Reporters: Samantha Zimmerman, Rahim Hamid, Marta Kondratiuk. Data drawn from reports by: Ben Scott-Lewis (group A), Amelie Cook (B), Ann Beimers (D), Jake Oberg (E), and Eila Planinc (F). Introduction: This week in Experimental Archaeology, we continued our exploration into the making of bread in accordance with ancient texts such as Cato’s account of bread…
Procedure We were one of the frying groups again. Our basic procedure was the same as Group E’s. We began by roasting and then grinding the barley. We added water, honey, and oil in an effort to make the maza stick together. While half of our group was working on the grinding, we made the…
Group members: Sagal Ahmed, Beck Arnow, Hali’a Buchal, Margie Clauss 28.October.2021, 1:00pm-4:30pm The weather (rain) had interfered with our original lab plans today for pottery firing. Instead, our efforts focused on finishing up the warp weighted loom, which mostly involved touch-ups and detailing of the wood after a week of drying. We did not have…