What were they doing with this ochre.

了解他们对这只赭石做了什么。

They used it for medicine because ochre fights bacteria.

他们把它当药，因为赭石可以对抗细菌。

Ocher-it's among the earliest known pigments employed by humans.

那就是赭石，是人的已知最早的颜料之一。

I love to think that this ochre was the beginning of the first artistic manifestations.

我喜欢把这只赭石看作是第一批艺术表现的开始。

Scientists see evidence of that in a special kind of rock: ochre.

科学家在一种特殊的赭石上看到了有关这点的证据。

Ochre refers to any rock rich in iron oxide that yields red, yellow, or brown pigments.

赭石是指任何富含氧化铁的岩石，能产生红色、黄色或棕色颜料。

From Mexico: In now flooded caves, researchers discovered the oldest known ochre mines in the Americas.

在当前被洪水淹没的洞穴中，研究人员发现了美洲最古老的赭石矿。

He applauds researchers from CINDAQ who discovered an ochre mining operation, that started 12,000 years ago.

他对这些CINDAQ的研究人员们表示赞许，因为他们发现了始于1。2万前的赭石采矿作业的遗迹。

Most of the paintings were done with charcoal but for some, the prehistoric artists used red ochre.

大多数的绘画都是木炭完成, 但对一些人来说, 这些史前艺术家们的是红赭石。

But archaeologists have uncovered more advanced uses of ochre dating to around 100,000 years ago.

但是考古学家发现了更多赭石的高级途，可以追溯到10万前。

And I was thinking, Well, maybe it's ocher.

我在想，嗯，也许是赭石色。

Ocher—it's among the earliest known pigments employed by humans.

赭石——它是人最早的已知颜料之一。

The walls were painted a battleship gray and the floors a muddy ochre.

墙壁漆成战舰灰色， 地板漆成泥泞的赭石色。

And underwater, the red light gets attenuated, so it looked kind of brown. And I was thinking, Well, maybe it's ocher.

红光在水下会变暗，所以看起来有点像棕色。我当时想，这可能是赭石。

In " Walkabout" , two children lost in the ochre outback contend with scorpions and snakes.

在“Walkabout”中，两个迷失在赭石内陆的孩子与蝎子和蛇作斗争。

'If you want to cheek us, pay your ochre at the doors and take it out'.

“如果你想欺负我们， 就在门口付你的赭石， 然后把它拿出来” 。

But we're gonna go in with this dark shade, cypress umber, before we get to the actual black shade.

但我们将会先这种深色，柏树赭石色，在真正的黑色之前。

Created using local ochres, and sometimes even blood, these artworks give an insight into the lives of Aboriginal peoples throughout the centuries.

这些画作以本地赭石绘制，有些甚至鲜血，您可以从中深入了解原住民数百来的生活。

These early artists mixed minerals, clay, charcoal, and ochre with spit or animal fat to create paint.

这些早期的艺术家将矿物、 粘土、 木炭和赭石与唾液或动物脂肪混在一起来创作颜料。

At a site known as Blombos Cave in South Africa, they found ochre-processing toolkits made of shells, stones and bones.

在南非的布隆伯斯洞穴，他们发现了贝壳、石头和骨头制作的一套赭石工具。