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How Did Ötzi the Iceman Get His Tattoos? Archaeologists and Tattoo Artists Unravel the Mystery (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I always love some good experimental archaeology, and those rare intact discoveries like Otzi or Pompeii that give us a little window into “normal” life outside of ritual or warfare.

In this case, I’m a little surprised they would have jumped (incorrectly it seems) straight to linear cuts back on the day, before talking with a traditional tattoo artist. Perhaps this tells us something about the unconscious biases built into the life experiences of the scientists who first documented Otzi.