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January 29, 2008
January 29, 2008
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Experimental Archaeology at Homolovi!
Archaeologists can learn a great deal about ancient technologies through experimentation.
Two summers have seen major tests taking place at Homolovi Ruins State Park
Two summers have seen major tests taking place at Homolovi Ruins State Park
Test Burn of a Model Masonry Pueblo
Earthwatch volunteers and teenagers from the Student Challenge Awards Program
assisted archaeologists in constructing a one room model pueblo. The structure
was then burned to study how fire acts in a prehistoric structure. Brush was used
for the fire.
During the second summer the pueblo was expanded to two rooms and
experiments done with dried corn to see if stored corn could have caused a
pueblo fire. We used about 20 bushels of dried corn to recreate the possible
conditions leading to major burning of rooms in prehistoric sites.
2005 Burn PHOTOS
Earthwatch volunteers and teenagers from the Student Challenge Awards Program
assisted archaeologists in constructing a one room model pueblo. The structure
was then burned to study how fire acts in a prehistoric structure. Brush was used
for the fire.
During the second summer the pueblo was expanded to two rooms and
experiments done with dried corn to see if stored corn could have caused a
pueblo fire. We used about 20 bushels of dried corn to recreate the possible
conditions leading to major burning of rooms in prehistoric sites.
2005 Burn PHOTOS
Leupp Kiln Conference
The Kiln Conference is an annual event for people interested in
experimenting with different pottery firing techniques.
The 2005 and 2007 conferences were held at Homolovi Ruins
State Park. View photos of this experience in traditional pottery firing!
The Kiln Conference is an annual event for people interested in
experimenting with different pottery firing techniques.
The 2005 and 2007 conferences were held at Homolovi Ruins
State Park. View photos of this experience in traditional pottery firing!
| Homolovi Chapter Arizona Archaeological Society "Homolovi" is Hopi for "Place of the Little Hills"- the traditional name for Winslow, Arizona |
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