Week 10: Weaving and Showcase
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Week 9: Tablet Weaving and the Beginnings of Warping a Loom
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Firing Lab Journal
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Week 8: Firing at Last
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Week 7 Lab Data: Group C
Group C Lab Data: Hannah Angerman, Beck Arnow, Sagal Ahmed, and Emmy Belloni For this week’s lab, we were supposed to be pit firing our loom weights however the lab was rained out. Instead we continued woodworking in the Archaeology lab and we finished the final pieces of our frame for the loom. Although this…
Week 7: Firing — Wait, no! Woodworking again!
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Woodworking Lab Summary Week 6
Introduction The focus of our lab was to build the pieces of a wooden loom using the tools available during the Anglo-Saxon period. The experiment was as archaeologically accurate as possible. We used traditional woodworking tools, employed traditional techniques, and worked as a group to recreate the sense of community associated with the practice. Sam…
Group C Woodworking Data
Introduction/Cutting We began by carrying logs to the Old Tennis Court, watching Sam select logs for our uprights and helping him begin the process of sawing. Process Tools Times Observations Selection Eyes 1:17-1:19 Logs for uprights were much thicker than expected, with large forks at the top. One was longer than the other. Measurement Another…
Week 6: Constructing a Loom Frame
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Week 5: Wool!
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