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Detecting early tattooing in the Pacific region through experimental usewear and residue analyses of obsidian tools
- Description:
- Although tattoos have been observed on mummies dated to over 5000 years old, the generally poor preservation of human remains makes it difficult to use this type of adornment to understand how inscriptions on the body have been used to define self and social ascriptions. A potential method for detecting tattooing is to identify the tools used to make the markings. To assist recognition of tatto...
- Display date:
- 2016
- Format:
- Journal article
- Collections:
- ResearchSpace@Auckland
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
- Content partner:
- The University of Auckland Library
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- Not specified
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