Oldest Known Tattoo Tools

This week, lets have a brief chat about some current discussions happening in the tattoo field, then talk about the OLDEST tattoo tools discovered here in the US! Instagram: www.instagram.com/tattoologypod Contact: [email protected] Music is by Universfield from Pixabay Resources used for this episode: Aaron Deter-Wolf, Lars Krutak “Ancient Ink”, University of Washington Press, 2017 Aaron Deter-Wolf, Tanya M. Peres, Steven Karacic, “Ancient Native American bone tattooing tools and pigments: Evidence from central Tennessee”, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Vol. 37, 2021 Bruce Bower, “The oldest known tattoo tools were found at an ancient Tennessee site - Sharpened turkey leg bones may have served as tattoo needles at least 3,620 years ago”, ScienceNews, 2021