Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1: Skin
6. 1 New Tattoos from Ancient Egypt 9
7. 2 Burik 37
8. 3 Reviving Tribal Tattoo Traditions of the Philippines 56
9. 4 The Mummification Process among the “Fire Mummies” of Kabayan 62
10. 5 Identifications of Iron Age Tattoos from the Altai-Sayan Mountains in Russia 66
11. 6 Neo-Pazyryk Tattoos 99
12. 7 Recovering the Nineteenth-Century European Tattoo 107
13. 8 After You Die 130
14. Part 2: Tools
15. 9 The Antiquity of Tattooing in Southeastern Europe 135
16. 10 Balkan Ink 150
17. 11 Archaeological Evidence for Tattooing in Polynesia and Micronesia 159
18. 12 Reading Between Our Lines 185
19. 13 Scratching the Surface 193
20. 14 Native North American Tattoo Revival 210
21. 15 The Discovery of a Sarmatian Tattoo Toolkit in Russia 215
22. 16 Further Evaluation of Tattooing Use-Wear on Bone Tools 231
23. Part 3: Art
24. 17 What to Make of the Prehistory of Tattooing in Europe? 241
25. 18 Sacrificing the Sacred 262
26. 19 A Long Sleep 286
27. REFERENCES 295
28. CONTRIBUTORS 339
29. INDEX 341