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What is Experimental Archaeology?
Where a scientific method is applied to a historical question relating to an artefact or to answer a question.
What is Experiential Archaeology?
Something you can interact with. Where people are experiencing the process or making of something.
What tool is this and what is it used for?
Compass, for drawing circles
What tool is this and what is it used for?
Saw, cutting wood planks
What tool is this and what is it used for?
Adze, to take thin chips off Timber or Boards
What tool is this and what is it used for?
Line and chalk, mark out the lines you need to cut out
What tool is this and what is it used for?
Piercer (persore), for drilling
What tool is this and what is it used for?
Plane, smooth surfaces, square up the ends of boards and shave edges
What tool is this and what is it used for?
Broad Ax, debarking a log
What tool is this and what is it used for?
Gouge, carve grooves into the wood.
Which kind of chainmail is this?
Butted Maille
Which kind of chainmail is this?
Riveted Maille
What is the Process of making riveted chainmail?
Coil a wire into a spiral
Cut rings off the spiral
Make the metal soft by heating them until they're red hot
Flatten the rings with a hammer until overlapping areas are flat
Heat the rings to red hot again to make them soft again and let them cool slowly
Punch a hole in the overlapping area of the rivet
Cut the rivets (cut off tiny pieces of wire)
Set the rivets. Set a rivet into the rivet hole. Align it to the centre. Squeeze the rivet with pliers.
Why is the castle built in a quarry?
Because it has all the resources they need for things like colouring, wood etc.
How are stones broken up to be used?
Hammer and wedge. You hit the wedge with the hammer to get a fracture and eventually split.
What is the piff?
High-iron content sandstone
What is the paff?
Reddish Sandstone
What is the poof?
Soft, yellow sandstone
Describe the purpose of making the grain ark.
Split log, cut the planks, smooth sides with axe, they shape it then use pegs to hold it together
What is mortar, how is it made, and what's in it?
Mortar is what is used to stick the stones together to give the castle structure. It is made by mixing limestone heated to 900C and mixing it with water
What does the blacksmith do to fix the tools?
They heat it to soften them (1000C), he sharpens it with a file and hardens it by heating it and quickly quenching it with water
Why is the mortar strong and how long will it take to set completely?
Quarry sands make it stronger: It takes centuries to set
How does a trebuchet work?
Like a catapult. Potential energy is stored
What is a gambeson and how is it made?
A padded defensive jacket made of wool, worn as armour
How does an arrow loop work?
A small window to shoot out the arrows; it would be harder for enemies to shoot back
Describe how a crossbow is made
Made with Yew wood, it would be smooth
How does forge welding work?
Heat up the metal till its white so it would be hot enough to become soft
What did a 13th century soldier eat?
Their war horses, pottage, pork and beans
What is heraldry?
Heraldry is the practice of devising, granting, displaying, describing and recording a coat of arms
How did heraldry come to be?
It came to be because people needed to be easily identifiable on the field/battlefield. It is used to distinguish people of different families and social status.
What is red?
Gules
What is blue?
Azure
What is green?
Vert
What is purple?
Purpure
What is black?
Sable
What is silver?
Argent
What is gold?
Or
What is the name of this fur?
Ermine
What is the name of this fur?
Erminoise
What is the name of this fur?
Contre-ermine (inverted ermine)
What is the name of this fur?
Vair
What is this line of partition called?
Per fess
What is this line of partition called?
Per Bend
What is this line of partition called?
Per chevron
What is this line of partition called?
Per pale
What is this line of partition called?
Per Saltire
What is this line of partition called?
Quarterly
Name this ordinary
Chief
Name this ordinary
Saltire
Name this ordinary
Cross
Name this ordinary
Fess
Name this ordinary
Pale
Name this ordinary
Chevron
Name this ordinary
Bordure
Name this sub-ordinary
Pairle/Pile
What is this lion's pose called?
Rampant
What is this lion's pose called?
Passant
What is this lion's pose called?
Guardant
What is this lion's pose called?
Reguardant
What is in a full achievement of a peer?
Coat of arms, chapeau/helmet, supporters, compartment, crest, mantling, and motto
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