Spring2024 – Page 15 – Experimental Archaeology / Experiential History

Max using his finger to smooth over a crack in his pot. Behind him, other students do the same.

Week 3 Lab: Group B Pottery Data

Clay Forming My group — consisting of Margaret, Max, and myself — had to create a clay body that was 500g clay and 100g temper. The temper was made up of 80g of sand, 18g of gravel, and 2g of chaff. The chaff came in two varieties: small wood chippings and long strands of straw.…

Week 3 Lab Group D Data

Process: To create the clay that we ultimately used to scuplt the pots, we mixed 500g of art clay, 80g of sand, 16g of gravel, and 4g of chaff. The original plan was to use hay as chaff, but it was difficult to get down to a small size. So, I used hay and my…

Week 2 (but actually week 3): Cheese

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Week 3 Lab Data, Group C: Pottery

For our lab this week, my group was tasked with creating clay pots with 500 grams of commercial clay and varying amounts of three types of tempers: Sand, gravel, and chaff (sawdust or hay). We began by gathering together our 500 grams of clay with 80 grams of sand, 17 grams or gravel, and 3…

Week 3 Group A Lab Data: Pottery

Introduction: For this week’s pottery lab, my group (Group A) was tasked with creating our pottery with a temper that consisted of mostly gravel and sand, with only a very small amount of chaff. The exact and ideal proportions that our group tried to use was as follows: 500g clay, 80g sand, 19g gravel, 1g…

Group E Lab Data: Week 3 (Pottery)

Process: Our group’s process was rather different than the other groups’ because we were using clay from the Carleton Arboretum, gathered by geology and pottery students at Carleton, rather than the mass-produced combination clay used in most modern pottery studios. We began by first grinding arb clay that had been dried for months, and perhaps…

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Week 3 Lab: Group B Pottery Data

Week 3 Lab Group D Data

Week 2 (but actually week 3): Cheese

Week 3 Lab Data, Group C: Pottery

Week 3 Group A Lab Data: Pottery

Group E Lab Data: Week 3 (Pottery)

Week 3 Lab Journal: Pottery!

Week 3 Lab Journal: Pottery

Ceramics From and Around the Carleton Arboretum

Week 3: Pottery