Combs in Archaeology
You’re probably wondering why on earth did I choose to write about combs?!!! Well, a few weeks ago, I noticed a very unusual long wooden comb in my house that had tines on both ends. I asked my mother why does it look different and I was told it is a louse comb. It suddenly occurred to me that a little thing such as comb is a part of the basic grooming kit and would have been as important to the olden people as it is to us Rapunzels with long hair! (in no way implying that people with short hair don’t use combs). So anyway, it followed that I looked up combs in the archaeological record and to my surprise, I came across various articles from all around the world. I never thought that an object like comb could be a subject to such intricate carvings and motifs as I shall discuss about shortly. It seemed like the perfect first daily archaeological object to be blogged about. The exact kind of comb I was intrigued by! In my mother tongue i.e. Gujarati, a daily use comb is referred to as a...