Editing Cornrows (section)

===Europe===
[[File:Reconstruction of the Lady of Brassempouy by Libor Balák, Czech Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Archaeology in Brno, The Center for Paleolithic and Paleoethnological Research.jpg|thumb|Reconstruction of Venus of Brassempouy by Libor Balák. Czech Academy of Sciences. Although this may be inaccurate due to Europeans having darker skin 23-29,000 years ago<ref>{{Citation |last=Carlberg |first=Andrea HanelCarsten |title=English:  History of human pigmentation in Europe. |date=2020-07-03 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archaeogenetic_analysis_of_human_skin_pigmentation_in_Europe.jpg |access-date=2024-05-15}}</ref>|left|110x110px]]There have been a number of examples of European art and sculpture described as similar to modern cornrows,<ref name="White 2006" /> such as plaits, the melon coiffure and sini crenes.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="Witcombe3" /><ref name=":5" />

[[File:Female funerary statue (detail) (2nd cent. B.C.) at the National Archaeological Museum on 2 July 2018.jpg|thumb|Melon coiffure on Small Herculaneum woman, ca. 2nd century, [[National Archaeological Museum of Athens]].|165x165px]]

The oldest of these depictions are the statues known as the [[Venus of Brassempouy]]<ref name="White 2006">{{Cite journal |author=Randall White |date=December 2006 |title=The Women of Brassempouy: A Century of Research and Interpretation |url=http://blogimages.bloggen.be/evodisku/attach/166144.pdf |journal=Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=251–304 |doi=10.1007/s10816-006-9023-z |s2cid=161276973}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-30 |title=Echoes of the Past: Prehistoric Wonders in Southern France |url=https://francetoday.com/culture/art_and_design/echoes-of-the-past-prehistoric-wonders-in-southern-france/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=France Today}}</ref> and the [[Venus of Willendorf]],<ref name="Witcombe3">[http://witcombe.sbc.edu/willendorf/willendorfwoman.html "Woman from Willendorf"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005031914/http://witcombe.sbc.edu/willendorf/willendorfwoman.html|date=2007-10-05}}.  Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe, 2003: "The rows are not one continuous spiral but are, in fact, composed in seven concentric horizontal bands that encircle the head and two more horizontal bands underneath the first seven on the back of the head."</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shaw Nevins |first=Andrea |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/856869915 |title=The embodiment of disobedience : fat black women's unruly political bodies |date=2006 |isbn=978-0-7391-5457-1 |location=Lanham, MD |oclc=856869915}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shell |first=Ellen Ruppel |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53434322 |title=The hungry gene : the inside story of the obesity industry |date=2003 |publisher=Grove Press |isbn=0-8021-4033-5 |edition=1st Grove Press |location=New York |oclc=53434322}}</ref> which date between 23,000 and 29,000 years ago<ref>{{Cite web |title=The earliest artistic depiction of a hairstyle {{!}} New Scientist |url=https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg23631540-900-15-the-earliest-artistic-depiction-of-a-hairstyle/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=www.newscientist.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and were found in modern day [[France]] and [[Austria]]. Whether these statues feature cornrows, another type of braids,  headdresses, or some other styling has been a matter of vigorous debate — most historians rule out cornrows, however.<ref name="White 2006" /><ref name="Witcombe3" /><ref name=":6" /> The Venus of Brassempouy is often said to wear a wig or a patterned hood,<ref name=":6">{{cite book|last=Lawson|first=Andrew|title=Painted Caves: Palaeolithic Rock Art in Western Europe|date=24 May 2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-969822-6|page=47|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kU-10lGjDYoC&q=Venus+of+Brassempouy+hood&pg=PA47}}</ref> while the Venus of Willendorf is said to be wearing [[plaited hair]] or a fibrous cap.<ref name="Witcombe3" />

Since the early 5th century B.C., Ancient Greek and Roman art shows men and women with a characteristic melon coiffure, especially in the "[[Aphrodite Areia#Origins|Oriental Aphrodite]]" tradition, which may be confused with cornrows.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seated Nude Woman with "Melon Coiffure" |url=https://www.library.fordham.edu/digital/item/collection/Hist/id/655 |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Fordham University Libraries}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Herculaneum Women |url=https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/herculaneum_women/index.html |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=The J. Paul Getty Museum}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2015-12-16 |title=Hairstyles in the Arts of Greek and Roman Antiquity |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022202X15526158 |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings}}</ref> The traditional hairstyle of Roman [[Vestal Virgins]], the sini crenes, also incorporates two braids that resemble cornrows.<ref>{{Cite book |last=León |first=Vicki |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/879285569 |title=Working IX to V : orgy planners, funeral clowns, and other prized professions of the ancient world |date=2013 |isbn=978-0-8027-1862-4 |location=New York |pages=18 |oclc=879285569}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Oldest Roman Hairstyle Recreated for First Time |url=https://www.livescience.com/26112-oldest-roman-hairstyle-recreated.html |website=LiveScience |date=9 January 2013 |accessdate=13 February 2019}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Ancient Roman Vestal Virgin hairstyle re-created for very first time |url=https://gizmodo.com/ancient-roman-vestal-virgin-hairstyle-re-created-for-ve-5975123 |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Gizmodo |date=11 January 2013 |language=en-us}}</ref>