Group A Data Recorder: Jacob S.; Group B Data Recorder: Ugo A. The chart below tracks the temperatures of two pots during our attempt to fire them around a smaller fire some distance from the funeral pyre. Pot #1 was made by Jacob as part of Group D, while Pot #2 was an arb-clay pot…
The following table records the temperature of the same pot every 10 minutes as it was fired on the funeral pyre. We used a laser temperature gun to take measurements. At first this was really uncomfortable because of the heat of the fire, so Sasha took our group’s reading at the same time as those…
Fire Started: 2:50pm Time Time Elapsed (hh:mm:ss) Body Temp (Celsius) Notes 3:00pm 00:10:00 744 C Surface of the body has blackened. 3:10pm 00:10:00 785 C Visible Boiling. Tipi has collapsed fully. Black, head, and tail of 216 is exposed. 3:20pm 00:10:00 695 C Body almost entirely exposes. Upper portion of skull clean and exposed. 3:30pm…
Group E and F worked on the same fire. It was originally intended to be smothered with greenery, but given the current time of year we were unable to do so. Therefore, we didn’t smother it with anything, and just let it burn unsmothered. Groups A and B smothered their fire with turf, so I…