Group C: Reed, Sam, Astrid, and Aubrey This week, we were able to fire our now bone-dry pots from last week’s lab in bonfires outside. Our main focus was the similarities between firing practices of pottery and cremation, keeping in mind the relationship these two practices may have had in the minds of premodern peoples,…

Because this lab was more experiential than experimental, this report is more observational than data-driven. Beginning of lab It was made very clear from the start that we, like many women in the ancient world, were expected to spend all idle time (and, if possible, busy time too) spinning. As such, we were each given…