Showcase On the Body

On the Body – Personal itmes

Trousers were not invented yet. Still there were shoes, leggings, lumbar belts, shirts, jackets, vests, coats and headgear. Evidence of leather and wool is difficult to provide due to the chemical composition of the water within Lake Constance. Evidence of leather and wool is difficult to provide due to the chemical composition of the water within Lake Constance. Buttons, pendants, garment pins and hairpins provide further clues. Jewellery was obviously important. t was made out of bone and stone, and later also of glass and shiny metals. There are numerous finds of necklaces, hairpins, pin combs, beads, bracelets and fingerrings. Personal items such as knives, razors, flutes and spindle whorls were carried in pockets or attached to belts. Amulets were worn directly on the body.

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Headgear | Lime bast | 3900 BC | Horn-Hornstaad Hörnle | ALM

Pile dweller headgea

Pointed headgear made from tree bast. Protects against sun and rain.

Illustration: G. Embleton | APM

A2

Spindle whorls | Pottery | 3000 and 900 BC | Sipplingen-Osthafen, Unteruhldingen- Stollenwiesen | APM

A3

Spools | Clay | 900 BC | | Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen | APM

A4

Loom weights | Clay, Pottery | 3000 BC | Sipplingen-Osthafen | APM

A5

Buttons | Bronze | 1000 BC | Mörigen, Vallamand (Switzerland) | REM

A6

Textile fragments | 3000 BC | Switzerland | REM

A7

Needle, awl | Bone | 3800 BC | Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen | APM

A8

Textile fragment | Fragment of clothing, fringe with braids | 3000 BC | Switzerland | REM

B1

Shoe fragment | Lime bast | 3000 BC | Sipplingen-Osthafen | ALM

Footwear

Footwear For the Stone and Bronze Ages there are shoes made of leather and linden bast.

Illustration: G. Embleton | APM

B2

Textile fragment | Braid | 3900 BC | Horn-Hornstaad Hörnle | ALM

B3

Garment pins | Bronze | 900-1000 BC | Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen, Dettingen, Bad Buchau-Wasserburg and Switzerland | APM, LMW, REM

Garment pins

Prior to the invention of zippers, buttons and hair ties, garment pins were used to fasten clothes or tie back hair. These pins come in different sizes. The smaller ones were suitable for hairstyles and fine fabrics. The larger ones held coarser fabrics together. Grave finds provide information about how the various pins were worn.

Illustration: G. Embleton | APM

C1

Pendant | Boar tusk | 3000 BC | Sipplingen-Osthafen | ALM

C2

Pendants | Dog teeth | 3000 BC | Sipplingen-Osthafen | APM

C3

Beads | Glas | 950 BC | Hagnau-Burg | Slg. Gieß

C4

Pendants | Stag canine teeth| 3900 BC | Horn-Hornstaad Hörnle | ALM

C5

Bead | Amber, perforated twice | 1000 BC | Horn-Hornstaad Hörnle | APM

C6

Beads | Sloe seeds, perforated | 3900 BC | Horn-Hornstaad Hörnle | ALM

C7

Beads, drill | White limestone, flintstone, antler, red limestone | 3900 BC | Ludwigshafen-Löchle | APM

C8

Pendants | Limestone, perforated | 3800 and 3000 BC | Ludwigshafen, Sipplingen- Osthafen | APM

C9

Bracelets | Bronze | 900 BC | Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen | LMW

C10

Bracelet | Bronze | 1600 BC | Bodman-Schachen | APM

C11

Earring | Bronze, jet | 900 BC | Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen | APM

C12

Jewellery, dovetail-pendants on a chain | Bronze | 1000 BC | Auvernier (Switzerland) | REM

C13

C13 | Jewellery, dovetail-pendants | Bronze | 950 BC | Hangnau-Burg | RGM

D1

Pan flute | Elderberry wood, residues of red paint, string impressions | 2900 BC | Bodman-Weiler II | ALM

Music

We don’t know the melodies and tone sequences of the pile dwelling orchestra, but we do know which instruments were used – such as flutes, whistles, drums and rattles.

Illustration: G. Embleton | APM

D2

Stamp | Pottery | 900 BC | Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen | LMW

Body adornment for a day

Ötzi, the Iceman from the Stone Age, had several tattoos etched into his skin using charcoal dust. If you didn’t like a real tattoo, you could use these clay stamps and natural colors to create beautiful patterns on your arms and legs. Have you ever had a temporary tattoo?

Illustration: G. Embleton | APM

D3

Rattle | Pottery | 1000 BC | Bad Buchau-Wasserburg | APM

D4

Razor | Bronze | 900 BC | Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen | APM

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