Experimental archaeology, a field of study that attempts to generate and test hypotheses by replicating various tasks, helps students understand the processes and steps that goes into the creation of material culture. In this instance, our College Field School students learned how to produce yucca sandals by cultivating broad-leafed yucca, roasting the leaves, and weaving them into footwear. Plaited sandals, such as these, were found in the Mesa Verde region during the Dolores Archaeological Pro