In this lab, we created ancient battle tactics. The four we focused on were the hoplite, phalanx, maniple, and testudo. During this lab we would spend a short amount of time (roughly 5-15 minutes) learning the basic movements and formations of the tactic, usually explained to us by our professor, Jake, and then we would…
Week 7 Lab Data Group 6: Tactics
Introduction and Questions In this week’s lab, we focused on military tactics in the ancient world by both designing our own Roman-style shields out of garbage cans and experiencing different formations. Under Jake’s tutelage, we learned the basics of hoplite, phalanx, and maniple formations. In each, we practiced movement as well as the basics of…
Week 7 Lab Group Data: Tactics
This week we focused on ancient battle tactics. We read many primary accounts of what it was like to be a part of different militaries in the ancient world and discussed these different tactics in class. One of the most important readings that we did was “Polybius on Cynoscephalae” which was about “a battle of…
Week 7 Lab Data Group 4 : Tactics
This week in lab: Ancient warfare tactics and formations. Our data was primarily experiential this week. Hoplite formation In the hoplite formation, students held a red circular shield fashioned from a trash can lid and 7 ft PVC pipe spear to simulate warfare technology and stood shoulder to shoulder with each other. What we found…
Week 7 Lab Data Group 4: TACTICS
For this lab we recreated three battle tactics (and a special fourth) from different parts of ancient Mediterranean history: hoplite, phalanx, and maniple. We were specifically looking at three questions and comparing the answers for each kind of warfare: Hoplite We began with hoplite formations. Each person was given a circular shield which was strapped…
Week 7 Lab Group 3 Data: Battle Formations
Today we recreated three different types of battle formation: hoplites, phalanx, and manipole. Our main questions going through this lab were about the learning curve, the ceiling, and what made us feel safe or in danger. Hoplite Formation: We started out with the hoplite formation which involved interlocking shields and swords. The shields got heavy…
Week 6 Lab Data Group 2: Bread
Simple Bread Loaf (Cato’s #74 “Kneaded Bread Loaf): Flour, Salt, Water We started this loaf by mixing 5g of salt and 250g of flour in a bowl. Then we added 175g of water slowly into the flour. After about a minute of kneading it in the bowl we added another 15g of water. Another minute…
WEEK 6 LAB DATA GROUP 1: BREAD
This lab data is for group 1. In this lab we experimented with baking 3 different kinds of bread. Similar to our previous labs, this took place on Mai Fete island in a pot on open fire. 1. Kneaded Bread (Simple Bread Loaf) Ingredients: Flour: 253g Salt: 5g Water: 175g We measured all of our…
Week 6 Lab Data Group 4: Bread Baking
This week we baked three loaves of bread. All of our loaves were baked in a cast-iron pot heated with coals from a woodfire. For the first loaf, we used only salt, water, and fresh milled organic flour. We also poured roughly 5 grams of water into the pot when the dough went in. The…
Week 6 Lab Data Group 3: Bread
I was the data collector for this lab. My group made four loaves of bread. They represented 3 different types of bread: one whole wheat bread, one cheese bread, and two sourdough breads. We were trying to compare the differences in bread production. We were measuring the temperature of the pot and the temperature of…
