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May we please have a collaboration with a modern day hair stylist? I would love to see attempts at bringing these hair styles back to life as a sort of experimental archeology!
"perhaps his mullet hair style meant something to his people..." Damn straight it did, business in the front, party in the back. Our ancestors were awesome! Edit: Just some food for thought, those needles being found with those other body "tools" would actually fit right in with them as lots of old timey hair styles used needles to braid and weave hair and pull thread stuff through the hair as well:)
And sawing needles also could be part of repair kit for their clothes. Needless have so many usage from sewing clothes to make your hair fancy by waving and braiding some flax tread or pice of leather.
Yeah, but somebody's bound to get bored eventually & try to tattoo a flamin' skull/snake/rose combo on themselves, or maybe jam it through an ear, nostril, eyebrow or any number of other areas in order to embed a peice of jewelry in...it's just inevitable...
@Dan Davis History some hairstyles used pins with a head instead of an eye, especially if holding up some kind of headpiece, sometimes parts of clothing were held together with a pin or two as well.
Back when my hair was very very long, I would keep it mostly up in a hair tie, but then saw a video talking about bronze age Scandinavian hairstyles and decided to try out the Bredmose woman's hairstyle (the video called her the Arden Woman), with the two long braids sewn into a crown, and the hairstyle was actually surprisingly very comfortable and sturdy and looked simple and regal! Your video brought a big smile to my face, and the information on something so fascinating to me is definitely something I'll be watching again! Huge greetings from Mexico!
My hair is to my low back, and whenever I do the braid crown, I'm always shocked by how comfortable it is. I love my long hair, but not having any weight, tension, or movement on my head feels so freeing And I know you weren't talking to me, but hi from Texas :)
I'm sad I never tried this, I used to have extremely long hair in my late teens and always struggled with how to wear it comfortably, I often just had one long braid and rolled it into a bun that could cause headaches if it wasn't positioned just right.
Danish person here, it often pisses me off that people are allowed to farm on top of these burial mounds. For whatever reason, noone is protecting them
Look at statues and monuments being destroyed all over europe, tradtitions and rral peoples history not taught in schools anymore, traditional events cancelled, europe flooded with africans and muslims in the millions.... You are not supposed to learn your history but you are supposed to forget it if you are a White European. Thats the time we live in
Archaeologists have found some really weird stuff. I've read that they found evidence of lime-encrusted,pointed beehive hairstyles in the british isles. None of these make it into fiction. In fiction, almost every guy before 1600c.e. has greasy uncut hair like they are in a metal band.
So true! Yet we find that they wore elaborate and elegant hairstyles that were sewn temporarily into place with woolen yarns. We do ancient Europeans a disservice in modernity making assumptions about modern superiority.
Modern culture has been on a downward trend for a while now, most of the authors and creators that portray such peoples with long greasy hair are mostly just sheltered rich people from hollyweird and in no way represent the views and beliefs of the common citizen in the modern day, you are pretty much a testament of this.
I think people in medieval or ancient movies usually have long dirty hair to communicate that they are subversive tough guys by the signs of our modern culture. The things that ppl thought looked cool back then would look weird as hell today. Also, we have alot less free time then anyone else in history... so there's that. ☹️
@@AR-mu4zq me too, and all I can find is what people think looks cool today. I read that the priestly class formed pointed cones of their hair, decorated with hemlock and mistletoe,using lyme and sinews of an hind, which I assume means rabbit glue. The same roman source said that the men wore long moustaches in order to filter their primitive beer and that their helmets were decorated with metal animal forms. Weird that they were depicted as so barbaric and primitive, yet had metallurgy better than medeterrainians.. I'm sure roman sources are completely unbiased,lol.
There's a woman on YT who has her own channel. She's a hairdresser and she does recreations of mostly ancient Roman hairstyles. She believes she's recreated Virgin Vestal hairstyle that Vestals and all brides wore. We don't have depictions because the brides usually wore veils on their heads. The hairdresser collaborated with some researchers and published an article on it in an academic journal.
It's quite a long while after the Bronze age, but I've always been fascinated by the Osterby Man, who was uncovered by peat moss cutters in Germany in 1948. Only his head was discovered but he was still rocking his Suebian knot with fire-red hair. He allegedly lived between 75-130 CE
@KKmies good stuff, thanks for clarification. Im thinking about putting my hair in spikes, held together with lyme. It would kill lice and look really weird by modern standards.
I'm a professional hair and makeup artist, and I always find historical hairstyling so fascinating. I really enjoyed this video. I used to watch Janet Stephens, and still reference those sometimes, but she hasn't made a video in a couple of years. Thank you for this video!
Totally random, but your profile made me happy. I experience chronic migraines, pots, and hypermobility, as well! I also have lupus and red curly hair. The red, Pre-raphelite-esque model (?) with red hair on your channel just made me smile :)
Another one hit out of the park, Dan. The images are fantastic, and the subject really helps draw me into the world of our ancestors a little more. The blend of history and storytelling is your particular gift, thank you!
I like that these kinds of topics bring a significant degree of humanity to remains found in this kind of condition. Not that a bare skeleton in a pauper's grave wouldn't bring it's own air of mystery. Maybe I haven't thought this comment through enough.
As someone who is very interested in the more material aspects of our ancestors cultures, clothing, hair styles, jewelry, tattoos, food, utensils, etc, this is right up my alley. It's good to discuss such things because it helps to give a more vivid picture of our ancestors, what they looked like and their way of life.
It's so good of you to repeat that "we just don't know." I find it baffling that scholars can debate things with scant evidence. How can anyone take a firm position, particularly a professional who looks to empirical data and tested materials to draw even tentative conclusions. Good on you for setting a scholarly example.
I live in the north east of Scotland and there’s a massive barrow in one of the cemeteries near me. I’ve wondered for a while what might be inside of it. It stands at least 12ft tall, if not taller and is around as wide in diameter too. I can’t help but wonder who was buried there and what importance to society at the time they held? To my knowledge - it’s never been excavated and due to being in an active cemetery, I doubt it will be any time soon. The area is prone to flooding so I’m not convinced of the remains being well preserved, but it’s fascinating nonetheless. This video has just cemented my curiosity. Thank you for uploading this!
