Ancient ink : the archaeology of tattooing / edited by Lars Krutak and Aaron Deter-Wolf.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krutak, Lars F., editor.

Deter-Wolf, Aaron, 1976- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tattooing--History.

Tattooing.

Tattooing--Social aspects.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 354 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Archaeology of tattooing

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017]

Contents:

Part 1 Skin

1 New Tattoos from Ancient Egypt: Defining Marks of Culture p. 11 / Renée Friedman

2 Burik: Tattoos of the Ibaloy Mummies of Benguet, North Luzon, Philippines p. 37 / Analyn Salvador-Amores

3 Reviving Tribal Tattoo Traditions of the Philippines p. 56 / Lars Krutak

4 The Mummification Process among the "Fire Mummies" of Kabayan: A Paleohistological Note p. 62 / Dario Piombino-Mascali and Ronald G. Beckett and Orlando V. Abinion and Dong Hoon Shin

5 Identifications of Iron Age Tattoos from the Altai-Sayan Mountains in Russia p. 66 / Svetlana Pankova

6 Neo-Pazyryk Tattoos: A Modern Revival p. 99 / Colin Dale and Lars Krutak

7 Recovering the Nineteenth-Century European Tattoo: Collections, Contexts, and Techniques p. 107 / Gemma Angel

8 After You Die: Preserving Tattooed Skin p. 130 / Aaron Deter-Wolf and Lars Krutak

9 The Antiquity of Tattooing in Southeastern Europe p. 137 / Petar N. Zidarov

10 Balkan Ink: Europe's Oldest Living Tattoo Tradition p. 150 / Lars Krutak

11 Archaeological Evidence for Tattooing in Polynesia and Micronesia p. 159 / Louise Furey

12 Reading Between Our Lines: Tattooing in Papua New Guinea p. 185 / Lars Krutak

13 Scratching the Surface: Mistaken Identifications of Tattoo Tools from Eastern North America p. 193 / Aaron Deter-Wolf and Benoît Robitaille and Isaac Walters

14 Native North American Tattoo Revival p. 210 / Lars Krutak

15 The Discovery of a Sarmatian Tattoo Toolkit in Russia p. 215 / Leonid T. Yablonsky

16 Further Evaluation of Tattooing Use-Wear on Bone Tools p. 231 / Aaron Deter-Wolf and Tara Nicole Clark

17 What to Make of the Prehistory of Tattooing in Europe? p. 243 / Luc Renaut

18 Sacrificing the Sacred: Tattooed Prehistoric Ivory Figures of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska p. 262 / Lars Krutak

19 A Long Sleep: Reawakening Tattoo Traditions in Alaska p. 286 / Lars Krutak.

Notes:

"A McLellan Book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-337) and index.

ISBN:

9780295742823

0295742828

9780295742830

0295742836

OCLC:

984583627