Luke Rowen – Experimental Archaeology / Experiential History

Week 9 Lab Data

Groups 5 and 6 worked with the Nick model, which leveraged gravity to cut a stone lying on the ground, using a bronze blade. The blade was essentially a sector of an annulus, with radius 17cm, and an arc length of 49cm and 40cm. The first stone we tried to cut was an 11cm by…

Group 5 Lab Data: Ritual

Group 5 was in charge of burning the beef femur wrapped in fat. It’s worth noting that there was significant wind that day, which affected our ability to get accurate readings, so there is some error in our weight numbers. Our beef femur was 2614 grams, and our fat was 475 grams. Our femur was…

Week 4 Bones

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Week 2 Lab Summary: Wool

Introduction During the Week 2 Lab, we were introduced to the ancient practice of textile making and participated in the first steps in textile manufacturing. We prepared for the lab by spending the classes leading up to it doing readings about textiles in the ancient Mediterranean, watching a film about how learning about wool working…

Author: Luke Rowen