanding.
To see two fine flint knappers at work together with the mess they created (archaeologists call this debitage) was spine tingling.
A few of us here have come across decent assemblages of flint flakes and nodules and watching these knappers at work just recreated the scene so well.
For me, that's what experimental archaeology is all about.

The other highlight was geophys of a mound in Merrion Square !!!
The results of this intriguing survey should be available tomorrow.
Watch this space.

I hope to meet more of you next year, if not long before that. Stick Archaeofest in the diary for next year

Any news of this survey yet? I always wondered what was going on in previous incarnations of Merrion Sq:cool:
Must be great to see skilled flint knappers at work live on the site..I have followed the UCD experimental archaeology group on FB closely for some time now.

Some proper hands on experience of which Im quite jealous:D

slowburner

The survey found part of the walls of the air raid shelter.
The image from the geophysical survey is the property of Earthsound Archaeological Geophysics.