先史の piercings! Archaeologists discover 証拠 of 団体/死体 perforation in 骸骨/概要s dating 支援する 11,000 years
- Archaeologists have discovered the earliest 証拠 of 団体/死体 perforation?
- Only adults had piercings, 示唆するing it was a coming-of-age ritual?
Most parents only let their children get their ears pierced when they reach a 確かな age.
But while this may 誘発する some 緊張, the practice may have been going on for thousands of years, によれば a new 熟考する/考慮する.
Archaeologists have discovered the earliest 証拠 of 団体/死体 perforation in 骸骨/概要s dating 支援する 11,000 years.
And 分析 shows only adults had piercings, 示唆するing the 先史の tradition may have been a coming-of-age ritual.
A team from Ankara University have 明らかにするd more than 100 ornaments that were buried in the 墓/厳粛/彫る/重大なs of 11,000-year-old individuals at the Boncuklu Tarla archaeological 場所/位置 in Turkey.
Archaeologists have discovered the earliest 証拠 of 団体/死体 perforation in 骸骨/概要s dating 支援する 11,000 years
And 分析 shows only adults had piercings, 示唆するing the 先史の tradition may have been a coming-of-age ritual
They were 設立する 直接/まっすぐに next to their ears and chins, 供給するing strong 証拠 that they were worn in piercings.
Of the ornaments 設立する, 85 are 完全にする and most are made from 石灰岩, obsidian or river pebbles.
Their 変化させるing sizes and 形態/調整s 示唆する that they were made for use both in ear and lower lip piercings, the team said.
その上の examination 明らかにする/漏らすd that both males and 女性(の)s had the piercings, but they were 排他的に worn by adults.
非,不,無 of the child burials at the 場所/位置 had any 証拠 of these ornaments.
This 示唆するs that piercings were not just aesthetic, but also had social significance, the 研究員s said, 追加するing it is likely they 行為/法令/行動するd as a 儀式 of passage, signifying a person reaching 成熟.
Of the ornaments 設立する, 85 are 完全にする and most are made from 石灰岩, obsidian or river pebbles
A team from Ankara University have 明らかにするd more than 100 ornaments that were buried in the 墓/厳粛/彫る/重大なs of 11,000-year-old individuals at the Boncuklu Tarla archaeological 場所/位置 in Turkey
These 発見s 供給する the first 指示,表示する物 as to the 目的 for which the earliest piercings were made and worn.
Co-author Dr Emma Baysal said: 'It shows that traditions that are still very much part of our lives today were already developed at the important 過度期の time when people first started to settle in 永久の villages in western Asia more than 10,000 years ago.'
It also 供給するs an 付加 means to 調査する how people in the past 表明するd their 身元s through their personal 外見s.
'They had very コンビナート/複合体 ornamentation practices 伴う/関わるing beads, bracelets and pendants, 含むing a very 高度に developed 象徴的な world which was all 表明するd through the medium of the human 団体/死体,' Dr Baysal 追加するd.
The findings were published in t he 定期刊行物 Antiquity.
These 発見s 供給する the first 指示,表示する物 as to the 目的 for which the earliest piercings were made and worn