Eyed needles are among the most iconic of Paleolithic artifacts, traditionally seen as rare
indicators of prehistoric clothing, particularly tailoring. However, recent finds across Africa …

Microneedles and, subsequently, microneedle arrays are emerging miniaturized medical
devices for painless transdermal drug delivery. New and improved additive manufacturing …

Despite the wide occurrence of colour deposits adhering to the surfaces of several artefacts
(specifically, pottery and lithic tools) in Early and Middle Neolithic sites of the Western …

This paper presents the first experimental archaeological study to formally compare the
physical characteristics of tattoos made on human skin using multiple pre-modern tools and …

The growing popularity of tattooing in modern culture is accompanied by an increased
interest in the practice's deep past and in identifying evidence of tattooing in archaeological …

Tools and techniques used to permanently mark skin prior to the introduction of the electric
tattooing machine have varied widely throughout the human past according to region …

For millennia tattooing practices, the embodied process of inserting indelible pigments
beneath the skin, have been commonplace among many Indigenous peoples. As a visual …

Helping expand archival studies into impermanent media like body art, this book suggests
that archiving must be considered a form of storytelling. Tattoos are not merely decorative; …

Cross-culturally and throughout time, humans and animals have always maintained a close
relationship. An under investigated example of this relationship, however, is the creation of …

This dissertation provides a critical analysis of Rotinonhsión: ni tattooing history and
traditions that have gone dormant over two centuries ago, and it also describes the work that …