An introduction to antler as a material.
Video two that recreates our Glastonbury Greencrafts Village workshops for you at home. Talking tools and ring blanks. View this post on Instagram Video 2/6 tools and blanks #glastoathome A post shared by Guerilla Archaeology (@guerillaarch) on Jun 21, 2020 at 10:38pm PDT
First video of seven that recreates our Glastonbury Greencrafts Village workshops for you at home. So who are we and what do our workshops do?
There is no Glastonbury Festival 2020, but you can join in our socially distanced Guerilla Archaeology Ancient Antler workshop whilst enjoying virtual Glasto in your garden. We have carefully recreated all the steps you need to make a copy of a Viking Ring, found on our excavations in the Western Isles. Tools – most importantly … Continue reading
The Glastonbury stone circle is a recent monument on the British landscape, yet it is one that is visited by huge numbers of people over a very short period of time. Estimates of the numbers of people gathering at the Glastonbury stone circle are subject to speculation, however with a large proportion of the hundreds … Continue reading
We decided to make some antler head-dresses like those based on the ones found at the site of Star Carr, an early Mesolithic site. We explore a general background to these in an earlier post about Mesolithic shamanism. In this post, we will explore in more detail these head dresses, fashioned from the skulls and attached … Continue reading
Changing attitudes to food. Opening access to the past. In this blog post Dr Julia Best, Lecturer in Archaeology at Cardiff University, explains how the Consuming Prehistory Project brought Neolithic food into the present day. Maybe the thought of fish and chips at the seaside conjures up memories of childhood holidays. Perhaps nothing beats a … Continue reading
Video five recreating our Glastonbury Greencrafts Village workshops for you at home. Decorating the ring.
Video five recreating our Glastonbury Greencrafts Village workshops for you at home. Smoothing the ring surface.
Well this was not the year we expected! No festivals=no fun. We were hoping to catch up with you all at Glastonbury, Bluedot and Green Man – at a minimum. As we cannot be with you, we have made a number of videos about ourselves and our previous activities that you can find on our … Continue reading
So what makes a modern British festival? People, music, food, drink, dance and socialising. Folk are drawn to the event from outside the local areas, they travel with their own temporary homes and set up cheek by jowl with strangers. Festivals are about meeting with different social groups, ‘feasting’ on unusual foods and drinks, taking … Continue reading
We kicked off our spring season at the Barbican and Wellcome Wonder Street Fair at the British Festival of Neuroscience London (7th – 10th April) with ‘The Mind in the Cave’. This is a dynamic, hands on (but eyes off) activity – conceived by the artist Paul Evans – that allows participants of all ages to engage with the … Continue reading
Video five recreating our Glastonbury Greencrafts Village workshops for you at home. Smoothing the ring surface.
Video four recreating our Glastonbury Greencrafts Village workshops for you at home. Beginning to shape youR ring.
Video three recreating our Glastonbury Greencrafts Village workshops for you at home. How to get a ring that fits.
