What is it about?
Hair! In all times and places across the globe! Ancient Egyptian Wigs and Hair Pins Iron-Age Hair Roman combs on Hadrian's Wall Combs in Anglo-Saxon Burials Viking Hair Early-Medieval Beards Hair in Andean Sacrifice Hair in the Middle Ages Hair in Art Finding out about diet and health from hair Modern Hair Care
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Why is it important?
Hair is more than just a biological part of the body; it is a powerful symbol that people in the past used to show who they were, how much power they had, and what they believed.
Perspectives
This collection was a joy to edit. I have worked a lot on hair in the Viking Age, but here I got to work with specialists working on ahair and haircare in ancient Roman, Egyptian, and modern contexts. It's a really fun read, and I hope an important one
Dr Steven P Ashby
University of York
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This page is a summary of: Archaeologies of Hair: the head and its grooming in ancient and contemporary societies, Internet Archaeology, January 2016, Council for British Archaeology,
DOI: 10.11141/ia.42.6.
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