This week we did turf building, or creating some walls for our tent using sections of turf. My group was in charge of making milk-pen blocks of turn, which were rectangles that were supposed to be about 6 inches wide by 12 inches long and about three inches deep. Cutting out the first block was…
Lab Journal Week 9: Turfbuilding
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Week 8: Woodcarving from a Distance
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Week 7 Group C Data
This week, we worked on blacksmithing, focusing more on the experience of doing metalsmithing than doing an experiment. With the guidance of expert blacksmith Martin Pansch, we created nails and roves. My group created a coal fire and kept it hot with the use of a blower, putting metal into the fire and working on…
Week 7 Journal: Metalsmithing
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Week 6: Cremation Pyre and Pottery Firing
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Week 5 Lab Journal: Natural Dye
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Week 4 Lab Journal: Spinning
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Week 3 Lab Journal: Pottery
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Week 2: Group B Cheesemaking Data
This week in experimental archaeology, we made cheese. My group made paneer, which was different from the other cheeses because we had to bring our milk to a boiling point before we could proceed with any further steps. We stirred the milk constantly and monitored how it heated over the course of 45 minutes. We…