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| Ground pigment to be used in
experimental rock painting. |
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| An ancient method of
making fire for earthoven cooking. |
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Experimental archeology is a subfield that performs tests to recreate the
relationship between past human behavior and the artifacts excavated by
archeologists. Put simply, experimental archeologists ask the question,
“How’d they do that?”, and then they set up “experiments” to answer the
question. The goal is to recreate the process that produced the artifacts.
Here we showcase the results of two questions:
- How did the Native Americans make the paint that was utilized in the
great murals of the Lower Pecos canyonlands?
 Go
to Paint-Making in Prehistory
- How did the Native Americans use earth ovens to cook desert plants?
Go
to Earth-Oven Cooking
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