Remnants Of Ancient Matrilineal Society Discovered In New Mexico
George Perry/Penn StateRemains at Pueblo Bonito.
For better or worse, many today assume that ancient civilizations were patrilineal, or governed by descendants of a common male blood line. But a recent discovery challenges that view.
Following a recent dig, archaeologists found that New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon and Pueblo Bonito were home to a matrilineal society — one that saw power descend through maternal family lines — between the 9th to mid-12th centuries.
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Researchers Uncover Ancient South American Combs Used For A Pretty Disgusting Purpose
Bernardo Arriaza/Universidad De Tarapacá
Researchers in South America have discovered that the often ornately constructed ancient combs that they keep finding had a fairly unsavory purpose: delousing.
A recent study has found that the double-sided combs unearthed in archaeological digs in northern Chile were indeed used to get rid of lice.
When lead researcher Bernardo Arriaza magnified the combs that his team had found in the graves of women who lived in the Atacama Desert between about 500 to 1500 A.D., they discovered traces of both dead lice and lice eggs on the comb’s reed teeth.
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