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Ötzi the Iceman's many tattoos were made by"hand-poking" — a manual version of the tattooing technique usually used today — and not by cutting his skin as some researchers have suggested, according to a new study.
Instead,"within reasonable doubt they are hand-poked, rather than being incised or being done in any other style," Deter-Wolf told Live Science. By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.Those included tattoos made by hand-poking, by incisions, by tapping points with a mallet — traditionally used throughout the Pacific region — and by subdermal tattooing, which can use a pigmented thread to"stitch" the skin and was commonly performed by Inuit peoples.
Image 1 of 3Deter-Wolf said the shape of hand-poked tattoo lines depended on the shape of the tip used, and Ötzi's tattoos seem to have been made by an awl — a tool for piercing holes in leather, typically a little larger than the holes made by a needle. But many of Ötzi's tattoos depict stacked parallel lines and plus-sign-like marks, and Deter-Wolf said that any — or none — of them may have had some unknown symbolism. He noted that most of Ötzi's tattoos would have been covered by his clothing, but a tattoo like a bracelet on his left wrist would have been visible.
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