For thousands of years, Native Americans throughout the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains used the physical act and visual language of tattooing to construct and reinforce the identity of individuals and their place within society and the cosmos. The act of tattooing served as a rite of passage and supplication, while the composition and use of ancestral tattoo bundles was intimately related to group identity. The resulting symbols and imagery inscribed on the body held important social, civil, military, and ritual connotations within Native American society. Yet despite the cultural...
For thousands of years, Native Americans throughout the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains used the physical act and visual language of tattooing t...
The desire to alter and adorn the human body is universal. While specific forms of body decoration, and the underlying motivations, vary according to region, culture, and era, all human societies have engaged in practices designed to augment and enhance their natural appearance. Tattooing, the process of inserting pigment into the skin to create permanent designs and patterns, appears on human mummies by 3200 BCE and was practiced by ancient cultures throughout the world.
Ancient Ink, the first book dedicated to the archaeological study of tattooing, presents new research from...
The desire to alter and adorn the human body is universal. While specific forms of body decoration, and the underlying motivations, vary according ...
This book presents a major cultural phase that has been virtually overlooked in professional literature. The editors bring together discussions of recent research by themselves and others at Archaic shell-bearing sites in the western MCRV, combined with contemporary examinations of prior investigations, which until now have been difficult for scholars to access.
This book presents a major cultural phase that has been virtually overlooked in professional literature. The editors bring together discussions of rec...
