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Ancient ArtsExperimental Archaeology & Replica Artefacts

Llynnon Roundhousedesigned by Ancient Arts

[email protected] Tel: 01492 650612

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Ancient ArtsWe aim to bring the past to life through our replica artefact collections, reconstructedobjects, courses and experimental work.

“Ancient Arts are a committed team determined to bring our mostancient past to life. They are perceptive about the client needsand flexible in working to a specific brief whether that isexhibition, an event or a research project.”

Jill Cook, Head of Prehistory

We work with museums, heritage sites and education providers who want to create atangible sense of our shared heritage and deliver an experience to remember!

Firing a clome oven for a bread making demonstration.

The porch of a roundhouse designed byAncient Arts.

A replica bronze mirror.

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What can we provide for you?vReconstructed objects & replica artefacts for exhibitions and displays.

vReconstructed objects & replica artefacts for 'hands on' educational resources

such as teaching collections.

v'Hands on' displays & demonstrations in ancient skills and technologies for

specific events or to compliment exhibitions.

Staff training in teaching ancient technologies and how the past ‘worked’.

vCourses and training in experimental archaeology as a discipline or as stand

alone experiments into specific technologies or artefacts.

vResearch, experimental work, reports and demonstrations based on specific

artefacts; exploring how they were made and how they were used.

vResearch, design & build reconstructions of ancient buildings, such as

Prehistoric roundhouses and Anglo Saxon theatres for use as teaching resources

or for public events.

vShort films on how our ancestors lived, how objects from the past were made

and equally importantly how they were used. These can be used as part of

exhibitions or as stand alone teaching resources.

Ancient Arts are a team of friendly and enthusiastic archaeologists who have manyyears experience in both experimental and field archaeology.

We strongly believe in sharing our fascination with the skills and knowledge from thepast with people of all ages and background.

Who are Ancient Arts?

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Benefits for you:vWe design & provide exciting and innovative activities which will vividly

illustrate ancient life to your visitors.

vOur displays of replica artefacts and reconstructed objects from the past

encourage a 'hands on' approach which allows your visitors to touch and

experience the past.

vOur demonstrations & displays are fun as well as educational and suit the whole

family.

vThey can be designed to compliment exhibitions or illustrate specific themes at

your heritage site or museum.

vBy providing an interesting and tangible experience of the past our displays and

demonstrations will increase short term visitors numbers and help introduce a

wider range of visitors to your site.

vSimilarly our 'hands on' education resources can add a vivid and real experience

to any heritage site or museum by bringing archaeological artefacts back to life.

Our demonstrations of ancient technologies and skills are ideal at attracting

positive media interest.

‘Touching the past’.

Making ale using hot stones toreconstruct a Prehistoric burntmound at The National Museum ofWales.

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Replica Artefacts & Collections

Prehistoric Pots.

We specialise in making high quality replica artefacts and reconstructed objectsfor museums & educational institutions.

Reconstructed Early Medieval carpentry tool

Replica Bronze Age mirror, axe head,spoons & shears.

Our artefacts are made from authenticmaterials & techniques and can beused as teaching collections or formuseum display.

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They can include reconstructions ofspecific artefacts from collections orfrom scaled drawings.

Here we are reconstructing a decoratedhorse jaw from Kendrick’s Cave,Llandudno for the local museum. Theoriginal is on display at the British

The reconstructed objects can be of a single material or a composite object such asthese bronze axes hafted onto yew handles using raw hide bindings.

“Ancient Arts supplied artefacts for the BBCTimewatch production of Stone Age. These wereused as part of a drama reconstruction. Theartefacts were historically accurate and made withexcellent attention to detail.”

Emma Parkins, Producer Timewatch BBC TV

A carved female head

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Displays & DemonstrationsWe can bring the past to life in a real andinspirational way through demonstrations ofancient technologies and ‘hands on’ displays ofreconstructed objects and replica artefacts.

Our displays of artefacts and reconstructedobjects and demonstrations can be designedfor particular locations or themes orcompliment exhibitions or projects.

One of our ‘hands on’ activities:making a shale bangle using a flinttipped hand drill.

Our Prehistoric copper mining display at ParysMountain, Anglesey.

“Ancient Arts have been absolutelyinspirational...”

Jill Cook, Head of Prehistory

Our Prehistoric Man & the Sea display at theHolyhead Maritime Festival.

A bronze casting demonstration.

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A demonstration in building a bread oven & bakingbread.

Prehistoric food display at theConwy food festival..

“Working with Ancient Arts was a fascinatingand rewarding experience.

Their practical hands on approach is a brilliantway of interpreting our archaeologicalheritage. This combined with their ability toshare their knowledge and passion in such anengaging and down to earth manner, gave us atangible sense of our ancestor’s ingenuity - andreally brought our story to life.

Thank you Ancient Arts for your ideas,enthusiasm and your flexibility - alwaysappreciated on a tight Time Team schedule!”

Billie Pink, Director

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CoursesWe have run many courses in ancient technologies for universities, museums, &other education organisations.

Staff Training: Training in ‘hands on’ activities illustrating ancienttechnologies for museums, universities and people who work within the historicenvironment.

Teaching how to build using wattle & daub.

Traditional crafts & skills: Exploring and training in ancient buildingtechniques, the making of stone and metal tools, cordage, ancient cooking and firemaking techniques and bone working.

Making cordage from plant fibres.

