Archaeologist Donna Nash explained the reason for her recent experiments on reproducing Wari Chicha. It was part of a chat about the Wari and the role chichi played in their society and diplomacy.
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Hey, psssst! Does anyone care for some... fake roast venison? It's medieval! And super, super sweet! Aaand it is fancy - it brings it's own BLING! (I mean gilded almonds! Whoa!) And basically it's vegan, because it is a christian Lenten dish from the 1. printed German Cookbook from 1485. Have a look at it (and at my fail during cooking this. 😅). Experimental archaeology in action.
Laser cooking flint leftovers stew on rice.
This piece of flint failed to pupate into the axe head... But I utilised it anyway to chop a piece of antler in a hand-axe manner. #experimentalarchaeology#archaeology#Usewearanalysis
On #NationalUnderwearDay I want to talk about the ancestor of the bra: the strophion!
In #GreekRomanArt the goddess #Aphrodite can sometimes be seen putting it on or taking it off but mortal women are depicted wearing it too.
It is uncertain what the Greek strophion looked like but the Roman adaptation, the strophium, was a breast band, a strip of cloth wrapped around the upper torso.
It was a normal but optional piece of feminine clothing.
Here is a photo of a woman replicating the Roman Strophium, inspired by the Greek Apodesme. It was folded from a single piece of fabric, as in the figure of Aphrodite above.
A recent expedition by an archaeology team from the Universities of Auckland and Canterbury to Enderby in the Auckland Island archipelago plans to answer remaining questions about Māori voyaging and life on the island dating back to 1400 CE.
So, time for something completely different and much more wholesome. A superb story of #ExperimentalArchaeology - can an untrained archaeologist with no woodworking experience build a #Greenland dog sled?
Intrepid southern voyage in the wake of early waka (phys.org)
A recent expedition by an archaeology team from the Universities of Auckland and Canterbury to Enderby in the Auckland Island archipelago plans to answer remaining questions about Māori voyaging and life on the island dating back to 1400 CE.