Digital Lauresham Event - that was nice.

I spent a wonderful weekend, here at home and at the same time virtually at Lauresham, learining a lot about draft cattle, hearing about the pit houses, and connecting with a lot of fellow experimental archaeology people via Discord. That was definitely the first conference where I was able to learn about pit houses by listening to the discussion while at the same time tidying up in my kitchen, or removing some old leaves from plants in the wintergarden.

It was very new (and very exciting!) for me to connect via the voice channel, answering questions regarding the Albecunde reconstruction project, but I think it went quite well (and hope I did not ramble too much in my answers). I was also very amused by textile people taking over the channel with their discussion at one point... well, as we tend to do.

If you missed the weekend, you can still watch all the videos on the Lauresham Youtube channel, and I'm told that EXARC (who graciously hosted the event on their Discord channel, and who did an absolutely splendid job with all the tech in the background) are planning to make the voice discussion parts available as well, once they've tidied up the files.

Speaking of EXARC - do check out their website for the #FinallyFriday events, where an archaeological topic is discussed every last Friday of the month, and where you can find a list of virtual events and tours to keep you amused.