Introduction: Group B worked at Firepit #1 with Group F to burn a bovine femur wrapped twice in omentum, a bovine tail, a lamb femur wrapped twice in omentum, and two sets of splanchna from a lamb on an open fire pit. Each set of splanchna contained 1 heart, 1 liver, and 2 kidneys. Femurs…
Week 4: Ritual Fire
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Lab Journal Week 4
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Week 4: Ritual Sacrifice and Cremation
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Week 4: Ritual Fire Lab Data (Group D)
Introduction Our group gathered on Mai Fete Island on a windy spring afternoon to investigate early English cremation rites. We burned a pork shoulder (our stand-in body) to test at what temperature the flesh would burn away, and to assess whether placing bodies on or under the funeral pyres is more successful (competing arguments proposed…
Week 4: Fire
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Group F Lab Data – Week 4
Group F participated in the sacrificial ritual section of the lab. We worked closely with Group B (our data should be quite similar) to investigate the performance of rites at the altar. Over the course of three hours, we were able to burn two bovine femurs wrapped in fat, one wrapped lamb femur, one unwrapped…
Week 4: Ritual Sacrifice
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Lab Journal 4: Fire
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Week 4 Lab Journal: Ritual Fire
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