Ellen – Experimental Archaeology / Experiential History

Weeks 9&10 Lab Summary: Mortuary House

Astrid Malter, David Bellovin, Ellen Schlick Introduction Over the past week, the class has been working on our final lab: building a mortuary house from natural materials. Although this lab can stand alone as a unit, we would not have been able to accomplish the build without what we had learned in previous weeks. For…

Week 9(&10) Lab Journal

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Week 8 Lab Journal

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Group B Lab Data – Week 7

This week, the class completed the first lab in the pottery unit: preparing clay and forming small pinch pots or vessels. Kelly Connole, a Carleton ceramics professor, joined the class over video call to instruct us on both the materials and techniques we would be using. Prior to class, each student received three materials: powdered…

Week 7 Lab Journal

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Week 6 Lab Journal

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Week 5 Lab Journal

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Group F Lab Data – Week 4

Group F participated in the sacrificial ritual section of the lab. We worked closely with Group B (our data should be quite similar) to investigate the performance of rites at the altar. Over the course of three hours, we were able to burn two bovine femurs wrapped in fat, one wrapped lamb femur, one unwrapped…

Week 4 Lab Journal

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Week 3 Lab Journal

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Author: Ellen