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Experimental Archaeology
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In this book, based on the proceedings of a two-day workshop on experimental archaeology at the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens in 2017, scholars, artists and craftspeople explore how people in the past made things, used and discarded them, from prehistory to the Middle Ages.
| כותר |
Experimental Archaeology : making, understanding, story-telling : proceedings of a workshop in Experimental Archaeology / edited by Christina Souyoudzoglou-Haywood and Aidan O'Sullivan. |
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| מהדורה |
1st ed. |
| מוציא לאור |
Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
| שנה |
[2019] |
| הערות |
"Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens with UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture, Dublin, Athens 14th-15th October 2017"--Title page. |
| הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents Page -- Introduction Defining Experimental Archaeology: Making, Understanding, Storytelling? -- Figure 2. Ulrikka Mokdad demonstrating the weaving of Neolithic patterns, with Kalliopi Sarri. -- Figure 3. Epaminontas Venieris explaining the manufacture of Cycladic marble figurines, with Brendan O'Neil experimenting. -- Figure 4. Akis Goumas creating gold granules for the decoration of the Mycenaean bead. -- Experimental archaeological reconstructions and the investigation of houses from the past -- Figure 1. Artist's reconstruction painting of a hypothetical early medieval rath, with its enclosure defences, entrance, interior structures and activities. The houses are shown as straight-sided walls with a conical roof, the typical interpretation of th -- Figure 2. The early medieval rath at Deer Park Farms, Co. Antrim, a site plan showing its Phase 6A features, radiocarbon dated to the late seventh to eighth century AD. A distinctive, paved entranceway, flanked by low walls, is at the east side. There are -- Figure 3. Building the early medieval roundhouse at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (CEAMC) in June 2015. The inner wall is being pulled in to form a dome, and the outer wall, used to retain insulation material, serves as a u -- Figure 4. The completed early medieval roundhouse at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (CEAMC), thatched with heather, in September 2016. The house is settling in form, though the roof thatch will flatten further and change col -- Figure 5. The early medieval roundhouse at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (CEAMC), under snow in the winter of 2018. Investigations of the house in terms of heat, smoke, light and other environmental factors have provided ins. Figure 6. The interior of the early medieval roundhouse at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (CEAMC), showing central hearth, bedding area against north wall, and a range of furniture and domestic objects -pots, wooden buckets, -- Figure 7. A view of the destroyed early medieval roundhouse at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (CEAMC), burnt in an arson attack in May 2019. The site provides an opportunity to investigate the survival of burnt structures in -- Crafting prehistoric bronze tools and weapons: Experimental and experiential perspectives -- Figure 1. Forged bevelled edge of later Bronze Age sword from Ireland (exhibiting combat damage in this image also). -- Figure 2. Replica hammer and anvil based on the Bishopsland Hoard from Ireland. Note the wear at the edges of the working-face on the anvil and the degradation of the line demarcating the inner edge (relative to the user) of the hammer face. -- Figure 4. Replica sword following initial round of hammering the complete article and then cut into 10 sample sections prior to further work. -- Figure 6. Annealing a section of sword blade in a charcoal charge with air pumped in via a double-bellows (with thanks to Brendan O'Neill and Črtomir Lorenčič). -- Table 1. Details of treatment of sample sections of bronze sword test piece including hammering phase, annealing duration and temperatures reached (core and edge differentiated where appropriate), if quenched in water (at room temperature). -- 'Cutting edge technology': new evidence from experimental simulation and use of Late Bronze Age woodworking cutting tools. The saw as 'case study' -- Figure 1. The saw from Prosymna, Argolid (Blegen 1937: fig. 244:1). -- Figure 2. The saw from Androniani region, Central Euboea. Photo provided by Dr C. Paschalidis. Figure 3. The Prosymna saw tooth geometry: sharpness angle (a), hook angle (b), tooth tip line (cc'). -- Figure 4a. The teeth density of the Androniani saw. -- Figure 4b. The Androniani saw teeth geometry. -- Figure 4c. The setting of the Androniani saw teeth printed on a slab of plasticine (a), amount of set (b), and the bevel (fleam) of the saw teeth cutting edge (c). -- Figure 4d. Traces of filing preserved on some of the teeth of Androniani saw (a) the teeth are one side bevelled (left or right) according to