Mastodawn

Tracing the Potter's Wheel : 'project to identify and assess the appearance of the potter’s wheel within the Bronze Age Aegean' #BronzeAge #PottersWheel #ExperimentalArchaeology https://tracingthewheel.eu/

TPW

flo Apr 5

"Scheduled for completion next year, the castle will presumably — as long as the skills of its builders prove equal to those of their forebears — still be standing in the 29th century."

How To Build a 13th-Century Castle, Using Only Authentic Medieval Tools & Techniques

https://www.openculture.com/2022/03/how-to-build-a-13th-century-castle-using-only-authentic-medieval-tools-techniques.html

#OpenCulture #Archaeology #Experiment #ExperimentalArchaeology #Castle

How To Build a 13th-Century Castle, Using Only Authentic Medieval Tools & Techniques

It's the rare Englishman who will readily defer to a Frenchman — except, of course, in the field of castle-building. This was true after the Norman Conquest of 1066, which introduced French castles to Britain, and it remains so today, especially under the demands of period accuracy.

Open Culture

Ars Technica News Mar 19

Study pinpoints when bow and arrow came to North America https://arstechni.ca/voj5 #experimentalarchaeology #Archaeology #Science

Study pinpoints when bow and arrow came to North America

Radiocarbon results suggest a single origin and rapid diffusion through cultural transition networks.

Ars Technica

pandolin Mar 14

Hey, ich druck mir gerade Formen für Mini-Ziegel aus Ton, will die im Grill brennen. Hat jemand schon mal so was probiert? Quasi Guédelon in klein. Ich dachte anh Steine etwa einen Zentimeter lang, 2-3 Stunden bei 300 Grad im Wber-Gasgrill? :-) #3DPrinting #TabletopTerrain #ClayBricks #Warhammer #ExperimentalArchaeology

Jules she/her Mar 5

Who wants to read about how some archaeologists from the #UniversityOfTennesseeKnoxville found an 18th century condom in an abandoned well, analysed it and then recreated it from sheeps' intestines using the technology of the time? No one? Tough, here's the article anyway.

https://exarc.net/issue-2025-3/rev/certain-small-contrivances-recreating-intestinal-condom-recipe

#ExperimentalArchaeology

b-unicyling Feb 26

Playing around with magnets and 3D printing for a bit. For the record, the vertical magnets don't work (if I knew anything about physics, I would have known), so I'll just have to get smaller magnets and tweak the design.
#3dprinting #ExperimentalArchaeology #BuildingsArchaeology #cloister #InistiogeCloister

Nam Henderson Jan 4

“These four multitools are artifacts from the Roman Empire circa AD 100–200. They are severely anomalous…There’s not a whisper about them in any historical document. Held in the hand, gazed at, it looks weird and it acts weird. Its decor is weird and its engineering is weird. It’s the weirdest multitool in the world.” https://bruces.medium.com/ancient-everyday-weirdness-591955f40a2d via @bruces re: #everydaycarry ancient #multitools + #experimentalarchaeology

Anthropology.net Dec 31

Early Homo sapiens may have hunted with bows and arrows in Eurasia 40,000 years ago. New experiments show ancient bone points fit multiple weapons, challenging linear tech timelines. #Paleolithic #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #ExperimentalArchaeology https://www.anthropology.net/p/before-the-bow-had-a-name

Before the Bow Had a Name

How early Homo sapiens may have mastered long-range hunting far earlier than the archaeological record once allowed

Anthropology.net

wicket wolf Dec 19

Horse-Riding Simulators [pdf 13pp] #equestrian #HorsebackArchery #PoloPonies #rodeo #ExperimentalArchaeology https://trivent-publishing.eu/img/cms/cheiron/Issue%2022025/15-%20Cheiron_issue%202-2025_Birgit%20B%C3%BChler.pdf

Jens Notroff Oct 14, 2025

About 12 years ago, @clipo and Hunt introduced their #WalkingMoai hypothesis 👣🗿 about how the monumental sculptures on #EasterIsland Rapa Nui may have been moved from the quarries to their final locations, combining oral tradition and #ExperimentalArchaeology.

In a recently published "response to critics" in J. Archaeol. Sci. 183, 2025 they now present new archaeological evidence and experimental validation:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440325002328?via%3Dihub