I've seen the shaved heads of the Minoans sometimes depicted as a type of hair net or skull cap that covered the head but had some holes allowing the hair to flow out. It seems far more likely that the bluish parts do represent shaved heads as stated in the video. It would have to be very close fitting to an uncomfortable degree to be some type of head covering. It would also be irritating to wear in the climate of the Aegean.
Didn't stop women from wearing corsets and other uncomfortable things in the name of fashion. They still do, and look at the Amish ladies they still cover their heads like the Puritan's did. Not as tightly, but still covered. The Middle East for god's sake. My first guess is that it is a covering and when they married they could let it all hang out so to speak. But who knows? All the ones who did died a long time ago. We never will.
@@yodasmomisondrugs7959 Corsets were support garments first and foremost, head and skin coverings of any kind were and are not just a religious or puritanical thing, but to protect the skin from the sun in the glaring absence of sunscreen. In the case of desert dwelling cultures, it also protects the skin from sand. Multiple layers of clothing made out of natural fibers actually encourage air circulation, which is why cultures in hot, arid climates wear so many layers.
@@yodasmomisondrugs7959 corsets weren’t uncomfortable, they are now bc we are making it that way for the waist. But back them they were like bras. Girls would work in them, could stretch etc. it wasn’t uncomfy
Dan, youre the greatest. Prehistoric hair (and clothing) is one of my favorite topics and the bronze age is one of the most elaborate and fascinating eras on that front. Would love if you could discuss clothing actually, the intro of wool production has a huge impact on style, culture, and the economy of the bronze age. Ive enjoyed watching the channel grow, best wishes.
I'm so happy to find a history channel that isn't seudo history. You explain the uknown instead of inserting what you believe to be as true. looking forward to watching and learning more.
Especially the last part drives home again how many of the "iconic" images we are used to are in fact 5-10% evidence and 90-95% artists best guesses... Which is nice, don't get me wrong but let's say we found only the hands of Simon, the partial faces of Matthew and Thaddeus and a section of table between them of Da Vinci's Last supper, would any artist reconstruct it into anything more than an argument at a tavern with it's true meaning, significance and grandeur forever lost to us?
This was a fantastic video, so thanks for that. Secondly Minoan and Mycenaean fashion in general really could stand to make a comeback, those people knew how to look fabulous. Not to be crass (but i'm gonna do it anyways) I know more than a few people who'd be fans of that tits-out-for-Troy look returning.
Another unique and banger of a video. Great work as always Dan ❤️ Eagerly waiting for the next one. A probable video idea: i think history related to transitional period (like from Copper to Bronze to Iron etc), isn't talked about very much. How the cultures, weapons and armour changed, how combat, warfare etc changed, how leadership, ruling etc changed... etc. With your research capability and amazing narration, presentation skill...if there are substantial information about those, you will be able to make a great video!
@@DanDavisHistory YES we want to see it, in fact anything Pylos agate is of interest, and bronze age warrior in general is interesting, it's one of the few subjects from the BA we actually have written records of.
I cant believe those people riffling around in those ancient mounds and coffins for gold. It reminds me of what happened in my local area to some of the Ocmulgee Indian mounds: in the 19th century, they destroyed a mound to put a railway through. I was absolutely shocked and appalled when I learned that. I cant imagine destrying priceless artifacts and structures for short term commercial profit, it seems so unthinkable. I can only gasp in horror.
In the Willamette Valley in Oregon the local tribes all buried their dead under mounds. There were a lot of them, and when the European settles pushed them out the new farmers plowed all the burial mounds under because they had such good soil. Many of those graves were fairly recent too and likely had living close relatives. Just incredibly sad.
they mostly did it for the stones or also often just because the mounds were hindering them from conducting proper agriculture in our village we got 2 "Twiebarge"(double mounds) which are cearly identifiable as former longbeds, cut in half because being in the way and in one big field nearby more than 5 dozen mounds were plundered for the stones to build a street in 1582....and even tho they also looked for treasure, they often missed some relics - few months ago I found a little bronze dagger on a flattened mound
Your channel in my recommendations,and SO freaking excited to be a new sub and binge watch ALL your videos! I'm 62, but grew up on Crete as a child...I have been to all the museums and Knossos many times in person .The ancient Minoan civilization is incredibly advanced and amazing ! From what I understood from the museum guides,the female hairstyles in the frescoes we'reade up of handfuls of hair rolled around the hand and kept in place with winding decorative cords.Many of these "poofs we're puke on the head,with tendrils hanging at the back,sides and front,being wound,wet, around straight sticks to dry and curl into hanging curls framing the lower hairline hanging down....it is indeed beautiful and flattering!
Thanks very much. Yes it's very sad especially as those farmers might be direct descendants of the people in those graves. There are stories of some stirring the contents of the coffins with their pitch forks. At least these got recorded and saved.
the human body is just an empty decaying vessel once a person has died. Left alone it'll just turn to dust... we might as well learn something from the remains while we can.
@@iforbach4003 do you have any idea how many people have lived and died before us? Everywhere you go you're stepping on a grave. The dust in the air is made up of human remains.
I really like your caution with the evidence, Dan. So many documentaries suffer from over-confident interpretation of limited data; your treatment of the Minoan artwork, for example, really made clear where the interpretive process takes over from the artwork that actually survives. It's this careful approach that is to be applauded. Bravo!
Armies are not only fighters, they are also "theatre productions".I.e: in all the cultures I know of, there is some sort of parade, and the soldiers wear uniforms, or masks etc. Most cultures do that to music and/or chanting. They display to impress (hopefully, so that the enemy gives up before the fight). These displays seem to go in 2 directions: beauty/groomed/disciplined and wild/berserk. In both cases, the individual soldiers' bodies are dressed or modified in order to serve the purpose. Soldiers are taught to perfect their appearance when serving the groomed/clean/beautiful displays and non-compliance (haircut, polished shoes etc) will be severely punished. Interestingly the Maori and all Polynesians seem to have fused the two: look very wild while being in fact highly codified and disciplined (a haka is choreographed and rehearsed, the hair creates an impression of wilderness, but is in fact carefully coiffed, tattoos accentuate animal side/totem, but are also a very stylised, codified and perfected art form). This documentary was a bit too short but very thought provoking.
