Bone & Antler Carving

Bone and antler has been used from the start of prehistory up to the modern day for making tools and ornamentation. Join experimental archaeologist James Dilley to make replicas of prehistoric bone and antler artefacts using authentic tools and materials including harpoons, needles, pins, combs, belt hooks, spear points and fish hooks to name a few - which will you choose?

Bronze Age Axe Casting

Discover how some the earliest metal tools were produced in prehistoric Britain. Choose between casting a Bronze Age flanged axehead or a palstave axehead.

Bronze Age Knife Casting

Make your mould, work the bellows, and cast liquid bronze to replicate your own Bronze Age knife!

Bronze Age Sword Casting

Cast your own Bronze Age Sword! The first swords in Europe were made of bronze. They are an iconic development in the human story as social pressure led to tension between groups and individuals. Participants can choose to replicate a rapier, Ewart Park or Naue II sword.

Flintknapping

Discover the oldest craft in the world, Flintknapping and learn how our earliest ancestors make tools to survive in the Stone Age. James will guide you through the process of making flint tools to help you produce your own flint artefacts to take home!

Jet & Jet-Like Jewellery

Create your own Bronze Age jewellery using a range of techniques that would have been available to makers over 5000 years ago!

Ötzi Experience Weekend

Make your own replicas of Ötzi the Iceman’s toolkit under the guidance of experimental archaeologist Dr. James Dilley. This two day workshop will focus on the two most iconic objects found with Ötzi: his flint knife & sheath and his copper axe.

Ötzi's Birch Bark Container

Create your own birch bark container, like those found alongside Ötzi the Iceman in the Italian Alps in 1991. Dating to around 5300 years old, the iceman discovery is considered one of the best during the 20th century.