EXARC Award Project Update: Neanderthal Footwear
Neanderthal clothing is something that’s being discussed more and more by archaeologists at the moment, with people now generally agreeing that clothing was needed by many of these early people to survive the often-harsh environmental conditions at the time. Unfortunately, we don’t have much evidence to tell us what this clothing might have looked like – with most clothing likely made of organic material such as animal skins, it has long disappeared.
Putting Life into Neolithic Houses
Archaeologist Annelou van Gijn received an NWO Archeologie Telt grant to investigate domestic craft and subsistence activities of late Neolithic peoples in the coastal area of the Netherlands. The project heavily relies on experimental archaeology: “Exploring past technology by experiment, doing things together, is an excellent way of creating a scientific community in which both professional archaeologists and the general public can thrive” explains Annelou.
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