Sentences with phrase «body ornamentation»

The Initial Upper Palaeolithic was a period around 50,000 years ago when complex stone and bone tools appeared across Eurasia, along with body ornamentation like pierced shells and animal teeth, pigments and even musical instruments, says team member Tom Higham of the University of Oxford.

This season, I explore the allure of body ornamentation — from the intricate detail work of tattooing to the symbolic expression of skin beautification.

You may not like or approve of your teenage grandchild's manner of dressing, hair style or body ornamentation such as piercings, but stay mum.

There is evidence that Neanderthals in Europe used body ornamentation around 40,000 to 45,000 years ago, but many researchers have suggested this was inspired by modern humans who at the time had just arrived in Europe.

«To discover evidence of what's widely regarded as typical modern behavior [body ornamentation with jewelry] at such an ancient Neandertal site is stunning,» says David Frayer.

As his name announces, Killmonger has, well, issues to go with his striking body ornamentation.

Light - weight, portable objects showcase how in mobile societies body ornamentation becomes art.

Symbolic behavior, such as art and body ornamentation, is thought to be closely linked to the sharing of complex ideas and spoken language.

A village of some 40 to 100 tribespeople, believed to be Chitonahua, was photographed from the air in a village along the Xinane River, not far south of the contact area, and the body ornamentation and haircuts of these villagers closely resemble those of the newly contacted group (photo above).

Co-author Clive Bonsall from the University of Edinburgh explained that indigenous hunter - gatherers can be distinguished archaeologically from immigrant farmers by their material culture, such as artifacts, architecture, burial traditions, art, and body ornamentation.

Refraction features 12 artists who are reviving the traditional African rites of masking, costuming, quilting, body ornamentation and invocation of spirits and will be on view through June 2.

They revive the traditional African rites of masking, costuming, quilting, body ornamentation and invocation of spirits.

Varejão will include works from her two most recent series: Kindred Spirits, 29 portraits of the artist donning the face painting and body ornamentation of Native American tribes intermixed with markings derived from artworks by Minimalist and contemporary American artists, and the Mimbres paintings, which reference the visual culture of the Mimbres people who inhabited the American Southwest in the 11th century.