Going Underground: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of an Early Medieval Irish Souterrain

During the summer of 2018 I completed a master’s degree in experimental archaeology and material culture at University College Dublin, this research was carried out for the final dissertation. The project was to build and test a 1:1 model of an early medieval Irish souterrain. The subterranean struc...

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Autor principal:	Tom Meharg
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Publicado:	EXARC 2019
Materias:	construction of building early middle ages ireland Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:079b9cb184254eb68f08daf3c6a09ed02021-12-01T14:42:34ZGoing Underground: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of an Early Medieval Irish Souterrain2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/079b9cb184254eb68f08daf3c6a09ed02019-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10425https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956During the summer of 2018 I completed a master’s degree in experimental archaeology and material culture at University College Dublin, this research was carried out for the final dissertation. The project was to build and test a 1:1 model of an early medieval Irish souterrain. The subterranean structure is based on one of over 3,500 examples of this feature identified in Ireland. The project allowed us to interact with the similar problems likely facing past societies in regards to design and engineering. Furthermore, by building such a feature we could engage with a souterrain as it may have existed in the early medieval period allowing interesting discussions on the experiential aspects of structure. The souterrain acted as an experimental space where I could investigate the food storage hypothesis by testing environmental conditions relating to the storage of certain foodstuffs. The results show that throughout the test period the model souterrain could maintain a constant internal temperature and humidity level most preferable for long term storage of some dairy products, root vegetables, and some fruits.Tom MehargEXARCarticleconstruction of buildingearly middle agesirelandMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2019/2 (2019)
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description	During the summer of 2018 I completed a master’s degree in experimental archaeology and material culture at University College Dublin, this research was carried out for the final dissertation. The project was to build and test a 1:1 model of an early medieval Irish souterrain. The subterranean structure is based on one of over 3,500 examples of this feature identified in Ireland. The project allowed us to interact with the similar problems likely facing past societies in regards to design and engineering. Furthermore, by building such a feature we could engage with a souterrain as it may have existed in the early medieval period allowing interesting discussions on the experiential aspects of structure. The souterrain acted as an experimental space where I could investigate the food storage hypothesis by testing environmental conditions relating to the storage of certain foodstuffs. The results show that throughout the test period the model souterrain could maintain a constant internal temperature and humidity level most preferable for long term storage of some dairy products, root vegetables, and some fruits.
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title	Going Underground: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of an Early Medieval Irish Souterrain
title_short	Going Underground: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of an Early Medieval Irish Souterrain
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Going Underground: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of an Early Medieval Irish Souterrain

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