The Bioarchaeology of Artificial Cranial Modifications New Approaches to Head Shaping and its Meanings in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and Beyond /

The Bioarchaeology of Artificial Cranial Modifications New Approaches to Head Shaping and its Meanings in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and Beyond /

The artificial shaping of the skull vault of infants expresses fundamental aspects of crafted beauty, of identity, status and gender in a way no other body practice does. Combining different sources of information, this volume contributes new interpretations on Mesoamerican head shaping traditions....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tiesler, Vera (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Series:Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology, 7
Subjects:
Social sciences.
Cultural heritage.
Anthropology.
Archaeology.
Social Sciences.
Cultural Heritage.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • 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, with comments by Pilar Zabala
  • PART II REGIONAL APPROACHES: HEAD 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 Preclassic Period
  • Head shapes in Classic period Mesoamerica
  • Growing up Maya. Gender, Identity and dynasty
  • Head-shaping during the second millennium. Postclassic and post-contact Mesoamerica
  • Conclusions: New perspectives for studying head-shaping practices in Mesoamerica.

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