BODY HEAT.

DEPARTMENTSIn Jarrett A. Lobell’s Artifact about eyed needles (September/October 2024), archaeologists posit that as temperatures became colder and people had to cover themselves more than they had before, they stopped decorating their bodies and began to decorate their clothes. Would this help expl...

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Publicado en:Archaeology Vol. 77; no. 6; p. 14
Autor principal: Aquino, Lindesay
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Archaeological Institute of America Nov/Dec2024
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Sumario:DEPARTMENTSIn Jarrett A. Lobell’s Artifact about eyed needles (September/October 2024), archaeologists posit that as temperatures became colder and people had to cover themselves more than they had before, they stopped decorating their bodies and began to decorate their clothes. Would this help explain the current increasing occurrence of body tattoos—as our climate warms up, people wear less and less clothing, so they now decorate their bodies instead of their clothes?Lindesay Aquino McLean, VA