Whats facinating though is that the idea of woman wering their hair long and favouring dress or skirt-like garments remained in palce all the way from the bronze age till now.
Dan it might be interesting to trace the Bull motifs from Çatalhöyük to Greece and the rest of Europe over time. It is something I've been fascinated with for a long time right up to the Bullfighting that went on in Spain in recent history.
That Mycenian bull jumping fresco looks amazingly a lot like some of the art at Çatalhöyük. Before or during the time bulls were being domesticated presumably. A video on that would be really interesting I think.
The bull motif has been around since Ice Age Europe. The Lascaux bull is interesting as it also includes the Pleiades, indicating that the bull was the constellation Taurus. Anyone familiar with the night sky will tell you that Taurus is very evident and clearly look like bull horns. These ice age bulls were not domesticated cows but wild large Aurochs. Many constellations are old like Orion, Zodiac constellations, and asterisms like the Big Dipper
I’ve long thought that bullfighting could be an echo of Neolithic hunting/husbandry from a time when cattle were not entirely domesticated. Several aspects of the modern practice (taking advantage of adolescent bulls ejected from the herd, placing oneself between the herd and the rutting bulls, channeling wild bulls through the settlement into some sort of killing ground, even the _indulatto_ awarded to the bravest bulls) all these seem like they could have functioned as a way of loosely controlling undomesticated cattle.
Saw this in my suggested, and what a documentary this is! I've been researching hair styles of Nordic peoples for a while now, and this is the most complete and authoritative one I've seen thus far!
The historical male haircut in Bulgaria was mostly a shorn head with the top (and in some cases the back too) left long. The long portion (called chombas, kikka or perchem) was often weaved in three braids or in other cases it was rolled under the cap or hat men used to wear or just weaved into itself. The braids were weaved with red threads and coins, red being the colour of fertility and abundance and the coins were for beauty, showing of status and riches. The shearing and the shaving were utterly ritualistic with rituals for passage from childhood into boyhood and into adulthood. Sometimes the number of braids changed into 9 but overall it was mostly 3. Young men had rituals, which they had to participate in before they were allowed to be part of the society and marry and own land or a house. Even today some of these rites of passage are kept in Bulgaria with bands of young men fighting and chasing evil spirits and bringing fertility and blessings to the village/town and the families living there. The name most commonly known is "kukeri" but also babugeri, starinari etc. This kind of hairstyle was widespread up until the XIX century. The second you leave such hairstyles not attended to for a short time they turned into what you'll call a mullet. It used to be a sin to cut their hair.
As a descendant of ancient Germanic and Slavic peoples, I'm gonna start rocking these hairstyles. There will be one new Bronze Age style to debut each quarter, I foresee them becoming popular, like "the Rachel" from Friends, or the "Farah" in the 70s.
I loved the way girls styled their hair in the 70s-80s. Girls would primp for long time an now yuk. A lot of people don't even put a cumb through their hair
Another knockout video. Had that song from the late 60's in my head about "long beautiful hair. The different hair styles shows the ancients were just as concerned with hair as us moderns. A number of the photos and locations were unknown to me so that was fun to see the items and find the geographic locations. Those tree trunk coffins are quite fascinating. Its really interesting to see how objects and clothing changed from B.C.E to the Viking Age. Those horns look like something from a bad LSD trip. 😵💫 You do good work!! 👍
I love these kinds of videos. They always make me tear up because humans are so cool. Like the fact that someone thousands of years ago was doing their hair and we know about it is incredible. How far we've come but how much we're the same
Fascinating review in europes ancient peoples hairstyles and societies rites of passage in some groups. I'd love one on clothing, and tattooing. A pure pleasure, thank you.
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"Farmers would use the rich soil of burial mounds to fertilize their fields -" Well, the people buried in them might not mind that, right? People gotta eat. "If they found the burials they would rifle through them looking for treasure." Okay, never mind, they might have some objections!
From ancient times to now, when head hair is shaved, it can be done for all sorts of purposes: identification, a personal preference, to be fashionable, staying cool in hot weather, an expression of grief, a religious ritual, a rite of passage, a punishment, to prevent head louse infestations, to help in treatment of a wound or a scalp infection, a practical need for athletics, fighting battles, or doing work near fire or in chronically windy or rainy weather where hair could become a hazard, to be able to easily put on a close-fitting head covering, or to use head hair for some purpose such as to make a wig out of it for oneself or others, or even to sell or trade the hair or wig for goods.
One thing you didn't mention is that ancient people mostly considered hair to be a source of strenght, so they cut it with great care and not as much as people might think. Even some scientists and artists involved with archeology nowadays make haircuts based on BBC's Vikings, and similar shows, but it simply makes no sense for an ancient warrior to shave his head as good as clean, even though women's hair would've obviously been longer. Similarily, great care was taken when disposing of the cut hair, either by burning it or by burrying it under certain trees, making sure nobody saw, so that they couldn't dig it back up and influence the owner of the hair - so, again, it just doesn't make any sense to depict anyone from an ancient society with extremely short hair, as it's just too incovenient to shave your head every other day or once a week or whatever, IF they would've done that at all, then only during certain rituals - probably not vey often, which is supported by findings and later on by historic records.
Yes, But perhaps some kids parents/mom shaved their kids heads more often for numerous reasons. Like: showing they were cared for, Bonding, Lice…😅 But You Have A strong point. People seemed to have more & more time on their hands after Agricultural, Domesticated Animals, Especially if culture approved of Slavery🤮-or servants. Elite Classes always developed, giving even more time To beauty, Hair, Bodily Alterations. Yet these civilizations always Fell, due to the inevitable HUGE Problem/GAP, That We Are STILL Facing Today, consisting of The Apathetic Rich separating themselves from the Overworked/Taxed people. As Average Pay is WAY Below the Cost of Living.🥳--😓 Enjoyed reading your reply above.
