Friday, March 25, 2011

Case Study 12: Cranial Deformation



Fig.2.3. Different apparatuss used to deform the cranium of the Tiwanaku people of Peru (Howshower et ai. 1995.
 http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/nparr/index_files/Page398.htm



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation
Painting by Paul Kane, showing a Chinookan child in the process of having its head flattened, and an adult after the process.









I (Fruitpunchline (talk)) took a picture of three drawings on an information panel in the Museo Regional de Antropología in Mérida (state of Yucatán) (visited on 2010-08-04) and adapted them for use on Wikipedia.

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