why art created before B.C.?

how much do you know about weaving history? When we look at the history of civilization, we find out that one the most important reasons for creating the art especially before B.C. is that people in that period felt needing that object for continuing their lives. In fact, the object is art for us now after 21^st centuries. but at that age was s.th essential for their lives. And the reason for decorating these kinds of objects is that human likes beauty and always is searching for that. so he continuously tried to decorate his objects even with the least facilities and absolutely with an inspiration of nature. and today as you know those objects are the most valuable handicrafts.

weaving history

One of those major that early humans worked on was knitting and weaving. when early humans felt that he should protect himself of cold and warmth, he created Knitting techniques. Probably knitting was one of the oldest action that early human did. archaeologists believed that early human inspired by spiders and birds house buildings and started to knit very simple techniques and during centuries have improved these techniques.

why Pazyryk is the oldest handmade carpet in the world?

Professor Rudenko had found The oldest hand-woven in the region named  Chatal Hovik. and estimated that these are woven about 6000 years .B.C. and also some clay works had been found that proved there were some spinning, dyeing and weaving workshops. The oldest carpet discovered is Pazyryk, although archaeologists had been found some hand-woven before Pazyryk, none of them had the exact feature of a real handmade carpet such as the weaving techniques and putting wafts, the design, and the material.

where was Pazyryk found?

Professor Rudenko found handmade carpet in Pazyryk valley beside Alta mountains. In this valley, a race lived whose Iranian called them Saka. Professor Rudenko and his colleague Aznouf discovered some rooms that had been used as a cemetery for the king of the nation in about 400 years B.C. because of the weather situation that always was  absolute glacial all the objects that were buried there, were protected . in one the rooms they discovered a coffin and  some horses and a carriage and a big handmade carpet which have been kept in Hermitage Museum in Russia. The size of this carpet is suitable for the floor of the carriage and they guessed that this carriage and carpet were used for carrying the dead people to their cemetery.

features of Pazyryk, the oldest handmade carpet

This carpet was woven by 100percent wool, dense warp and after each line of weaving used 3 to 4 wafts. Its wool was vegetable dyed and it’s obvious that early human used madder and red beetle for dyeing the yarn. the design of this carpet shows the ability to drawing the carpet design and the development of art in that age. archaeologists said that the pattern of this carpet had a strong line with Persian and Assyrian art and approximately attributed to Achaemenes period.

the Pazyryk design in Farahan Carpet