What Does The Committee do?

The Experimental Days Committee is in charge of hosting the annual Terra Experimental Days. The committee is formed every year from enthusiastic students interested in the topic of Experimental Archaeology. We also collaborate with the W.E.A.L. for this experimental party.

Experimental Archaeology is to recreate ancient tools and techniques to better understand the craftsmanship, ingenuity, and innovations of the past. Experimental Archaeology can help us understand how tools and other items were made, and it can be employed when doing things like use-wear analysis. Also, knapping flint, shaping a bone needle, or creating your own cave painting gives you an appreciation of how people in the past worked with their resources.

The Experimental Days are two days in the year when the faculty turns into a Stone Age encampment. A symposium is hosted with different speakers on how they use Experimental Archaeology in their research and how it has helped them to understand the past better. On the second day, a series of workshops is hosted by both experts and students for you to participate in. From tanning deer skins and knapping flint to dyeing fabric with prehistoric dyes, the Experimental Days are a great opportunity to learn new skills and to engage with prehistory beyond the lecture hall.

Are you passionate about Experimental Archaeology and want to be part of the committee? Send us an email and apply!