Back in 2019, we told you about an intriguing experiment to test a famous anthropological legend about an elderly Inuit man in the 1950s who fashioned a knife out of his own frozen feces. He used it ...

How can we tell whether and how a prehistoric weapon was used? How can we better understand the dexterity and combat skills involved in Bronze Age spear fighting? A research team including scientists ...

Forensic and experimental archaeology are two sub-fields that encompass a wide range of methods and practices for locating, investigating, and recovering human remains, along with associated culture ...

Kent State University’s experimental archaeologists, along with those from several other universities, joined forces with the popular hunting, outdoors, and conservation media platform, MeatEater, Inc ...

During the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies, we will be showcasing artisans and their work in experimental archaeology. They will have several recreated artifacts from early medieval ...

It’s the podcast so nice we recorded it twice! Despite some technical difficulties (note to self: press the record button significantly before recording the outro), Elliot and Dan were able to soldier ...

(BA Anthropology, 2007 University of Arkansas; MA Anthropology, 2015 University of Arkansas). Pettigrew's research is in experimental archaeology, focusing on the tools and weapons of early hunter ...

Have you ever heard of an archaeologist who burns, hammers or smashes artifacts? That’s what Metin Eren does, except it’s with replicas. Eren is a rising star in the field of experimental archaeology.

Archeologists in movies have a reputation for being hands-on, like Indiana Jones unearthing hidden treasure, or Lara Croft running through a temple. Archeology in real life tends to be a bit more ...

You teach ancestral skills, from basketry to stone tool construction and more. What sparked your interest? It evolved from being outdoors a lot as a child. My earliest memory of wanting to do this was ...

It’s human nature to look at the technological achievements of the ancients — you know, anything before the 1990s — and marvel at how they were able to achieve precision results in such benighted ...