Autore |
Tiesler Vera
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Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (281 p.)
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Disciplina |
301.7
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Collana |
Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
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Soggetto topico |
Archaeology
Anthropology
Cultural heritage
Cultural Heritage
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ISBN |
1-4614-8760-9
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Formato |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
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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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484942403321 |