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The bioarchaeology of the human head : decapitation, decoration, and deformation. edited by Michelle Bonogofsky. foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen

Bonogofsky, Michelle Larsen, Clark Spencer c2011

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  • Title:
    The bioarchaeology of the human head : decapitation, decoration, and deformation. edited by Michelle Bonogofsky. foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen
  • Author: Bonogofsky, Michelle;
    Larsen, Clark Spencer
  • Subjects: Head -- Abnormalities;
    Head -- Social aspects;
    Skull -- Artificial deformities;
    Cranial manipulation;
    Beheading;
    Human remains (Archaeology);
    Crâne -- Malformations;
    Tête -- Aspect social;
    Craniologie;
    Décapitation;
    Restes humains (archéologie)
  • Description: Bibliogr. en fin de contributions. Index
    Contextualizing the human head : an introduction / Michelle Bonogofsky Heads as memorials and status symbols : the collection and use of skulls in the Torres Strait Islands / Heather Bonney and Margaret Clegg Melanesian modeled skulls, mortuary ritual, and dental X-rays : ancestors, enemies, women, and children / Michelle Bonogofsky and Jeremy Graham Marquesan trophy skulls : description, osteological analyses, and changing motivations in the South Pacific / Frédérique Valentin and Noémie Rolland The social lives of severed heads : skull collection and display in medieval and early modern Ireland / Barra O'Donnabhain Identifying the origins of decapitated male skeletons from 3 Driffield Terrace, York, through isotope analysis : reflections of the cosmopolitan nature of Roman York in the time of Caracalla / Janet Montgomery, Christopher J. Knüsel, and Katie Tucker Biohistory and cranial morphology : a forensic case from Spanish colonial Georgia / Christopher M. Stojanowski and William N. Duncan Skull deformation during the Iron Age in the Trans-Urals and western Siberia / Svetlana Sharapova and Dmitry Razhev Marking ethnicity through premortem cranial modification among the pre-Inca Chiribaya, Peru / María Cecilia Lozada Getting a head start in life : pre-Columbian Maya cranial modification from infancy to ancestorhood / Pamela L. Geller How the Wari fashioned trophy heads for display : a distinctive modified cranium from Cuzco, Peru, and comparison to trophies from the capital region / Valerie A. Andrushko Nasca trophy head origins and ancient DNA / Kathleen Forgey
  • Publisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2011
  • Creation Date: c2011
  • Format: 1 vol. (xix-323 p.) : ill., cartes, couv. ill. ; 25 cm
  • Language: English
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