when do hats first date back to?

Question

this is for school work so please help

Answer 1

Well, the history of clothes is pretty murky, because they predate civilization by a good bit. But the earliest apparent hats are on the cave paintings in France, where folk are wearing head-dresses made to look like animal heads ... possibly shamanistic ritual garb for invoking the spirits of prey animals.
But hey, they're just pics, so who knows what they really show. And who's to say this was "first" for hats?
I suspect hats were developed during the Ice Age, about 30,000 years ago. But then again, maybe Bongo the Plains Ape (Lucy's brother) was weaving sunhats from savannah grasses 4 million years ago while picking termites out of a mound with a twig.
No one can know. Really.

Answer 2

The Hallstatt (Celtic) period had hats. The burial of a chief at Hochdorf (circa 550BC) has the remains of a hat amongst the grave goods. Here is a drawing of the chief in his hat:
http://www.keltenmuseum.de/english/burial/man.html

But the Sumerians had hats long before this (3000BC). Here are some images:
http://minervamagazine.com/exc/iraq_07.html

Probably hats were worn in the stone age - nobody really knows.

Answer 3

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