The Fascinating History of Tatto

The Fascinating History of Tatto

As humans living in the 21st century, it is very easy to think that the story of mankind is virtually limited to the last couple of centuries. If one looks at the rate of developments since the 1800's, it is easy to see that the changes in society, industry, and culture have seen the most change in recent times than they have in any other period of time. The history of tatto is somewhat different from the story of mankind, as the practice of body art has been around for thousands of years, and unlike other things that have been around for thousands of years (like clothing or tools), it has not drastically changed in that time period.

The art of marking one's body permanently can be traced back at least 5,000 years. A lot of the markings that were used in that time period are not very different from the markings used in modern artists' studios in the 21st century. Although the markings have not changed so very much, the motivation for the markings and the meaning behind them has changed a fair amount.

Ink markings were used in ancient cultures to mark such things as warrior status and the status of women in terms of being of adult age and being 'married' or not. These markings were used at the beginning of the history of tatto because they were indelible. While a piece of ornamentation may be lost or stolen, a mark on the body which is permanent can not be lost or stolen. It is for this reason that in ancient warrior society's body art was used as a form of easily marking the human body to ensure that the markings would stay.

It is for this very same reason that this type of marking was used later on in Roman societies to mark slaves and to mark prisoners. Since the mark was sure to stay permanently, they did not have to worry so much about slaves and prisoners escaping. If someone escaped, they could always be re-identified on the basis of the markings on their body.

In more recent times, sailors visiting exotic places often came home with what one might consider to be modern body art, motivated by the desire to come home with something definitively exotic or some new mark of experience. This is where the history of tatto comes into the modern era. These sailors were the first, it is thought, to desire the bodily markings without basis of what the markings mean in a given society. This is where the practice started to become popular in our western societies.

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