@@willowgreinke7964 you seem a bit confused. If hair played an integral role of how a person's strenght was perceived, it makes no sense to link shaving to affection. Care was probably showed by grooming that person's hair. Lice was taken care of by grooming as well, even in medieval times. Shaving everything clean is more of a modern concept in Europe (other cultures saw it differently, such as Ancient Egyptians). Not sure what you're implying with the slavery part. Literally every culture took advantage of slavery at least at some point during their history (many still too today, especially in Africa and the Middle East, China and North Korea in certain aspects, etc.). The fall of civilizations has much less to do with social issues and much more with giving more power to foreign cultures (Ancient Rome, for example) and insufficient development in warfare, whether regarding weapons (Native Americans vs the Settlers) or strategy (everybody that fell to the Golden Hord). Social issues can be linked to some modern changes in the establishment (the French Revolution, the Bolsheviks), but those a) didn't end the civilization in question, and b) more often than not caused the people to be even worse of than before. So everybody whining about how we have it bad nowadays better take a long and hard look at history and be very, very careful about demanding change, because such change can go south very fast and things take turns for the worse very easily. Most people of the past, aristocracy included, would be in absolute awe of what we've achieved. Doesn't mean we should be complacent, we just shouldn't be too radical and extreme.
@@SToNeOwNz no idea, but I would assume so. Probably tied with wisdom as well. There seem to be plenty of archetypes and mythological figures of great wisdom with (partially) bald heads.
Just found you. Great content great presentation and GREAT PRONOUNCIATIONS!!! On so many of these History channels the presenters can't even pronounce proper names correctly. Love History Time, Peter Kelly and YOU now.
Thank you for such comprehensive explanations of the findings, and mostly for your confidence to say ...' we don't know'... maybe.... might'. So many so call historians state their thoughts as facts! To state facts is to stop thought.
I only just discovered your channel a few days ago. Your videos are fascinating! I love history. I can't say there is any one, particular era or particular people or culture that draws me more than another. It is *all* wonderful. I particularly like your style of presentation. Greetings from New Hampshire, USA.
Absolutely excellent channel, content and production is fantastic, I watch your videos multiple times because there's so much in them, great stuff and thanks for sharing Dan.🇮🇪
Loved this video. Its very interesting how in the nowadays west, hairstyles are basically personal taste and generally means nothing other than look pretty, tidy and/or cool. Btw i'm totally interested in the bronze age warriors cult of the body :)
Young man in the oak coffin with a glorious head of curly hair... I'm thinking his hairstyle may have resembled a young Jamie Fraser. It would be interesting if they reconstructed his face.
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Do you know how or if a tumulus is different to a burial mound.
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Who'd a thought Trumps hair was popular 3,000 yrs ago? Bwahahhahhahahha!
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@@justcallmebrand what?
“Only the mullet survived” a truly timeless style
Long live the mullet!
My mother gave me a page boy haircut all the way up to 13 years old
The worst stay known to man. Women who wear it look hideous.
@@tinygrim it’s awful!
@Tory T worst haircut ever. I’m sad for you
May we please have a collaboration with a modern day hair stylist? I would love to see attempts at bringing these hair styles back to life as a sort of experimental archeology!
There’s a channel by Janet Stephens that does exactly this, as a ‘hair archaeologist’ if you’re interested.
@@queeniemarkham8022 I love her work!
That would be hilarious.
On the channel S'il Vous Plait there are some historical hairstyles (and others from fantasy movies).
@@Lara-jp4xk wasnt this channel's owner the one who published a book ?
"perhaps his mullet hair style meant something to his people..."
Damn straight it did, business in the front, party in the back. Our ancestors were awesome!
Edit: Just some food for thought, those needles being found with those other body "tools" would actually fit right in with them as lots of old timey hair styles used needles to braid and weave hair and pull thread stuff through the hair as well:)
And sawing needles also could be part of repair kit for their clothes. Needless have so many usage from sewing clothes to make your hair fancy by waving and braiding some flax tread or pice of leather.
Yeah, but somebody's bound to get bored eventually & try to tattoo a flamin' skull/snake/rose combo on themselves, or maybe jam it through an ear, nostril, eyebrow or any number of other areas in order to embed a peice of jewelry in...it's just inevitable...
Mullet was signifying this * This guy is ok ta have a beer with but, No business or dating your sister/daughter recommended.
@@SeleneSalvatore no they're not sewing needles, they're more like tiny thin pins
@Dan Davis History some hairstyles used pins with a head instead of an eye, especially if holding up some kind of headpiece, sometimes parts of clothing were held together with a pin or two as well.
Back when my hair was very very long, I would keep it mostly up in a hair tie, but then saw a video talking about bronze age Scandinavian hairstyles and decided to try out the Bredmose woman's hairstyle (the video called her the Arden Woman), with the two long braids sewn into a crown, and the hairstyle was actually surprisingly very comfortable and sturdy and looked simple and regal! Your video brought a big smile to my face, and the information on something so fascinating to me is definitely something I'll be watching again! Huge greetings from Mexico!
My hair is to my low back, and whenever I do the braid crown, I'm always shocked by how comfortable it is. I love my long hair, but not having any weight, tension, or movement on my head feels so freeing
And I know you weren't talking to me, but hi from Texas :)
This is so cool - I alwayd had short hair, very short hair even, and the only thing I'll always miss is experimenting ancient hairstyles
I'm sad I never tried this, I used to have extremely long hair in my late teens and always struggled with how to wear it comfortably, I often just had one long braid and rolled it into a bun that could cause headaches if it wasn't positioned just right.
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You may know this already but that's also what it's called a protective hair style, which will allow your hair to grow more and stay healthier!
Danish person here, it often pisses me off that people are allowed to farm on top of these burial mounds. For whatever reason, noone is protecting them
Look at statues and monuments being destroyed all over europe, tradtitions and rral peoples history not taught in schools anymore, traditional events cancelled, europe flooded with africans and muslims in the millions.... You are not supposed to learn your history but you are supposed to forget it if you are a White European. Thats the time we live in
Make a petition or something. Don't let your history be erased.
Because the DNA wouldn't match
Archaeologists have found some really weird stuff. I've read that they found evidence of lime-encrusted,pointed beehive hairstyles in the british isles. None of these make it into fiction. In fiction, almost every guy before 1600c.e. has greasy uncut hair like they are in a metal band.
So true! Yet we find that they wore elaborate and elegant hairstyles that were sewn temporarily into place with woolen yarns. We do ancient Europeans a disservice in modernity making assumptions about modern superiority.
