Week 6 Data Collection (Firing) – Group E

Group E and Group F worked on the same fire.

Time of Day	Time	Pot Temp (celcius)	Notes
1:37	0:00	20.5	Fire started, pots unwarmed
1: 47	0:10	81 73 63	Arb clay pot Reg clay pot Loom weight
1:57	0:20	63 72 44
2:07	0:30	65 97 66
2:17	0:40	84 87 138	Moved pots closer, broke one data tablet
2:27	0:50	97 150 151
2:37	1:00	160 183 164

At 2:52 we stopped adding wood to our fire and let it burn down. The pots went into the fire around 3, and sat in the fire for about an hour, then sat in the coals and ash for a short time, with them being pulled from the ash at 4:09. After a few minutes, they were around 170 degrees. 

When the pots were in the fire, the temperatures we got were inconsistent and hard to find, but hovered around 600-700 degrees. 

Notes: The thermometer gun gave us some trouble a couple times, and being able to see the laser near flames was difficult at times, so occasionally we are unsure on the accuracy of the temperatures. 

We were meant to smother with greenery, but due to no/little greenery being available we became a control group with no smothering (the other non-pyre fire smothered with turf). 

We tried to rotate pots regularly (around every 5 minutes), and temperatures were taken every 10. We think dips in temperature shown in the chart come from rotating pots and then taking the temperature, as the cooler side is then exposed to measure.