[Archport] Projecto Andakatu divulgado no Reino Unido

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O Projecto Andakatu, didáctica e experimentação arqueológica do Museu de  Arte Pré-Histórica de Mação, em divulgação e actividade na Universidade de Cambridge:

 

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See how prehistoric tools were made at museum	8 February 2008

History enthusiasts have the chance to handle prehistoric artefacts and to see how they were made at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology this Saturday.

The Museum is hosting a series of free events focusing on rock art, stone tools and flint knapping, a method of shaping stone artefacts. Alongside a range of other activities, a representative from the Prehistoric Art Museum of Mação, Pedro Cura, will be playing a Stone Age man, Andakatu and demonstrating the method of making tools through flint-knapping.

Stone tools have been made and used for the last two million years. Knapping involves striking the stone (usually with a harder stone) to make the rough shape, then removing smaller flakes with a pointed tool to refine the form into an axe, arrowhead or other tool.

Andakatu will be leading a special session for the Young Archaeologists' Club in the morning, but there will be activities throughout the day in the Museum.

In the afternoon there will be a series of 7 short talks and the opportunity to see Andakatu at work. The seven speakers will cover the rock art of the world in one and a half hours.

The painting or carving of images on stone surfaces is genuinely a part of world heritage and can be found on every continent. The talks reflect its great range of forms, covering rock art in Britain, America, Australia and Africa.

All the events are free and open to the public. They are being held with the support of the British Rock-Art Group, the Etched in Time Project and the Erasmus Mundus Programme. Andakatu's event is sponsored by the Municipality of Mação.

They will take place on Saturday 9 February at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on Downing Street. The activities will be running from 10:30-4:30. The talks and Andakatu's session will both begin at 2:30pm. The programme, which includes a full list of the talks, is available through the sidebar.

For further information, please contact the University of Cambridge Office of Communications on 01223 332300