#experimental-archaeology

#experimental-archaeology

Experimental archaeology involves doing things—making things, re-creating things from the past. This hands-on approach understands not just what our ancestors made but how they made it.

Archaeologists have conjured vivid portraits of humankind's past from recovered relics, though experimental archaeology captures sounds, smells, and tastes that traditional methods cannot convey.

The trebuchet was the most fearsome weapon of medieval times, a giant catapult that could lay waste to any fortress by battering its walls with boulders.