International Day of Archaeology

14.10.2016 - 15.10.2016

Program:

Friday, October 14, 2016 - at the premises of the Dean's Church in Most

Revived History of World War II

12.00
Passage of a military convoy through the city (from the museum through the center to the premises of the Dean's
Church)

13.00 – 16.30
Demonstrations of weapons and military equipment of the US Army and German armed forces with commentary

16.30
Dynamic demonstration of armed conflict on the Western Front 1944-1945

Saturday, October 15, 2016 10.00 – 18.00 - at the Regional Museum in Most, Czechoslovak Army 1360

Ongoing program:

Revived History of World War II.
Ground units of the US Army 1944-1945. Commented demonstrations of equipment, armament, and military technology (M3 Half-track, M8 Greyhound, WC 52 Dodge, Jeep Willys), period campsite.

“Living history”
Weaving, spinning, grinding grain, baking flatbreads, making stone chipped tools, drilling axes, making bone tools, splitting wood with a stone axe, starting a fire, painting rock drawings, making prehistoric and medieval pottery - Celts, Romans (demonstrations of clothing, everyday items, armament, and equipment).

Exhibition “Journey Through War Times”. The American Air Force over Most and the Ore Mountains 1944-1945.

Exhibition “Kučlín”. Tertiary fossils.

Lectures:

11.00 – 11.30 Castles of Northwest Bohemia Mgr. Milan Sýkora

12.00 – 12.30 The Story of One Air Raid Radovan Helt

13.00 – 13.30 Archaeology at the Gate. Archaeological Research of the Mikulovice Gate in Kadaň
MUDr. et Bc. Kryštof Derner

14.00 - 14.30 Anti-aircraft Defense of the Plant in Záluží Mgr. Petr Čech

15.00 – 15.30 Archaeological Research in Teplice and Ústí in 2015-2016 Mgr. Aleš Káčerik

16.00 – 16.30 Air Battle over Kovářská 11. 9. 1944. Demonstration of the equipment of the B-17 crew on
mannequins Ing. Jan Zdiarský, PhD.

Organized by the Regional Museum in Most and the Archaeological Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague

in cooperation with:

The Museum of the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains 11. 9. 1944 in Kovářská,
The Regional Museum in Louny,
The North Bohemian Branch of the Czech Archaeological Society,
The Archeo Sever o.p.s.,
The Institute of Archaeological Heritage Care of West Bohemia in Most,
The Military Historical Institute Prague

and groups “Living history” and military history clubs.

The event is supported by:

Severočeské doly a.s.

Archeo Sever o.p.s.