In 2020 the annual Estonian national student research competition was held. Archemy team member Sandra received the National Heritage Board’s II special premium award for her BA thesis “Iru linnamäe kaun- ja teraviljade isotoopanalüüsid” (“Isotope analysis of pulses and grains found from the Iru hill-fort”). It is Sandra’s first research award and it was a great…
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Our prime investigator and leader of the Archemy group, Ester Oras, attended TEDxTallinn talk on the 26th of September. TEDxTallinn talk’s theme was called “Käänaku taga” (“Behind the turn”) and Ester gave a speech about long term changes in food culture, social nutrition patterns and the relationship between food and health. Due to the COVID-19…
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To find out how organic residues absorb and preserve on the pottery surface, experiments on cooking typical food stuffs in experimental pots were done utilizing ancient skills. As one of our traditions, Archemy members held an annual pot making and cooking event last August 2020. Besides enjoying each other’s company, the purpose of this get…
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