Conference Review: The 1st Annual REARC Conference, Defining Reconstructive Archaeology for the 21st Century

Abstract

The first annual Reconstructive and Experimental Archaeology (REARC) conference was held at the Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina, October, 16 – 17, 2010. REARC is the brainchild of Mark Butler, President of REARC, and eleven other individuals who comprise the Board of Directors. The Board evenly represents the main groups involved with REARC: four in Excavation Archaeology, four in Academic Archaeology and Anthropology, and four in Primitive Technology.

Keywords

• conference
• experimental archaeology
• palaeolithic
• mesolithic
• neolithic
• chalcolithic
• bronze age
• iron age
• usa
• review