Week 9 Lab Journal: Turf Building
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Groups C&D Lab Data: Week 8 (Woodworking)
On Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17 of Week 8, our Experimental Archaeology/Experiential History course reconstructed the Viking-era tent found at the Oseberg archaeological site. This week, we focused on constructing the wooden supports of the tent, and we will experiment with the feasibility of creating turf walls for the tent to craft the…
Week 8 Lab Journal: Woodworking and Tent-making
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Group B Lab Data: Week 7 (Blacksmithing)
In the Week 7 lab, we learned basic blacksmithing techniques and used them to create iron nails. While this was, in many ways, more of an experiential rather than an experimental lab, I was still able to gather a limited amount of both quantitative and qualitative data. There were two fuel variables in the lab;…
Week 7 Lab Journal: Blacksmithing
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Week 6 Lab Journal: Burn, Baby, Burn!
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Week 5 Lab Journal: The Art of Dyeing
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Week 4 Lab Journal: Textiles!
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Group E Lab Data: Week 3 (Pottery)
Process: Our group’s process was rather different than the other groups’ because we were using clay from the Carleton Arboretum, gathered by geology and pottery students at Carleton, rather than the mass-produced combination clay used in most modern pottery studios. We began by first grinding arb clay that had been dried for months, and perhaps…
Week 3 Lab Journal: Pottery
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