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Making Celtic Change: British Iron Age Coins at the Turn of the Millennium
Making Celtic Change: British Iron Age Coins at the Turn of the Millennium
Taught at Pennsic, Battle on the Bay, Atlantia University, all in 2019, at two private events in 2021, and at Gulf Wars in 2023.
Description: Coin use emerged in Iron Age Britain during a period of rapid change. Students: a) receive an introduction to eight specific Celtic coin types; b) explore the times, location and tribes that produced them, with attention to how the notion of 'tribe' can be problematic; and c) learn how Celtic coinage was involved with the geopolitical events of the era. Students place coin stickers on a map in the handout to associate specific coins with the regions where they were produced.
Iron Age Birch Bark Hats
Iron Age Birch Bark Hats
Taught in-person at Pennsic 2022, online for the Barony of Ponte Alto in late 2022, and online for University of Atlantia in February 2023
Description: What early period Celt doesn't need a shade hat? This class presents information about conical birch bark hats from central Europe dating from the Late Hallstatt to Early La Tène periods. Learn about the extant finds and how to recreate them. The first ten students at in-person classes can try their hand at preparing and stamping a scrap of birch bark.
Feasting in Iron Age Britain
Feasting in Iron Age Britain
Taught in-person at Pennsic 2024; online at Atlantia University June 2023 & February 2024; and at a private event for Tuathe de Briain, a household in New York.
Description: Feasting to build community and feasting to create differences/express social status occurred in different parts of southeastern Britain during the Iron Age. This class will examine: a) cultural sources including classical texts, medieval Irish myths, and Iron Age funerary practices related to feasting; b) archaeological food evidence with an emphasis on grains and animal remains; and c) material culture, with brief discussions of cauldrons, drinking horns, ceramics, and wood.
Central European Iron Age Brewing
Central European Iron Age Brewing
Taught online for Ponte Alto Barony 1/22/2025, online for University of Atlantia 2/1/2025, online for Drachenwald Herbalists Guild 3/8/25
Description: How do you recreate a prehistoric brew without a historical recipe you can redact? In this class, after a brief overview of all-grain malting and beer brewing, we will discuss how we know about prehistoric brews, including textual, archaeological, and chemical residue analysis. Then we will lay out ways to recreate Iron Age brews from West Central Europe. We will discuss methods for small-scale malting, wild yeast capture, campfire brewing, and open ferments.
Tablet weaving
Tablet weaving
In the early 2000s I taught a very (very) basic beginner class, not anything fancy but it got people started. This is a picture of a weaving I did for some Norse garb more recently.
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