Laboratories of Experimental Archaeology
	OF BMTA 2007
	tecnologie litiche, lavorazione della steatite, accensione del fuoco, riproduzione di pitture preistoriche, dall'argilla alla terracotta, la nascita della scrittura, vasi attici: dalla costruzione alla decorazione, la produzione dell'olio di lentisco, metallurgia ed oreficeria antica, tecniche di produzione medievale di terracotta architettonica a Venezia by the Museum "Grandi Fiumi di Rovigo"
	Laboratories near holl Giove from thursday 16 to sunday 18
Experimental Archaeology is a scientific discipline that aims at reconstructing the anthropological culture and the materials from the antiquities, experimenting the techniques and practices used by ancient men in their daily lives. Thus, an experimental archaeologist is a real artisan with a specific historical, archaeological and archaeometry preparation; by mixing technical capacities and theoretic knowledge, he attempts at reproducing the handmade articles of our ancestors in order to understand better their way of living. The lithic processing, the bones, horns, and clay will all be presented in the area dedicated to the laboratories, but with different work proposals even as regards the materials so as to allow visitors to experiment with their own hands these antique works. It is an ideal journey through the most ancient times of our history.By using simple notions, it will be possible to go through all the main stages of man's evolution. Skins, rocks, wood and bones will be used to duplicate the instruments of our ancestors. Such experiments are essential to understand better the efforts primitive men made when trying to survive and to deal with the environment and his needs to transform such environment. Moreover, fire ignition and the prehistoric painting techniques will also be object of experimentations.