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Since remote times, decoration and care for the body have driven the search for a variety of materials possessing decorative, and sometimes pharmaceutical properties. Examination of human representations in prehistory and analysis of archaeological remains [1] have made it possible to bring together tenuous data relating to body art more than ten thousand years ago. The red and yellow pigments based on iron oxide, and black pigments based on carbon or manganese oxide, were ground and mixed to provide a range of tints useful in the ritual decoration of the body with tattoos or painted designs.
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Walter, P. (2003). Inventing A Science of Make-Up. In: Tsoucaris, G., Lipkowski, J. (eds) Molecular and Structural Archaeology: Cosmetic and Therapeutic Chemicals. NATO ASI Series, vol 117. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0193-9_1
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