This seems to be evidence of the oldest known skirts in history! And guess who was wearing them!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071112/sc_ ... balkans_dc
PLOCNIK, Serbia (Reuters) - If the figurines found in an ancient European settlement are any guide, women have been dressing to impress for at least 7,500 years.
Recent excavations at the site -- part of the Vinca culture which was Europe's biggest prehistoric civilization -- point to a metropolis with a great degree of sophistication and a taste for art and fashion, archaeologists say.
In the Neolithic settlement in a valley nestled between rivers, mountains and forests in what is now southern Serbia, men rushed around a smoking furnace melting metal for tools. An ox pulled a load of ore, passing by an art workshop and a group of young women in short skirts.
"According to the figurines we found, young women were beautifully dressed, like today's girls in short tops and mini skirts, and wore bracelets around their arms," said archaeologist Julka Kuzmanovic-Cvetkovic.
The unnamed tribe who lived between 5400 and 4700 BC in the 120-hectare site at what is now Plocnik knew about trade, handcrafts, art and metallurgy. Near the settlement, a thermal well might be evidence of Europe's oldest spa.
"They pursued beauty and produced 60 different forms of wonderful pottery and figurines, not only to represent deities, but also out of pure enjoyment," said Kuzmanovic.
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ChristopherJ
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I suspect that cave man skin skirts would be the oldest - but we can't go there.
Here's a contender for the oldest images of Men in Skirts. Archaeology of the Mesopotamian culture uncovered the famous Standard of Ur. This is a decorated sort of box thingy, from Ur, southern Iraq, dated to about 2600-2400 BC. Here is some information on it from the British Museum.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/hi ... of_ur.aspx
If you click on the small thumbnails you will be able to view a larger image - where you can see that all of the people - and they are mostly men - are wearing skirts. Even the King - he is the one sitting in a chair (throne).
MIS has been going for a long time!
Here's a contender for the oldest images of Men in Skirts. Archaeology of the Mesopotamian culture uncovered the famous Standard of Ur. This is a decorated sort of box thingy, from Ur, southern Iraq, dated to about 2600-2400 BC. Here is some information on it from the British Museum.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/hi ... of_ur.aspx
If you click on the small thumbnails you will be able to view a larger image - where you can see that all of the people - and they are mostly men - are wearing skirts. Even the King - he is the one sitting in a chair (throne).
MIS has been going for a long time!
It's never too late to have a happy childhood . . .
