Social skins of the head: body beliefs and ritual in ancient Mesoamerica and the Andes

Introducing the social skins of the head in ancient Mesoamerica and the Andes / Vera Tiesler and María Cecilia Lozada -- What was being sealed? : cranial modification and ritual binding among the Maya / William N. Duncan and Gabrielle Vail -- Head shapes and group identity on the fringes of the Maya...

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Contributors: Tiesler, Vera (Editor) ; Lozada, María Cecilia (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Further subjects:B Indians ; Anthropometry
B Indians-Anthropometry
B Indians ; Craniology
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B Indians-Craniology
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520 |a Introducing the social skins of the head in ancient Mesoamerica and the Andes / Vera Tiesler and María Cecilia Lozada -- What was being sealed? : cranial modification and ritual binding among the Maya / William N. Duncan and Gabrielle Vail -- Head shapes and group identity on the fringes of the Maya lowlands / Vera Tiesler and Alfonso Lacadena -- Head shaping and tooth modification among the classic Maya of the Usumacinta River kingdoms / Andrew K. Scherer -- Cultural modification of the head : the case of Teopancazco in Teotihuacan / Luis Adrián Alvarado-Viñas and Linda R. Manzanilla -- Face painting among the classic Maya elites : an iconographic study / María Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, Cristina Vidal Lorenzo, and Patricia Horcajada Campos -- The importance of visage, facial treatment, and idiosyncratic traits in Maya royal portraiture during the reign of K'inich Janaab' Pakal of Palenque, 615-683 CE / Laura Filloy Nadal -- The representation of hair in the art of Chichén Itzá / Virginia E. Miller -- Effigies of death : representation, use, and reuse of human skulls at the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan / Ximena Chávez Balderas -- Emic perspectives on cultural practices pertaining to the head in Mesoamerica : a commentary and discussion of the chapters in part one / Gabrielle Vail -- Afterlives of the decapitated in ancient Peru / John W. Verano -- Head processing among La Ramada tradition of Southern Peru / María Cecilia Lozada, Alanna Warner-Smith, Rex C. Haydon, Hans Barnard, Augusto Cardona Rosas, and Raphael Greenberg -- From Wawa to "Trophy Head" : meaning, representation, and bioarchaeology of human heads from ancient Tiwanaku / Deborah E. Blom and Nicole C. Couture -- Cranial modification in the central Andes : person, language, political economy / Bruce Mannheim, Allison R. Davis, and Matthew C. Velasco -- Violence, power, and head extraction in the Kallawaya Region, Bolivia / Sara K. Becker and Sonia Alconini -- Semiotic portraits : expressions of communal identity in Wari faceneck vessels / Andrea Vazquez de Arthur -- Using their heads : the lives of crania in the Andes / Christine A. Hastorf. 
520 |a Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Chapter One. Introducing the Social Skins of the Head in Ancient Mesoamerica and the Andes by Vera Tiesler and María Cecilia Lozada -- Part One. Mesoamerica -- Chapter Two. What Was Being Sealed?: Cranial Modification and Ritual Binding among the Maya by William N. Duncan and Gabrielle Vail -- Chapter Three. Head Shapes and Group Identity on the Fringes of the Maya Lowlands by Vera Tiesler and Alfonso Lacadena -- Chapter Four. Head Shaping and Tooth Modification among the Classic Maya of the Usumacinta River Kingdoms by Andrew K. Scherer -- Chapter Five. Cultural Modification of the Head: The Case of Teopancazco in Teotihuacan by Luis Adrián Alvarado-Viñas and Linda R. Manzanilla -- Chapter Six. Face Painting among the Classic Maya Elites: An Iconographic Study by María Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, Cristina Vidal Lorenzo, and Patricia Horcajada Campos -- Chapter Seven. The Importance of Visage, Facial Treatment, and Idiosyncratic Traits in Maya Royal Portraiture during the Reign of K'inich Janaab' Pakal of Palenque, 615-683 CE by Laura Filloy Nadal -- Chapter Eight. The Representation of Hair in the Art of Chichén Itzá by Virginia E. Miller -- Chapter Nine. Effigies of Death: Representation, Use, and Reuse of Human Skulls at the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan by Ximena Chávez Balderas -- Chapter Ten. Emic Perspectives on Cultural Practices Pertaining to the Head in Mesoamerica: A Commentary and Discussion of the Chapters in Part One by Gabrielle Vail -- Part Two. Andes -- Chapter Eleven. Afterlives of the Decapitated in Ancient Peru by John W. Verano 
520 |a Chapter Twelve. Head Processing in the La Ramada Tradition of Southern Peru by María Cecilia Lozada, Alanna Warner-Smith, Rex C. Haydon, Hans Barnard, Augusto Cardona Rosas, and Raphael Greenberg -- Chapter Thirteen. From Wawa to "Trophy Head": Meaning, Representation, and Bioarchaeology of Human Heads from Ancient Tiwanaku by Deborah E. Blom and Nicole C. Couture -- Chapter Fourteen. Cranial Modification in the Central Andes: Person, Language, Political Economy by Bruce Mannheim, Allison R. Davis, and Matthew C. Velasco -- Chapter Fifteen. Violence, Power, and Head Extraction in Kallawaya Region, Bolivia by Sara K. Becker and Sonia Alconini -- Chapter Sixteen. Semiotic Portraits: Expressions of Communal Identity in Wari Faceneck Vessels by Andrea Vazquez de Arthur -- Chapter Seventeen. Using Their Heads: The Lives of Crania in the Andes by Christine A. Hastorf -- Index 
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