The Paleolithic tiara can be dated approximately to between 45,000 to 50,000 years. Picture: The Siberian Times">
Posted on 01/20/2019 5:53:42 AM PST by SunkenCiv
...and it was worn by a man!
The suspicion is that the tiara - or diadem - was made by Denisovans who are already known to have had the technology 50,000 or so years ago to make elegant needles out of ivory and a sophisticated and beautiful stone bracelet.
The tiara maybe the oldest of its type in the world.
It appears to have had a practical use: to keep hair out of the eyes; it's size indicates it was for male, not female, use.
Another theory, although related to tiaras made 20,000 years later by people living around river Yana in Yakutia is that they could have denoted the family or tribe of ancient man, acting like a passport or identity card...
Marks on it show it had 'wear and tear' before being discarded as broken in a cave that is seen by archaeologists as one of the most significant treasure troves of early man anywhere in the world.
There were, though, no religious symbols or ornaments on the woolly mammoth tiara - made at a time when the giant species still roamed Siberia with ancient man as a predator.
The Palaeolithic tiara can be dated to between 45,000 to 50,000 years, and was worn by a man with a large head, according to researcher Alexander Fedorchenko, from Novosibirsk Institute of Archeology and Ethnography.
(Excerpt) Read more at siberiantimes.com ...
Joe Cocker at Woodstock?
Wouldn’t a woolly mammoth tiara be both hairy and horny? /S
I have been recently working Alaskan fossil mammoth ivory into pendants. It is fantastic stuff
It is extremely easy to work and the color variation is spectacular.
Looks to me like that interpretation is a bit forced.
If it isn’t too much to ask, how about a picture of some of your pendants?
Maybe it was more like a hair barette than a tiara/crown.
Works for me. Although I wouldn’t call it a tiara.
Just a little bit forced, isn’t it?
I think it looks a lot more like a letter opener.
Who knew men were wearing womens’ accoutrements 45,000 years ago?Those guys were sure woke. Based on this find, it is obvious the gals didn’t need a #MeToo movement.
I’d love to get a set of grips for my colt SAA made out of fossil ivory. Any suggestions?
“Before being discarded”
They didn’t recycle?
There’s like a million things you could do with this stuff.
You could use it to repair the brakes on your car.
You could make a computer out of it.
But, no....they just threw it away.
A good plastic tiara would never have broke.
Headband. Big deal. I mean, it’s a big deal that it’s super old, but other than that ...
Are they sure? The Denisovans were big fellas and gals going by their finger and teeth fossils. Could be a giantess who needed to keep her hair out of her eyes during Snu Snu.
Even our closest cousins, Cro-Magnons, were big fellas with bigger brains than those of us moderns. We've devolved around 200cc of brain mass, and there's little evidence that our brains merely became more efficient during the downsizing.
Wonder what Patton would think of those?
Cheap plastic tiaras from Dollar Tree break easily.
A piece of leather would have been a lot more comfortable.
Hear she comes..ms. Cave of 50,000 years ago.
In my best Bill Murray impersonation.
HERE she comes..ms. Cave of 50,000 years ago.
In my best Bill Murray impersonation.
Probably too pedestrian. Everybody wears leather.
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