Spring26_Week4 – Experimental Archaeology / Experiential History

WEEK 4 LAB SUMMARY: RITUAL

Madeleine Goldberger, Natalie Tatar, Caleb Valentino INTRODUCTION This week our class studied ancient Greek rituals. Specifically, we looked at ancient ritual fires. In ancient Greece, ritual fires were essential to religious life and served as a direct connection to God and was a symbol of unity. In order to prepare for the lab, we read…

Group 5 Lab Data: Ritual

Group 5 was in charge of burning the beef femur wrapped in fat. It’s worth noting that there was significant wind that day, which affected our ability to get accurate readings, so there is some error in our weight numbers. Our beef femur was 2614 grams, and our fat was 475 grams. Our femur was…

Week 4 Lab Data Group 2: RITUAL

This week we explored components of ancient Greek ritual. The lab had two parts: recreating sacrifical practices by burning a fat wrapped thigh bone and roasting splanchna, and constructing miniature ash altars. Part One: Burning the Thigh Bone and Splanchna We were one of two groups that was given omentum, a kind of fat, to…

Lab Group Data: Ritual (Group 1)

Summary: This week I was the data recorder for our lab group (comprised of Feraidon AbdulRahimzai, Jonah Tannen, Aselya Gullickson, and myself). We worked with an above-ground fire pit, recreating ancient ritual practices. First, we put our oxtail and cow femur-bone on the fire, and then roasted our splanchna (kidney, liver, and heart). In the…

Lab Group Data: Ritual (Group 3)

This data is for Lab Group 3, which consists of Clark Glymph, Chance Tunnissen, Bruce Jones, and Lily Petersen. For Part 1 of this lab, we were assigned a deep above-ground firepit, and burned an unwrapped beef femur, four sheep tongues, and splanchna, which consisted of a heart, liver, and kidney. Part 1 (Ritual Burning):…

Week 4 Lab Data Group 6: Ritual

This week, my group took data on the burning process of a beef femur and an oxtail, the cooking process of goat liver, heart, and kidney, and the process of building three model ash altars. Burning the Femur and Oxtail We measured the length and weight of the femur and tail before burning, as well…

Lab Group Data: Ritual (Group 4)

Overall Summary This data is for Group 4, which was composed of Caleb Valentino, Madeleine Goldberger, Losh Li, and myself (Zoe Roettger). Our group used the shallow above-ground firepit, and we worked with beef femur, oxtail, and splanchna for the first part of lab. For the second half, we created three ash altars of varying…

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WEEK 4 LAB SUMMARY: RITUAL

Group 5 Lab Data: Ritual

Week 4 Lab Data Group 2: RITUAL

Lab Group Data: Ritual (Group 1)

Lab Group Data: Ritual (Group 3)

Week 4 Lab Data Group 6: Ritual

Lab Group Data: Ritual (Group 4)

Week 4 Lab Journal: Ritual

Week 4 Lab 3: Ritual

Week 4 Lab Journal: Ritual