Modern culture has been on a downward trend for a while now, most of the authors and creators that portray such peoples with long greasy hair are mostly just sheltered rich people from hollyweird and in no way represent the views and beliefs of the common citizen in the modern day, you are pretty much a testament of this.
I think people in medieval or ancient movies usually have long dirty hair to communicate that they are subversive tough guys by the signs of our modern culture. The things that ppl thought looked cool back then would look weird as hell today. Also, we have alot less free time then anyone else in history... so there's that. ☹️
I would like to see a link to the beehive hairstyle.
@@AR-mu4zq me too, and all I can find is what people think looks cool today. I read that the priestly class formed pointed cones of their hair, decorated with hemlock and mistletoe,using lyme and sinews of an hind, which I assume means rabbit glue. The same roman source said that the men wore long moustaches in order to filter their primitive beer and that their helmets were decorated with metal animal forms. Weird that they were depicted as so barbaric and primitive, yet had metallurgy better than medeterrainians.. I'm sure roman sources are completely unbiased,lol.
There's a woman on YT who has her own channel. She's a hairdresser and she does recreations of mostly ancient Roman hairstyles. She believes she's recreated Virgin Vestal hairstyle that Vestals and all brides wore. We don't have depictions because the brides usually wore veils on their heads. The hairdresser collaborated with some researchers and published an article on it in an academic journal.
Janet Stephens?
The most terrifying thought is that the Bowl Cut Mullet survived *without a body*
It's quite a long while after the Bronze age, but I've always been fascinated by the Osterby Man, who was uncovered by peat moss cutters in Germany in 1948. Only his head was discovered but he was still rocking his Suebian knot with fire-red hair. He allegedly lived between 75-130 CE
Epic, but he had Blonde hair. A chemical in bogs turns hair red and skin/bones darker.
I've read that people in bronze age Scandinavia often bleached their hair. Some dyed their teeth.
@KKmies good stuff, thanks for clarification. Im thinking about putting my hair in spikes, held together with lyme. It would kill lice and look really weird by modern standards.
@@drphosferrous They used lime on their hair, made it thicker and more manageable.
@@mariagordanier3404 they also washed their hair with a weak lye (bleach), like the celts in orderto make them lighter
I'm a professional hair and makeup artist, and I always find historical hairstyling so fascinating. I really enjoyed this video. I used to watch Janet Stephens, and still reference those sometimes, but she hasn't made a video in a couple of years. Thank you for this video!
She’s amazing! I miss her videos.
Totally random, but your profile made me happy. I experience chronic migraines, pots, and hypermobility, as well! I also have lupus and red curly hair. The red, Pre-raphelite-esque model (?) with red hair on your channel just made me smile :)
'...And only the mullet remained.'
Another one hit out of the park, Dan. The images are fantastic, and the subject really helps draw me into the world of our ancestors a little more. The blend of history and storytelling is your particular gift, thank you!
Thank you so much 🙏
I like that these kinds of topics bring a significant degree of humanity to remains found in this kind of condition.
Not that a bare skeleton in a pauper's grave wouldn't bring it's own air of mystery.
Maybe I haven't thought this comment through enough.
As someone who is very interested in the more material aspects of our ancestors cultures, clothing, hair styles, jewelry, tattoos, food, utensils, etc, this is right up my alley. It's good to discuss such things because it helps to give a more vivid picture of our ancestors, what they looked like and their way of life.
It's nice to hear about things other than invasions.
Can't say I expected to be learning about hair styles from the bronze age when I woke up this morning, but here we are.
Thanks for watching, bro.
@@DanDavisHistory Keep doing what you're doing!
@Ancient Americas: UA-cam (and the internet in general) is a strange and often surprisingly delightful place, isn't it? 😁
It's so good of you to repeat that "we just don't know." I find it baffling that scholars can debate things with scant evidence. How can anyone take a firm position, particularly a professional who looks to empirical data and tested materials to draw even tentative conclusions. Good on you for setting a scholarly example.
I love this one! Hair and clothing is something I'm always curious about, because it helps me form a vision of these people's daily lives
Strange to imagine one day nothing will remain of me but my mullet.
I live in the north east of Scotland and there’s a massive barrow in one of the cemeteries near me. I’ve wondered for a while what might be inside of it. It stands at least 12ft tall, if not taller and is around as wide in diameter too. I can’t help but wonder who was buried there and what importance to society at the time they held? To my knowledge - it’s never been excavated and due to being in an active cemetery, I doubt it will be any time soon. The area is prone to flooding so I’m not convinced of the remains being well preserved, but it’s fascinating nonetheless. This video has just cemented my curiosity. Thank you for uploading this!
I've seen the shaved heads of the Minoans sometimes depicted as a type of hair net or skull cap that covered the head but had some holes allowing the hair to flow out. It seems far more likely that the bluish parts do represent shaved heads as stated in the video. It would have to be very close fitting to an uncomfortable degree to be some type of head covering. It would also be irritating to wear in the climate of the Aegean.
Didn't stop women from wearing corsets and other uncomfortable things in the name of fashion. They still do, and look at the Amish ladies they still cover their heads like the Puritan's did. Not as tightly, but still covered. The Middle East for god's sake. My first guess is that it is a covering and when they married they could let it all hang out so to speak. But who knows? All the ones who did died a long time ago. We never will.
@@yodasmomisondrugs7959 women on the Aegean islands didn't wear corsets.
@@helgaioannidis9365 reading comprehension my friend
@@yodasmomisondrugs7959 Corsets were support garments first and foremost, head and skin coverings of any kind were and are not just a religious or puritanical thing, but to protect the skin from the sun in the glaring absence of sunscreen. In the case of desert dwelling cultures, it also protects the skin from sand. Multiple layers of clothing made out of natural fibers actually encourage air circulation, which is why cultures in hot, arid climates wear so many layers.
@@yodasmomisondrugs7959 corsets weren’t uncomfortable, they are now bc we are making it that way for the waist. But back them they were like bras. Girls would work in them, could stretch etc. it wasn’t uncomfy
I absolutely love the bronze age, I find the entire period, artefacts, structures, burial practices and technology fascinating.
