Jack R – Experimental Archaeology / Experiential History

Week 10 Experimental Archaeology Showcase Summary

By Jack Rizzo & Emmett Forster Introduction On the last day of class, Wednesday, May 29, we invited the Carleton community to join our class for an Experimental Archaeology Showcase to share what we had learned and created. From 2:00 to 3:00 pm, we welcomed those interested in the class to the Anderson Amphitheater (partially…

Week 9 Lab Journal: Turf Building

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Week 8 Group E Lab Data

Introduction Week 8, over Thursday, May 16, and Friday, May 17, our class built a reconstruction of the Viking-era tent discovered at the Oseberg archaeological site, scaled down to 60%. This reconstruction process took approximately three and a half hours on Thursday and an additional hour on Friday. The following report details the data of…

Week 8 Lab Journal: Woodworking

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Week 7 Lab Journal: Blacksmithing

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Week 6 Group A Lab Data

This week in the lab, my group fired the pots we made in week 3. Our firing took place in a metal fire pit about two feet in diameter. We began by warming the pots around a small teepee fire in the center of our pit to raise the temperature to 230 degrees Celsius. This…