Group F Week 8 Data Collection: Tactics

This week’s experiment into ancient military formations ended up being much more experiential than it was experimental. The questions we were investigating, such as the learning curve for each formation and ease of tactics or holding positions, are quite subjective metrics to try to quantify and so we generally asked ourselves how we were feeling…

Group C Tactics data

This weeks data is primarily qualitative as there was not a lot to measure quantitatively, especially as we were all constantly involved in the movement and action. Hoplites We spent about 40 minutes working on the hoplite formation including figuring out the positioning, trying different formations, and attempting to fight each other (gently). We used…

Group A data report – week 7

Group A: Ellie, Kenton, Maya, Ben This week in lab was a ton of fun, and looking back, we learned more than we had realized.  The differences between unleavened cheese bread, simple unleavened bread, and sourdough were enormous.  In density alone there was enormous difference. Libum My group started out the lab by making Libum,…

Group A Placenta Data

 Bread product: Placenta  Product description: 4 layers of tracta (medium-sized tortilla-like discs) with feta and honey mixture layered in between, all wrapped in emmer/water dough. For the purposes of this class, we used ____ of cato’s recipe (fraction). Step 1: Gather ingredients Step 2: Grinding the farro Step 3: Making dough for tracta Step 4:…