I've been a barber/stylist for over 40 years so this video goes in the playlist for sure! Thank you.💈
Maybe you could offer a "Bronze Age Special" to attract customers! 😁
@@DanielECulbertson Lord knows I'm old enough to have seen the styles in person!😂😂😂
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Hello Barbara
Dan, youre the greatest. Prehistoric hair (and clothing) is one of my favorite topics and the bronze age is one of the most elaborate and fascinating eras on that front. Would love if you could discuss clothing actually, the intro of wool production has a huge impact on style, culture, and the economy of the bronze age. Ive enjoyed watching the channel grow, best wishes.
I'm so happy to find a history channel that isn't seudo history. You explain the uknown instead of inserting what you believe to be as true. looking forward to watching and learning more.
I love this idea, great research and production. I like the Minoan's practice of keeping kids mostly bald. A timesaver and much cleaner ...
The ancient Egyptians kept their kids bald too.
@@azureascendant994 Face it, alot of Egyptians were bald under those wool wigs.
Middle eastern and Africans kids are still often kept bald. No lice.
Especially the last part drives home again how many of the "iconic" images we are used to are in fact 5-10% evidence and 90-95% artists best guesses...
Which is nice, don't get me wrong but let's say we found only the hands of Simon, the partial faces of Matthew and Thaddeus and a section of table between them of Da Vinci's Last supper, would any artist reconstruct it into anything more than an argument at a tavern with it's true meaning, significance and grandeur forever lost to us?
This video being promoted by keeps it's a little hilarious 😆
A few *strands* of evidence, love it
I'm glad he didn't get away with that one lol
This was a fantastic video, so thanks for that. Secondly Minoan and Mycenaean fashion in general really could stand to make a comeback, those people knew how to look fabulous. Not to be crass (but i'm gonna do it anyways) I know more than a few people who'd be fans of that tits-out-for-Troy look returning.
The ancient and timeless interpretation of the mullet: Business in the front, party in the back.
Another unique and banger of a video. Great work as always Dan ❤️
Eagerly waiting for the next one.
A probable video idea: i think history related to transitional period (like from Copper to Bronze to Iron etc), isn't talked about very much. How the cultures, weapons and armour changed, how combat, warfare etc changed, how leadership, ruling etc changed... etc.
With your research capability and amazing narration, presentation skill...if there are substantial information about those, you will be able to make a great video!
Now, this is quality historical content ladies and gentelmen. Take note history channel!!
Another great video.
Also, for mycenean or minoan art, the Pylos Combat Agate seems to show hairstyles of two warriors quite clearly.
Yeah one of them has loose long hair. I'll talk more about warrior hairstyles in the "beautiful warrior" video if people want to see it.
@@DanDavisHistory YES we want to see it, in fact anything Pylos agate is of interest, and bronze age warrior in general is interesting, it's one of the few subjects from the BA we actually have written records of.
"Only the mullet remained"
The immortal mullet.
No!!!!!!!
Hair styles are timeless and are powerfully full of meaning and status
Nothing, not even time can take on a mullet. Truly a powerful mark of the warrior.
Truly fascinating stuff
Cheers bro.
Another 10/10. Thank you Mr. Davis!
I cant believe those people riffling around in those ancient mounds and coffins for gold. It reminds me of what happened in my local area to some of the Ocmulgee Indian mounds: in the 19th century, they destroyed a mound to put a railway through. I was absolutely shocked and appalled when I learned that. I cant imagine destrying priceless artifacts and structures for short term commercial profit, it seems so unthinkable. I can only gasp in horror.
One mound complex in Ohio is a golf course.
@@jamesking1495 terrible
In the Willamette Valley in Oregon the local tribes all buried their dead under mounds. There were a lot of them, and when the European settles pushed them out the new farmers plowed all the burial mounds under because they had such good soil. Many of those graves were fairly recent too and likely had living close relatives. Just incredibly sad.
they mostly did it for the stones or also often just because the mounds were hindering them from conducting proper agriculture
in our village we got 2 "Twiebarge"(double mounds) which are cearly identifiable as former longbeds, cut in half because being in the way and in one big field nearby more than 5 dozen mounds were plundered for the stones to build a street in 1582....and even tho they also looked for treasure, they often missed some relics - few months ago I found a little bronze dagger on a flattened mound
@@feldgeist2637 Bullcrap ... mounds in the UK are respected but not mounds in America.
Your channel in my recommendations,and SO freaking excited to be a new sub and binge watch ALL your videos! I'm 62, but grew up on Crete as a child...I have been to all the museums and Knossos many times in person .The ancient Minoan civilization is incredibly advanced and amazing ! From what I understood from the museum guides,the female hairstyles in the frescoes we'reade up of handfuls of hair rolled around the hand and kept in place with winding decorative cords.Many of these "poofs we're puke on the head,with tendrils hanging at the back,sides and front,being wound,wet, around straight sticks to dry and curl into hanging curls framing the lower hairline hanging down....it is indeed beautiful and flattering!
Keeps as the sponsor is possibly the funniest and most appropriate UA-cam add ever.lol.
Great video, Mr. Davis! I felt like throttling that farmer through time, that was a very terrible thing he did. Sad reality about humans
Thanks very much. Yes it's very sad especially as those farmers might be direct descendants of the people in those graves. There are stories of some stirring the contents of the coffins with their pitch forks. At least these got recorded and saved.
I was mad about that too.
Might as well use the gold though, hope it was worth it ; )
It's such a shame that people have had such disrespect for their own ancestors that they would destroy their own graves.
Guess you've never been broke ... I mean HUNGRY broke.
the human body is just an empty decaying vessel once a person has died. Left alone it'll just turn to dust... we might as well learn something from the remains while we can.
@@shaunsteele8244 learning something from them is one thing. Destroying and desecrating a grave is another.
@@iforbach4003 do you have any idea how many people have lived and died before us? Everywhere you go you're stepping on a grave. The dust in the air is made up of human remains.
@@shaunsteele8244 fair enough.
Excellent research and presentation, Dan!
Thanks very much, glad you liked it, Marty.
