Re: CCJ's Henna Timeline (by henna artifacts)

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Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on December 15, 1999 at 00:01:22:

In Reply to: CCJ's Henna Timeline (by henna artifacts) posted by kenzi on December 14, 1999 at 23:40:49:

I wish the timeline by artifacts perfectly conincided with the country
spread and time of henna use in each place. Where countries are hot
AND damp, artifacts don't last long. However, if you can't find a
solid chunk of something that proves henna was being used, how can you
discuss it with any credibility? The hot and damp problem puts Africa
and India and South Asia at a disadvantage against the hot and dry
places.....that may be why I can find origins of henna back past 3000
BCE in the eastern Mediterranean, but can't find a damn thing before
100 BCE in India. Africa.... the archaeology, outside of Egypt, just
isn't there. I can only infer stuff (which I just hate).

My other deep sigh is that every time I hit the library, I find new
stuff, so I don't know when that timeline will be complete. What I've
found is, fortunately, vastly more comprehensive than anything else
I've seen about henna's history.... I guess I'm trying to tell people
that this timeline is NOT definitive, and I doubt that I can ever in
my lifetime get that far with the research. It's my best shot,
though!

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