Annual Paleo-Olympic Games create blast from the past
Sep 15, 2014
From Medieval rugby to sword fighting, the sixth annual
Paleo-Olympic Games will take place Friday, September 19, from noon-3
p.m. on the lawn in front of the Kirkhof Center on Grand Valley State
University’s Allendale Campus.
The student-run Paleo-Olympic Games are an annual compilation of
events that bring together students and faculty for a day of games and
other activities focused on learning about the past as a way to
conclude Archaeology week. The event is a collaboration among members
of the Archaeology Club, Classics Society, History Club, Fencing Club
and Anthropology Club.
“It started years ago with a group of professors and students
getting together to have some fun trying out these ancient games and
things grew from there,” said Melissa Morison, associate professor of
classics. “The event is for everyone in the Grand Valley community
with an interest in archaeology, history or really any aspect of the past.”
This year, Morison said those in attendance will have the
opportunity to experience archery, spinning thread from raw wool,
making stone tools, fencing, Etruscan liver readings, medieval armor
demonstrations and many games based on aspects of ancient life.
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