Jodi Reeves Flores Editor

Dr. Jodi Reeves Flores received her PhD in Archaeology from the University of Exeter. Her doctoral thesis explored the perceived value of replicative experimental in academic archaeology. She is an Editor for the EXARC Journal and Digest and is also a Fellow in Data Curation for the Sciences and Social Science at Arizona State University Libraries and the Center for Digital Antiquity. Dr. Roeland Paardekooper was born 1970 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. At an early age he became interested in archaeological open-air museums and experimental archaeology. He has organised several international conferences and field trips and has visited over 100 archaeological open-air museums across Europe. Paardekooper is cofounder and current director of EXARC, an organisation affiliated to the International Museum Federation ICOM. EXARC’s themes are archaeological open-air museums, experimental archaeology, ancient technology and interpretation. EXARC and counts 200 members in over 30 countries by end 2013. In 1997 Paardekooper received his MA at Leiden University (Prehistory of Europe), in 2012 he got his PhD at the University of Exeter, where he looked into archaeological open-air museums. In 2012 Paardekooper was knighted in the Order of Orange Nassau for his work for archaeological open-air museums at international level as well as for his volunteer work for several organisations. He is currently the interim director at the Archäologisches Freilichtmuseum Oerlinghausen, Germany.