using groma

Week 8 Lab Summary: Measurement

Brett Brzycki, Edward Marotta, Lily Petersen This week’s lab focused on ancient methods of measurement using the groma and knotted ropes associated with Egypt. The knotted rope was an Egyptian measuring tool that created a right angle by dividing a rope into 12 equal segments with 13 knots that would create a 3-4-5 right triangle.…

Lab Group Data: Ritual (Group 3)

This data is for Lab Group 3, which consists of Clark Glymph, Chance Tunnissen, Bruce Jones, and Lily Petersen. For Part 1 of this lab, we were assigned a deep above-ground firepit, and burned an unwrapped beef femur, four sheep tongues, and splanchna, which consisted of a heart, liver, and kidney. Part 1 (Ritual Burning):…