For about a year now I've taken a little break from looking for excuses to eat and call it research. Instead I've taken to studying living history. The reason for this change of study is two fold. One reason is that I've been working at a living history museum, The Historic Village at Allaire, as a blacksmith. The Historic Village is a 19th century industrial town located in what is now Farmingdale, New Jersey. The second reason revolves around the fact that my Master's degree research is on how history is presented to the public at living history.
To keep my blog a little bit organized, I've created two new pages for posts on separate topics. One is on the research I am doing on living history, Smoke and Fire Forgery. The second page is dedicated to my fun topic of research-Food for Thought. I hope anyone reading enjoys the new thoughts.
About Me
- Katherine Ambry Linhein Muller
- Katherine Ambry Linhein Muller is a graduate student at Monmouth Univeristy in the Master's program for Anthropology. She is an experimental archaeologist exploring the evolution of metal technology. Experimental archaeology is a theoretical and methodological approach to understanding the past through recreating lifeways and material culture. Her current projects exploring the evolution of blacksmithing. Past research included exploring prehistoric and historic foodways and stonetool technology.
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