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

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Tiesler, Vera (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology, 7
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Cultural heritage.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; Cultural Heritage.

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....

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.