Lab Rundown Part I: Part II: Part III: We visited Alehandra’s farm on April 27th. It was a very peaceful experience to explore and to see the lovely animals of the farm. In addition to the two varieties of cattle with calves, there were turkeys, chickens, a cat, a guard dog, several breeds of sheep,…
Group D: Dyeing
Group D: Isabel, Will, Dylan, Ellie As the Experimental Archaeology class of 2023 piled into 4 or so campus vans, I’m not sure that any of us anticipated such a refreshing, calming and grounding experience from our visit to Alejandra’s farm. As a college student at Carleton, and probably at the vast majority of institutions…
Week 5 Data: Group C
Sheep Everyone I talked to agreed that the sheep were adorable. Alejandra had roughly 45 ewes on her farm. She also kept 25 lambs, 1 ram, and some (about 10) wethered males. The wethers apparently make the best wool, so they get to stay around in a separate pen. The ewes who were unsheared (see…
Week 5: Dyeing
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Week 5: Dye (and making animal friends)
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Cows, cochineal, and contentment
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Lab Journal 5: Wool
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Week 5: Wool!
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Week 5: Weaving Wool
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Working with Wool: Lab Journal
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