2020-2021_Spring_Week9 – Experimental Archaeology / Experiential History

Group E, Weeks 9 & 10: Building a Structure!

During these last 2 weeks of lab, we built a funeral structure (the original plan changed due to adverse weather conditions. Earlier in the week, we collected several posts & lots of branches from the wood pile, each at least 4ft long and of varying levels of thickness. Friday We mapped out the area necessary…

Weeks 9&10 Lab Summary: Mortuary House

Astrid Malter, David Bellovin, Ellen Schlick Introduction Over the past week, the class has been working on our final lab: building a mortuary house from natural materials. Although this lab can stand alone as a unit, we would not have been able to accomplish the build without what we had learned in previous weeks. For…

Weeks 9-10 Group D Lab Data: Construction

The construction of our Anglo-Saxon mortuary house spanned four days, from Wednesday May 26th to Wednesday June 2nd, with construction occurring on Wednesday, Friday, Monday, and then again on Wednesday to finish up. The Weather Gods cancelled our Thursday lab, so this was how we made up for it. Day 1 – May 26th On…

Week 9/10 Lab Data: Group C

Day 1: Wednesday, 26 May Group C collected wattle for walls downstream from the building site. Aubrey and Astrid looked for and flagged suitable poles while Sam and I followed with loppers and a bow saw, respectively. We ended up spreading out a bit in search of fresh timber. Cutting shoots around 1” in diameter…

Group A Data Report – Week 9/10

For our final lab, we constructed an Anglo-Saxon mortuary house. Unfortunately, the weather gods abandoned us in our time of need––our scheduled lab was rained out, and as a result, we had to divide the process into four ~1 hour long blocks. Block One – Wednesday, May 26th Instructions: go into Lower Arb and collect…

Week 9/10 Group B Data

This data is a little bit strange because it is mainly observational and the data spans over 4 different class periods. I will break it up by day. Wednesday Week 9: Wood Collection The goal: collect 36-40 wattle poles, about an inch in diameter and 4-6′ long. Observations: It was pretty easy to find smaller…

Group F Week 9 Lab Data: Building

Wednesday, May 26: It was a beautiful day when my group ventured out to cut down willow for our house. We were assigned to an off-trail section of the Carleton arboretum that had a large deposit of willow. The goal was to collect 40 total branches, about three to six feet in length, to use…

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