Moving the Past: Embodied Research on Discontinued Movement Cultures

Edited by Maciej Talaga

Book cover: Moving the Past: Embodied Research on Discontinued Movement Cultures

Extent: 110 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: World Archaeology

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2025)

ISBN: 9781805831921

7.99 x 10.87 inches

Price: $42.00

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This volume examines discontinued movement cultures through experiential research. Drawing on case studies from ancient combat to Irish wrestling and medieval training, it explores how embodied practice can illuminate past skills, methods, and the limits of reconstructing lost traditions.


This volume examines discontinued movement cultures through experiential research. Drawing on case studies from ancient combat to Irish wrestling and medieval training, it explores how embodied practice can illuminate past skills, methods, and the limits of reconstructing lost traditions.

Acknowledgements

Author Biographies

Introduction – Maciej Talaga

Chapter 1. Triangle of Diverging Incentives. Methods for Reconstruction of Personal Combat Techniques – Bartłomiej Walczak

Chapter 2. Leveraging Reenactment and Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) for the Understanding of Ancient Combat – Paul M. Bardunias and Benjamin R. Truska

Chapter 3. Crooks, Hooks, Trips, and Taps. Reconstructing Irish Collar and Elbow Wrestling – Ruadhán MacFadden

Chapter 4. Gripping Affordances of Select Post-Medieval European Sidearms – Jerzy Miklaszewski

Chapter 5. Boots on the Ground: Late-Medieval Infantry Marches and Infrastructure – Charles Lin

Chapter 6. Going Medieval on the Body. An Autoethnographic Study on a Late-Medieval Fighter’s Physical Conditioning Regimen – Maciej Talaga and Krzysztof Kozak

Coda: Why Moving the Past? – Maciej Talaga

References 

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