Documentation
For prospective entrants, it would be helpful to have a one-page document or oral explanation that answers the type of questions raised when considering criteria #1: What is the basis for this collection of items as a whole? For example, it might be that such items are commonly found in wills or probate inventories, or that similar items have been found in the graves of individuals of the same social status in the culture, or that such things have been found in excavations of settlements or workshops for a given craft, or that documentary or pictorial evidence suggests that these are typical objects that would have been in use by the persona.

A copy of your full documentation must be submitted electronically no later than 1 week before the event (March 14, 2026). The advance documentation submitted does not need to be in its final form, as we are aware that last-minute changes are often made. This will allow our judges to have the opportunity to review the documentation in advance so as to spend more time in discussion with the entrants in person on the day of the event.