Learning to Recreate, Recreating to Learn. Experimental Archaeology.

Abstract

This paper aims to present and discuss ongoing activities that combine Experimental Archaeology and Ethnoarchaeology developed in the scope of a master's degree, a post-doctoral and other research projects at the University of Vigo (Galicia, Spain), in collaboration with regional open-air museums and educational centres. Actions have focused on teaching about material properties and transformations, as well as on the design and application of experimental protocols, specially focused on archaeometallurgy. Within this framework, we have promoted the interest of archaeology students in this subject, and other specialised members of the public. As a result, a richer transfer of acquired knowledge from academia to the more general public has been reached.

Keywords

• metallurgy
• experience
• archaeological open-air museum
• didactics
• education
• palaeolithic
• mesolithic
• neolithic
• chalcolithic
• bronze age
• iron age
• spain