I really like your caution with the evidence, Dan. So many documentaries suffer from over-confident interpretation of limited data; your treatment of the Minoan artwork, for example, really made clear where the interpretive process takes over from the artwork that actually survives. It's this careful approach that is to be applauded. Bravo!
Armies are not only fighters, they are also "theatre productions".I.e: in all the cultures I know of, there is some sort of parade, and the soldiers wear uniforms, or masks etc. Most cultures do that to music and/or chanting. They display to impress (hopefully, so that the enemy gives up before the fight). These displays seem to go in 2 directions: beauty/groomed/disciplined and wild/berserk. In both cases, the individual soldiers' bodies are dressed or modified in order to serve the purpose. Soldiers are taught to perfect their appearance when serving the groomed/clean/beautiful displays and non-compliance (haircut, polished shoes etc) will be severely punished. Interestingly the Maori and all Polynesians seem to have fused the two: look very wild while being in fact highly codified and disciplined (a haka is choreographed and rehearsed, the hair creates an impression of wilderness, but is in fact carefully coiffed, tattoos accentuate animal side/totem, but are also a very stylised, codified and perfected art form). This documentary was a bit too short but very thought provoking.
"Only the mullet remains." The everlasting mullet, immortal and universal. 😂
You're comparison of those frescos as I've always seen them and the very small fragments that actually survived blew my mind man
Whats facinating though is that the idea of woman wering their hair long and favouring dress or skirt-like garments remained in palce all the way from the bronze age till now.
Time for an historic Dan Davis hair style.
Dan it might be interesting to trace the Bull motifs from Çatalhöyük to Greece and the rest of Europe over time. It is something I've been fascinated with for a long time right up to the Bullfighting that went on in Spain in recent history.
That Mycenian bull jumping fresco looks amazingly a lot like some of the art at Çatalhöyük. Before or during the time bulls were being domesticated presumably. A video on that would be really interesting I think.
The bull motif has been around since Ice Age Europe. The Lascaux bull is interesting as it also includes the Pleiades, indicating that the bull was the constellation Taurus. Anyone familiar with the night sky will tell you that Taurus is very evident and clearly look like bull horns. These ice age bulls were not domesticated cows but wild large Aurochs. Many constellations are old like Orion, Zodiac constellations, and asterisms like the Big Dipper
I’ve long thought that bullfighting could be an echo of Neolithic hunting/husbandry from a time when cattle were not entirely domesticated. Several aspects of the modern practice (taking advantage of adolescent bulls ejected from the herd, placing oneself between the herd and the rutting bulls, channeling wild bulls through the settlement into some sort of killing ground, even the _indulatto_ awarded to the bravest bulls) all these seem like they could have functioned as a way of loosely controlling undomesticated cattle.
Again, its never "just a hairstyle". This video is another example of that. Love this kind of stuff
“Only the mullet remains”..
Truer words have never been spoken.
Saw this in my suggested, and what a documentary this is! I've been researching hair styles of Nordic peoples for a while now, and this is the most complete and authoritative one I've seen thus far!
Yet another absolutely fascinating illumination of Bronze Age life and customs by Dan Davis.
It's amazing, I never would've expected some of these styles, like mullets and midriffs.
@9:57 “only the mullet has remained”
Now a that’s about the worst fate anyone can have really!
The historical male haircut in Bulgaria was mostly a shorn head with the top (and in some cases the back too) left long. The long portion (called chombas, kikka or perchem) was often weaved in three braids or in other cases it was rolled under the cap or hat men used to wear or just weaved into itself. The braids were weaved with red threads and coins, red being the colour of fertility and abundance and the coins were for beauty, showing of status and riches. The shearing and the shaving were utterly ritualistic with rituals for passage from childhood into boyhood and into adulthood. Sometimes the number of braids changed into 9 but overall it was mostly 3. Young men had rituals, which they had to participate in before they were allowed to be part of the society and marry and own land or a house. Even today some of these rites of passage are kept in Bulgaria with bands of young men fighting and chasing evil spirits and bringing fertility and blessings to the village/town and the families living there. The name most commonly known is "kukeri" but also babugeri, starinari etc.
This kind of hairstyle was widespread up until the XIX century. The second you leave such hairstyles not attended to for a short time they turned into what you'll call a mullet. It used to be a sin to cut their hair.
Clearly the Mullet Man liked to party 😆 Love these videos, thanks for making them.
As a descendant of ancient Germanic and Slavic peoples, I'm gonna start rocking these hairstyles. There will be one new Bronze Age style to debut each quarter, I foresee them becoming popular, like "the Rachel" from Friends, or the "Farah" in the 70s.
I loved the way girls styled their hair in the 70s-80s. Girls would primp for long time an now yuk. A lot of people don't even put a cumb through their hair
When people say "Its just hair" I think about this video. Hair is not "Just hair", its history.
I hate "it's just" anything. "It's just a movie" "it's just a word". It's a quick and lazy way to shut a debate down
Another knockout video. Had that song from the late 60's in my head about "long beautiful hair. The different hair styles shows the ancients were just as concerned with hair as us moderns. A number of the photos and locations were unknown to me so that was fun to see the items and find the geographic locations.
Those tree trunk coffins are quite fascinating. Its really interesting to see how objects and clothing changed from B.C.E to the Viking Age. Those horns look like something from a bad LSD trip. 😵💫 You do good work!! 👍
I love these kinds of videos. They always make me tear up because humans are so cool. Like the fact that someone thousands of years ago was doing their hair and we know about it is incredible. How far we've come but how much we're the same
perhaps people just wore their hair as they wished, as people do today
I thoroughly enjoy this type of documentary. Thank you.
Fascinating review in europes ancient peoples hairstyles and societies rites of passage in some groups. I'd love one on clothing, and tattooing. A pure pleasure, thank you.
Glad to see that men were proud of their masculinity back in those days
This channel is amazing. Really glad to be learning about the Bronze Age properly.
Oh! this was genuinely interesting and beautiful. Thank you so much!
I was looking for something interestimg to listen to while cooking... but this was so interesting & well written I paused it to watch properly later. Instant subscribe!
