Conference Review: 2nd Experimental Archaeology Student Symposium

Abstract

The Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield hosted the 2nd Experimental Archaeology Student Symposium (EAStS) between the 28th February and 1st March 2020, following on from the first successful meeting held in Newcastle in October 2018. The Symposium hosted nine papers on a variety of different experimental reconstructions of material production and processes. A discussion panel was undertaken considering the future of experimental archaeology and what its purpose should be in this fast changing world with its diverse problems. The meeting also included an experimental day, during which attendees joined in smelting copper ore, casting bronze objects and working copper into broaches, led by Copper Smith and Experimental Archaeologist Sian Evans.

Keywords

• review
• conference
• experimental archaeology
• newest era
• united kingdom