Tattoos and body modifications in antiquity
Subtitle: proceedings of the sessions at the EAA annual meetings in The Hague and Oslo, 2010/11
By: edited by Philippe Della Casa, Constanze Witt
Contributors: Della Casa, Philippe; Witt, Constanze; European Association of Archaeologists. Annual Meeting
Series: Zurich studies in archaeology -- vol. 9; Zurich studies in archaeology -- v. 9.
Publisher: Chronos
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Zürich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9783034012263
Subjects: Body marking; Congresses; History; Tattooing
Description: "From Ötzi the Iceman to today's full-sleeved and pierced urbanite, it seems that body modification has always formed an integral part of the human animal's relationship to its body. Some adornments are temporary or purely situational, such as particular body paints, jewelry or hair treatments, while others--such as tattoos--are quite permanent and, when we are very lucky, preserved in the archaeological record. The papers presented in this volume result from two thematic sessions on Tattoos and Body Modifications in Antiquity organized during the annual meetings of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) in The Hague and Oslo in 2010/11. They deal with a variety of topics, from the Pacific to the American continents and to Eurasia, including early evidences of tattooing and methods of detection, tattoo implements and experiments, as well as iconographic contexts and cultural meanings of tattoos and other body modifications, such as cranial deformations or cosmetic applications. Many new finds are discussed, and presented for the first time to an English speaking audience."--P. 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Aspects of embodiment : tattoos and body modifications in antiquity / Philippe Della Casa, Constanze Witt; title: Matters of identity : body, dress and markers in social context / Philippe Della Casa; title: The material culture and middle stone age origins of ancient tattooing / Aaron Deter-Wolf; title: The power to cure : a brief history of therapeutic tattooing / Lars Krutak; title: Flint, bone, and thorns : using ethnohistorical data, experimental archaeology, and microscopy to examine ancient tattooing in eastern North America / Aaron Deter-Wolf, Tanya M. Peres; title: Body modification at Paracas Necropolis, south coast of Peru, ca. 2000 BP / Elsa Tomasto Cagigao, Ann Peters, Mellisa Lund, Alberto Ayarza; title: Interpreting the tattoos on a 700-year-old mummy from South America / Heather Gill-Frerking, Anna-Maria Begerock, Wilfried Rosendahl; title: Bronze Age tattoos : sympathetic magic or decoration? / Natalia I. Shishlina, E. V. Belkevich, A. N. Usachuk; title: One more culture with ancient tattoo tradition in southern Siberia : tattoos on a mummy from the Oglakhty Burial Ground, 3rd-4th Century AD / Svetlana V. Pankova; title: Tattoos from mummies of the Pazyryk culture / Karina Iwe; title: The tattoo system in the ancient Iranian world / Sergey A. Yatsenko; title: Intentional cranial deformation / Svetlana Sharapova; title: Roman cosmetics revisited : facial modification and identity / Rhiannon Y. Orizaga.