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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| Language: | English |
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico Press
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Further subjects: | B
Indians ; Anthropometry
B Indians-Anthropometry B Indians ; Craniology B Electronic books B Indians-Craniology |
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| Summary: | 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. 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 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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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 0826359647 |