Cremation Data – (Group C, Week 6)

Fire Started: 2:50pm

TimeTime Elapsed (hh:mm:ss)Body Temp (Celsius)Notes
3:00pm00:10:00744 CSurface of the body has blackened.
3:10pm
00:10:00
785 CVisible Boiling. Tipi has collapsed fully. Black, head, and tail of 216 is exposed.
3:20pm
00:10:00
695 CBody almost entirely exposes. Upper portion of skull clean and exposed.
3:30pm
00:10:00
701 CMultiple Bones exposed. legs on the underside of 216 partially disintegrated. Partially burned coals added back over top. Highest layer of wood has collapsed under 216. Lowest layer still partially remains.
3:40pm
00:10:00
714 CBody has progressively turned belly side down as the underside flank has burned away. Top side remains the most intact and has formed a layer of ash on top of the remaining bone. A few more coals moved closer to the body.
3:50pm01:00:00547 CPots removed from front of fire. No notable changes to the body.
4:00pm
01:10:00
621 CContinuing to smolder.
4:10pm01:20:00687 CContinuing to smolder. More partially burned logs were moved closer to consolidate coals around 216. More moisture or fat continuing to boil off near back of neck.
4:20pm01:30:00605 CContinuing to smolder. Moisture still visible in neck. Head has been consistently less covered than tail end for the majority of the experiment.
4:25pm01:35:00517 CFire spread out.

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