The bioarchaeology of artificial cranial modifications : new approaches to head shaping and its meanings in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and beyond

1. Verfasser: Tiesler, Vera , [VerfasserIn]
Zabala Aguirre, Pilar , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York : Springer, [2014].
Umfang/Format: xxvii, 269 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Part I. Interdisciplinary approaches to artificial cranial modification. Cultural frameworks for studying artificial cranial modifications : physical embodiment, identity, age, and gender ; Cranial expansion and artificial vault modifications ; Reconstructing ancient head-shaping traditions from the skeletal record ; Source compilation on head-shaping practices in Hispanic America / by Pilar Zabala -- Part II. Regional practices and their cultural meanings in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and beyond. Meanings of head-shaping practices in Mesoamerica ; Emulating Olmec gods through head form. Origins and the preclassic period ; Head shapes in classic period Mesoamerica ; Growing up Maya. Gender, identity and dynasty ; Head-shaping during the second millennium. Postclassic and postcontact Mesoamerica ; Conclusions : new perspectives for studying head-shaping practices in Mesoamerica. 
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