2021 March
12th Experimental Archaeology Conference
the Dark Ages Re-Ceation Company will be hosting one of the many 'hot spot' segments of this virtual conference.
The Dark Ages Recreation Company has developed a well-earned reputation
in Canada for mounting high quality living history presentations. In addition
to repeated trips to the 'Vinland' site at L'Anse aux Meadows Newfoundland, DARC has provided living history
demonstrations in conjunction with exhibits at museums throughout Ontario and
into the United States. This has included presentations in support of both Vikings,
North Atlantic Saga and Full Circle, First Contact.
The group focuses on everyday life in Northern Europe at the turn of
the first millennium. Individuals portray a selection of working artisans who
illustrate the everyday use of personal possessions and the skills used in
making these items. Textile workers, bead makers, cooks, musicians, potters, metal and wood workers, all take part in presentations using the format of
individual artisans and family units within a seasonal market setting. Beyond
the group’s work as demonstrators and interpreters, the desire to acquire some
of the original skills and apply these to object creation has led members to
solid experimental archaeology in various fields of endeavor, from cooking to
gaming strategies, construction of musical instruments, and pole lathe debris.
Some have taken their research to more formal levels, with long-running
experiments and academic presentations related to bloomery iron smelting and glass bead production. There are three presentations contributed by members of DARC at EAC12 this year: Darrell Markewitz and Neil Peterson on investigations into Icelandic smelting furnaces, Neil Peterson on air production in Viking
Age bellows; and Richard Schweitzer and Sarah Scroggie on their construction
and testing of soapstone cooking pots.
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Demonstrating game playing : Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2002
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Experimental Iron Smelting : L'Anse aux Meadows HNSC, 2010
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Supporting Exhibits : Royal Ontario Museum, 2013
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Experimental glass bead making : Upper Canada Village, 2019
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Daily Life in the Viking Age : Upper Canada Village, 2018
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Overall Camp Presentation : Upper Canada Village 2018
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Textiles Work : Upper Canada Village, 2013
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Descriptive text by Diane Harper / with edit
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