Posted on 09/08/2010 8:09:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Recently, archaeologists found prehistoric hats of human beings who lived 4,600 years ago from an ancient tomb site at Tongliao City of Inner Mongolia. Experts said it was the first time this kind of hats, which were made from bones, have been found in the same period of prehistoric culture.
As of now, archaeologists have found and cleared near 400 ancient tombs dating back 4,500 years ago around the site, and more than 1,500 objects of pottery, jade stone, horn and clam shell were excavated.
The newly-found bone hats were tightly cramped on dead bodies' heads and had the obvious shape of hats. After inspection, every such hat was made from 15 or 16 animal bones, and the length and radian of those are all very delicate.
Archaeologists have found four complete such "bone hats" from those 400 ancient tombs.
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Hence the first implementation of the term “bone-head”, forever linked to bad land deals, including the subdivision of lots between Obama and Rezko.
I doubt they wore them after labor day though
I dont’t know whether the bone hat will ever come back in style.
what?!
no pics???
no pics???
You had to ask, didn't you?
It’s what’s hot for spring!
I calcium what the big deal is, they had heads back then. :’)
don’t dig anymore of those things up...PLEASE. in fact, but those back in the ground toot sweet.
The Scythians and later the Sarmatians crafted lamellar armor, shields and ski cap type helmets out of bone plaques and horses’ hooves fixed to leather base materials. These materials were readily available, tough and lightweight.
I wonder if these are some very early examples?
Homer wrote of boar’s tooth helmets worn by the Greeks at Troy. Scholars used the absence of examples to skewer Homer as a yarn-spinner - until many turned up at digs throughout Greece.
I believe that something was lost in translation. Rather than “stone-hats”, they mean “helmets”.
*ping*
Boneless hats?
Obviously their King...Vice King...Queen...and their Court Jester Press Secretary.
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