The bioarchaeology of artificial cranial modifications new approaches to head shaping and its meanings in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and beyond
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York
Springer
2014
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| Schriftenreihe: | Interdisclipinary contributions to archaeology
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Skull / Artificial deformities
> Head / Social aspects / Mexico
> Head / Social aspects / Central America
> Indians of Mexico / Craniology
> Indians of Central America / Craniology
> Human remains (Archaeology) / Mexico
> Human remains (Archaeology) / Central America
> Indians of Mexico / Social life and customs
> Indians of Central America / Social life and customs
> Indians of Mexico / Antiquities
> Indians of Central America / Antiquities
> Alltag, Brauchtum
> Funde
> Gesellschaft
> Ritus
> Schädelanomalie
> Archäobiologie
> Präkolumbische Zeit
> Schädel
> Deformation
> Mexico / Antiquities
> Central America / Antiquities
> Mexiko
> Mesoamerika
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Tag hinzufügen | Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index 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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| Beschreibung: | XXVII, 269 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781461487593 978-1-4614-8759-3 1461487595 1-4614-8759-5 |