عنوان

Assessing the Efficacy of Red Ochre as a Prehistoric Hide Tanning Ingredient

شماره

LA113774

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Assessing the Efficacy of Red Ochre as a Prehistoric Hide Tanning Ingredient

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Riaan F. Rifkin

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Over the past four decades, several functional hypotheses have been proposed for archaeological ochre. Ochre has been shown to have antiseptic properties and to inhibit the bacterial production of collagenase. These qualities are repeatedly cited to support the hypothesis that red ochre was used to preserve or 'tan' animal hides in prehistory. If clothing made from hides was worn by Homo sapiens in Africa, then hide tanning could have formed a part of the trend towards increasingly modern technological and social advances during the Middle to Late Pleistocene. This paper presents the results of an experimental study exploring the efficacy of ochre as a treatment for making unprocessed animal hide resistant to putrification and desiccation. This study shows that certain types of ochre do preserve animal hide. The implications of this technological advance for the emergence of human behavioural modernity in Africa are discussed. Over the past four decades, several functional hypotheses have been proposed for archaeological ochre. Ochre has been shown to have antiseptic properties and to inhibit the bacterial production of collagenase. These qualities are repeatedly cited to support the hypothesis that red ochre was used to preserve or 'tan' animal hides in prehistory. If clothing made from hides was worn by Homo sapiens in Africa, then hide tanning could have formed a part of the trend towards increasingly modern technological and social advances during the Middle to Late Pleistocene. This paper presents the results of an experimental study exploring the efficacy of ochre as a treatment for making unprocessed animal hide resistant to putrification and desiccation. This study shows that certain types of ochre do preserve animal hide. The implications of this technological advance for the emergence of human behavioural modernity in Africa are discussed.

تاريخ نشر

2011

توصيف ظاهري

131-158

عنوان

Journal of African Archaeology

شماره جلد

9/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2191-5784

اصطلاح موضوعی

experimental archaeology

اصطلاح موضوعی

hide tanning

اصطلاح موضوعی

Middle Stone Age

اصطلاح موضوعی

modern human behaviour

اصطلاح موضوعی

red ochre

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Riaan F. Rifkin

شماره بازیابی

10.3213/2191-5784-10199

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y