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Interesting:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0vewjq4dxwo
#history #art #archaeology #anthropology
World's oldest cave art found in Indonesia showing humans and pig
The oldest example of cave art has been discovered on an Indonesian island and dated back 51,200 years.Pallab Ghosh (BBC News)
Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-shattering-myth-men-hunters-women.html
"They found that women hunt in 79% of the analyzed societies, regardless of their status as mothers. More than 70% of female hunting appears to be intentional—as opposed to opportunistic killing of animals encountered while performing other activities, and intentional hunting by women appears to target game of all sizes, most often large game."
#Archaeology
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-shattering-myth-men-hunters-women.html
"They found that women hunt in 79% of the analyzed societies, regardless of their status as mothers. More than 70% of female hunting appears to be intentional—as opposed to opportunistic killing of animals encountered while performing other activities, and intentional hunting by women appears to target game of all sizes, most often large game."
#Archaeology
Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers
Analysis of data from dozens of foraging societies around the world shows that women hunt in at least 79% of these societies, opposing the widespread belief that men exclusively hunt and women exclusively gather.Science X (Phys.org)
A very stylish #Roman woman's shoe with a decorative pattern punched into the leather.
Found in 1907 in a well in the civilian settlement of the Saalburg fort, dating first half of the 2nd century AD.
Photo: Römerkastell Saalburg
#RomanArchaeology #archaeology #fashion
Found in 1907 in a well in the civilian settlement of the Saalburg fort, dating first half of the 2nd century AD.
Photo: Römerkastell Saalburg
#RomanArchaeology #archaeology #fashion
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-struggle-to-unearth-the-worlds-first-author
It's always a little infuriating how slow bodies of discourse are to admit needed changes. In this case, the evidence in favor of Enheduanna seems awfully clear.
The Struggle to Unearth the World’s First Author | The New Yorker • https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-struggle-to-unearth-the-worlds-first-author?utm_source=digg
#archaeology #writing #poetry #ur #sumeria
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The Struggle to Unearth the World’s First Author
Elizabeth Winkler writes about Enheduanna, a priestess of ancient Mesopotamia, and an upcoming exhbition about her at New York’s Morgan Library & Museum titled “She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia.”Elizabeth Winkler (The New Yorker)