“I just wanted to say thank you so much for the excellentworkshops that you provided for the experimental archaeologycourse…

They were so enjoyable, and very inspiring for the students,and I really appreciated all of the hard work and thought thatwent into them....it was great working with you on this.”

Dr Kate Waddington, University of Wales

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Design & BuildWe have many years of experience in the reconstruction of ancient buildings. Thesecan be used part of a museum display or as usable public spaces for events.

Design: We will undertake a feasibility study and design the layout of your ancientsettlement and reconstruct the individual buildings using traditional methods; whetheryou require a faithful reconstruction of an ancient building or a usable community spacewith a strong archaeological basis.

HRH Prince Charles & David Chapman of AncientArts at the opening of the Llynnon Roundhouses..

Llynnon Roundhouses, Anglesey designed byAncient Arts.

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Project Management: Working with a team of highly skilledspecialist contractors, we can offer several options in the projectmanagement of your buildings in order to suit your budget.

Thatching the roof at one of the Llynnon Roundhouses.

The king post at Llynnon.

The interior of one of the Llynnon Roundhouses.

‘Dressing’: We can also authentically‘dress’ the interiors of the buildings, usingexamples of furniture and objects taken fromthe archaeological record.

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ExperimentalArchaeologyAs part of our journey to bring the past to life,Ancient Arts is involved in a number of experimentalprojects where we take archaeological evidence fromexcavations and attempt to replicate & understand theprocesses that produced them.

We have worked with a number of universities, museums & TV productioncompanies to undertake exciting & informative experiments.

A Prehistoric wooden trough underexcavation.

Prehistoric torch.

Studying original artefacts at theBritish Museum.

Smelting copper in a pit.

Ancient Arts reconstructing the trough tomake beer!

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“Working with Ancient Arts on this project has been a greatpleasure. They have great experience in ancient crafts & aremindful of the academic aspects of the project.

They also bring fun & enthusiasm to the experiments which helpto communicate the research to a much wider audience.”

Jill Cook Head of Prehistory

Adding hot stones to a trough of waterto make Prehistoric ale at the NationalMuseum of Wales.

Replica stone carving from GobekliTepe made for The NationalGeographic Channel.

Comparing different types of heatshattered stones.

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Media

“The contribution that Ancient Arts made to our production wasinvaluable. Dave’s knowledge & understanding of the materials &techniques was a real asset on location. His skills in metal workingmade for exciting & engaging sequences, & he delivered informationwith genuine onscreen enthusiasm.

Next time we need an insight into prehistoric crafts we know who tocontact first.”

Luke Pavey

Ancient Arts has over 20 years of experience working withthe media.

Smelting copper with Tony Robinson of the Time Team.

We have provided on screendemonstrations of ancienttechnologies and artefactreconstructions for a number ofTV and radio programmes.

Identifying metallurgical materialfor the Time Team.

Filming with S4C

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We have also supplied off screen archaeological advice and guidance onexperimental techniques.

In recent years we have also developed our own film unitwhich produces short films on ancient technologies formuseums, heritage sites and educators.

We have also made films which illustrate ourarchaeological reconstructions and records our ownexperimental work.

Filming at Llangelynnin Studio.

Filming ancient technologies for Mellor Archaeological Trust

The National Geographic filming a Ancient Arts reconstructed carving at GobekliTepe, Turkey

“Ancient Arts is a company that understands the filming processvery well, and Dave was a pleasure to work with. I hope there willbe further opportunities to feature his fascinating work.”

Jacqueline Sharples, Atlantic Productions for The National GeographicChannel

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Our ClientsAncient Arts' clients include museums, heritage sites, archaeological units,archaeological societies, design companies & television production companies:

Museums, Universities & Heritage Sites.

The British MuseumThe National Museum of WalesCadwHistoric ScotlandNational Trust for ScotlandIrish National Heritage ParkNational Portrait GalleryLiverpool MuseumManchester MuseumThe Royal Academy, TainOriel Ynys Mon, AngleseyLa Hogue Bie Museum, JerseyWrexham MuseumPlas Mawr, ConwyOriel Bangor, GwyneddJersey Heritage TrustBede’s World JarrowThe Centre for Ancient Technologies, DorsetBersham Iron WorksMold MuseumLlandudno MuseumThe Council for British ArchaeologyUniversity of Wales, CardiffUniversity of Wales, BangorUniversity of Wales, LampeterUniversity of Central LancashireUniversity of BournemouthUniversity of NewcastleDenbighshire County CouncilConwy County Borough CouncilCheshire County CouncilWrexham County CouncilMenter Mon, Ynys MonForest EnterpriseHabitats & HillfortsHeather & HillfortsForest SchoolsAlderney Maritime TrustThe Great Orme Mines LtdGwynedd Archaeological Trust

Television & RadioThe National Geographic Society Channel

Time Team Channel 4

Timewatch BBC TV

Coast BBC TV

The One Show BBC TV

The History of Wales BBC Wales

Country Focus BBC TV

Fishlock’s Wales BBC Wales

Inside Out BBC Wales

Reading the Ruins BBC Wales

Severn Stories Channel 4

Scientific Eye Yorkshire TV

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Ancient Arts2 Warren Road

Deganwy

Conwy

LL31 9SU

01492 650612

[email protected]

www.ancient-arts.org

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Ancient Arts Ltd Registered in England & WalesNo 6355972 Registered Office: 2 Warren Road,

Deganwy. Conwy LL31 9 SU

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