"Farmers would use the rich soil of burial mounds to fertilize their fields -" Well, the people buried in them might not mind that, right? People gotta eat. "If they found the burials they would rifle through them looking for treasure." Okay, never mind, they might have some objections!
the choice of sponsor for this video was brilliant
From ancient times to now, when head hair is shaved, it can be done for all sorts of purposes: identification, a personal preference, to be fashionable, staying cool in hot weather, an expression of grief, a religious ritual, a rite of passage, a punishment, to prevent head louse infestations, to help in treatment of a wound or a scalp infection, a practical need for athletics, fighting battles, or doing work near fire or in chronically windy or rainy weather where hair could become a hazard, to be able to easily put on a close-fitting head covering, or to use head hair for some purpose such as to make a wig out of it for oneself or others, or even to sell or trade the hair or wig for goods.
One thing you didn't mention is that ancient people mostly considered hair to be a source of strenght, so they cut it with great care and not as much as people might think. Even some scientists and artists involved with archeology nowadays make haircuts based on BBC's Vikings, and similar shows, but it simply makes no sense for an ancient warrior to shave his head as good as clean, even though women's hair would've obviously been longer. Similarily, great care was taken when disposing of the cut hair, either by burning it or by burrying it under certain trees, making sure nobody saw, so that they couldn't dig it back up and influence the owner of the hair - so, again, it just doesn't make any sense to depict anyone from an ancient society with extremely short hair, as it's just too incovenient to shave your head every other day or once a week or whatever, IF they would've done that at all, then only during certain rituals - probably not vey often, which is supported by findings and later on by historic records.
Yes, But perhaps some kids parents/mom shaved their kids heads more often for numerous reasons.
Like: showing they were cared for, Bonding, Lice…😅
But You Have A strong point.
People seemed to have more & more time on their hands after Agricultural, Domesticated Animals, Especially if culture approved of Slavery🤮-or servants.
Elite Classes always developed, giving even more time To beauty, Hair, Bodily Alterations.
Yet these civilizations always Fell, due to the inevitable HUGE Problem/GAP, That We Are STILL Facing Today, consisting of The Apathetic Rich separating themselves from the Overworked/Taxed people.
As Average Pay is WAY Below the Cost of Living.🥳--😓
Enjoyed reading your reply above.
@@willowgreinke7964 I didn’t come here looking for politics, but I’m not displeased, either.
What about male pattern baldness, was it just an indictor of age to them?
@@willowgreinke7964 you seem a bit confused. If hair played an integral role of how a person's strenght was perceived, it makes no sense to link shaving to affection. Care was probably showed by grooming that person's hair. Lice was taken care of by grooming as well, even in medieval times. Shaving everything clean is more of a modern concept in Europe (other cultures saw it differently, such as Ancient Egyptians).
Not sure what you're implying with the slavery part. Literally every culture took advantage of slavery at least at some point during their history (many still too today, especially in Africa and the Middle East, China and North Korea in certain aspects, etc.). The fall of civilizations has much less to do with social issues and much more with giving more power to foreign cultures (Ancient Rome, for example) and insufficient development in warfare, whether regarding weapons (Native Americans vs the Settlers) or strategy (everybody that fell to the Golden Hord). Social issues can be linked to some modern changes in the establishment (the French Revolution, the Bolsheviks), but those a) didn't end the civilization in question, and b) more often than not caused the people to be even worse of than before. So everybody whining about how we have it bad nowadays better take a long and hard look at history and be very, very careful about demanding change, because such change can go south very fast and things take turns for the worse very easily. Most people of the past, aristocracy included, would be in absolute awe of what we've achieved. Doesn't mean we should be complacent, we just shouldn't be too radical and extreme.
@@SToNeOwNz no idea, but I would assume so. Probably tied with wisdom as well. There seem to be plenty of archetypes and mythological figures of great wisdom with (partially) bald heads.
Perfect video for sitting under the trees and watching 🌞
The irony of the Keeps sponsor is magnificent
Another splendid video by you.
Great editing. This must have taken alot of time to produce. Very well done!
Of course the mullet is all that remained, lol.
Another fantastic video! One of my favorite UA-cam channels.
Always a pleasure, thanks Dan.
"Only the mullet remained." Damn, that really made me laugh.
Thoroughly enjoyed this, I do love knowing how our ancestors lived, and this is very informative, really interesting, thanks
This really is the perfect video for a Keeps ad
A wonderful Historical Coverage about Hair styles in Bronze ages thanks for sharing
I really enjoyed that video, thanks! 😊
We have two burial mounds just outside where we live, It's so cool to live so close to history!
Just found you. Great content great presentation and GREAT PRONOUNCIATIONS!!! On so many of these History channels the presenters can't even pronounce proper names correctly. Love History Time, Peter Kelly and YOU now.
"Only the mullet remained." These words will be spoken by archaeologists 1000 years from now unearthing graves of the 1980s.
"Only the mullet remained."
Now that's a scary thought. Party on until the heat death of the Universe.
"Look upon my haircut, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside the mullet remains."
Thank you for such comprehensive explanations of the findings, and mostly for your confidence to say ...' we don't know'... maybe.... might'. So many so call historians state their thoughts as facts! To state facts is to stop thought.
I only just discovered your channel a few days ago. Your videos are fascinating! I love history. I can't say there is any one, particular era or particular people or culture that draws me more than another. It is *all* wonderful. I particularly like your style of presentation. Greetings from New Hampshire, USA.
Outstanding. Greetings from Denmark.
A hair-raising episode!!!
Absolutely excellent channel, content and production is fantastic, I watch your videos multiple times because there's so much in them, great stuff and thanks for sharing Dan.🇮🇪
Thank you Sean 🙏
Loved this video. Its very interesting how in the nowadays west, hairstyles are basically personal taste and generally means nothing other than look pretty, tidy and/or cool. Btw i'm totally interested in the bronze age warriors cult of the body :)
Young man in the oak coffin with a glorious head of curly hair... I'm thinking his hairstyle may have resembled a young Jamie Fraser. It would be interesting if they reconstructed his face.
I dunno who that is but yes a face reconstruction would be great. Looking at his face and jaw I expect he would be a handsome young man, the poor guy.
@@DanDavisHistory And he definitely had a great set of teeth.
Imagine being the guy for whom the main thing that survives of you is your mullet.
i love the mullet but the miniskirt and crop top really got me