setting (b). -- Figure 5. The ideogram of the saw as depicted on the scripts of the Bronze Age period (Evely 1993: 28 fig.12). -- Figure 6a. Representations of sawyers on the walls of Egyptian tombs (Evely 1993: 38 fig. 17). -- Figure 6b. Egyptian sawyer. Detail of a carpenter's workshop model from the tomb of the Chancellor Meket-Re at Thebes dated to 11th Dynasty. (http://nefertiti.iwebland.com/trades/carpenters.htm) -- Figure 7. Boeotian figurine representing a craftsman sawing with a bow saw (late 6th century BC) (Breitenstein 1941: 18, no. 157, pl. 17). -- Figure 8. Part of the Telephos frieze from the Altar of Zeus in Pergamon at the scene of the construction of the raft of Auge (photo based on Pollitt 1986: 203 fig. 216). -- Figure 9a. Two-piece moulds of stone with covers made of sand for casting the smaller (a) and the larger (b) saws. -- Figure 9b. A two-piece sand mould for casting the larger saw. -- Figure 10. The blades of the larger saws removed from the sand moulds, as cast. -- Figure 11. Shaping the saw serration. -- Figure 12a-c. The setting of the larger saws: (a) hammer blow on the baseline of a three teeth group, (b) teeth traces on the surface of the softwood board used as saw blade support, left after hammer blow during setting, and (c) saw blade after setting. Figure 13. Filing (sharpening) the teeth of reconstructed saw blades: (a) cross-cutting and (b) rip-cutting. -- Figure 14a. The saw from Akrotiri (Doumas 1997: pl. 87d). -- Figure 14b. Detail of the remains of its handle. Photo provided by Mrs A. Michailidou. -- Figure 15. Hafting the reconstructed saws. -- Figure 16a-c. Reconstructed saw evaluation during cross-cutting of a hull fraction plank. -- Figure 17. The body posture of an Egyptian craftsman while sawing (a), and the wide-legged stance of the modern operator, while using the reconstructed saw (b). -- Figure 18. Sawing a plank along the grain with a reconstructed saw (a), and using a wedge to keep the saw-cut open (b). -- Figure 20. Using the small reconstructed saw to cross-cut the head of the wooden pegs of the hull fraction. -- Experimenting on Mycenaean goldworking techniques: the case of the granulated cone -- Figure 1. Conical beads (trochus shell) from the cemetery of Deiras, Argos, 15th century BC, NAM Archive, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports. Photo: Ph. Collet, French School at Athens. -- Figure 2. The conical bead from Argos: a) granules joined by fine 'necks', b) granule 'flooded' in the binding material, c) molten granule. -- Figure 3. The disc-shaped foil is embossed with wooden punches in successive cavities of increasing depth. -- Figure 4. Shaping the gold cone: a) the positive mould, b) pressing the cone with the mould into a cavity, c) chasing the spiral groove from the exterior. -- Figure 5. Production of granules: a) the gold sheet is cut into minute pieces of standard size, b) each piece is heated with the help of a blowpipe, c) when heated close to its melting point, the gold fragment becomes a sphere. Figure 6. Adding the granules on the body: a) preparation of a mixture of copper-salts, a resin (mastic) and water, b) the mixture is applied to the groove, c) granules are placed in the groove after they have been dipped in the mixture. -- Figure 7. The firing process: a) heating the bead with a blowpipe, b) the oxidization of copper salts, c) the ornament takes a bright reddish colour as it approaches the joining temperature. -- Figure 8. Repairs: a) the missing granules, b) cutting tiny pieces of a gold-copper-silver alloy, c) setting the granules in place and adding gold-copper-silver solders (for joining through brazing). -- Figure 9. High-magnification SEM images showing the morphology of the granules and the fine 'necks': a) original bead, b) replica (National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos'). -- Figure 10. Suspension holes: a) on the original bead, b) on the replica. -- Figure 11. Schematic reconstruction of the successive stages of manufacture of the bead. Drawing: Akis Goumas. -- Thinking through our hands: making and understanding Minoan female anthropomorphic figurines from the peak sanctuary of Prinias, Crete -- Figure 1. Diagrammatic representation of stylistic variation between (and within) peak sanctuaries, showing the interplay between overall figurine types and local preferences/choices. -- Figure 2. Male figurine from Prinias, a good fit for the human hand. -- Figure 3. Female figurine from Prinias, preserved height 13 cm. Ayios Nikolaos Museum: HN5932. -- Figure 4. Female figurine from Prinias, preserved height 17.7 cm. Ayios Nikolaos Museum: HN6036. -- Figure 5. Replica figurine showing various stages of production: 'A' shows the initial stages of the skirt -- 'B' is a top down view of same showing socket perforation -- 'C' shows initial lower torso frame -- 'D' shows pegged skirt and torso. 'E' shows initial. |
| סדרה |
Archaeopress archaeology |
| היקף החומר |
1 online resource (116 pages). |
| שפה |
אנגלית |
| שנת זכויות יוצרים |
©2019 |
| מספר מערכת |
997010706418105171 |
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