Spring24 – Page 2 – Experimental Archaeology / Experiential History

Groups C&D Lab Data: Week 8 (Woodworking)

On Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17 of Week 8, our Experimental Archaeology/Experiential History course reconstructed the Viking-era tent found at the Oseberg archaeological site. This week, we focused on constructing the wooden supports of the tent, and we will experiment with the feasibility of creating turf walls for the tent to craft the…

Wooden tent in field with people around it

Week 8 Group F Lab Data: Woodworking

Introduction: Given that this week was far more about working to construct the tent and we were all occupied for all of the 4-hour lab time, there was not a very large amount of data I was able to record. Most of the data in this post will be the 60% measurements of each of…

Week 8 Lab Journal: Woodworking and Tents

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Week 8 Group B Data

This week in lab, we reconstructed a Viking-era tent using local aspen and traditional tools, with help from expert Maeve Gathje. This was a difficult lab to gather data from. That being said I was able to record how much time it took to complete certain steps in the process of preparing the wood. Firstly,…

Week 8 Lab Journal: Woodworking and Tent-making

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Week 8 Woodworking

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Week 8 Lab Journal: Woodworking

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WEEK 8 LAB JOURNAL: Building a Viking-Style Tent

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Lab Summary Week 7: Blacksmithing

This week’s summary was written by Ashton Macklin ’27 (light blue shirt)with Albert “Al-Boss” Bosler ’25 (dark blue shirt) This week saw our class engage in its sixth lab: Blacksmithing. The lab was made only possible with the much-appreciated guidance of a guest: local Northfield blacksmith, Martin Pansch. Coincidentally, Martin is the smith under which…

Group B Lab Data: Week 7 (Blacksmithing)

In the Week 7 lab, we learned basic blacksmithing techniques and used them to create iron nails. While this was, in many ways, more of an experiential rather than an experimental lab, I was still able to gather a limited amount of both quantitative and qualitative data. There were two fuel variables in the lab;…

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