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The world’s oldest known tools used for creating tattoos have been discovered in Tennessee. The sharpened ends of turkey leg bones, which were believed to have been used as tattoo needles, date back to at least 3,620 years ago. As a matter of fact, they could be as old as 5,520 years. These are significantly older than the tattoo kit that was found in Tonga and date back about 2,700 years. That tattoo kit included tools made from human bones, bone combs, and an ink pot. The tools found in Tennessee were analyzed and experts believe they were used by Native Americans thousands of years ago. They were uncovered in a male’s burial pit located at the Fernvale site. Additional finds in the pit included two turkey wing bones that contained pigment residue. This suggests that those bones were also used during the tattooing process. Seashells with pigment stains indicate that they were used to hold the ink that the tattoo artists dipped the bone needles into. (A picture of the turkey b

United statesLars krutakDepartment of anthropologySmithsonian national museum of natural historyNative americansNorth americaNational museumNatural historyAncient mysteriesஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில்துறை ஆஃப் மானுடவியல்ஸ்மித்சோனியன் தேசிய அருங்காட்சியகம் ஆஃப் இயற்கை வரலாறுபூர்வீகம் அமெரிக்கர்கள்வடக்கு அமெரிக்காதேசிய அருங்காட்சியகம்இயற்கை வரலாறு