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Mark Barrows
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Canoe traveler, amateur experimental archaeologist, maker.
My interpretation of an early medieval Irish awl excavated at Deer Park Farms.
August 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Exploring Utah this week.
May 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Most of my hazel seedlings have survived their first Maine winter.
May 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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In the 12th century Life of Colmáin Maic Luachain, there’s a short paragraph explaining how to build a house (it’s a metaphor, “one thing at a time”), effectively it says how do you build a house? Well, you weave in a hazel rod, one rod at a time, and slowly the house gets built.
March 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This is the time of year that I start dreaming about the coming canoe season, and Lisa DeHart is here to give me some specifics to think about.

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What do I have in my Map Case?
YouTube video by 3 Minutes with a Maine Guide
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February 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
THE CANOE (full film)
YouTube video by PaddleToronto
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February 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Our early medieval house reconstruction at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture - burned down in arson attack in May 2019.
August 1, 2023 at 12:03 AM