Social skins of the head : body beliefs and ritual in ancient Mesoamerica and the Andes / edited by Vera Tiesler and María Cecilia Lozada
Tipo de material: TextoEditor: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2018]Descripción: xv, 283 páginas, 14 páginas no numeradas de láminas : ilustracionesTipo de contenido: texto Tipo de medio: sin medio Tipo de portador: volumenISBN: 9780826359636Tema(s): Indios -- Craniology | Indios -- AntropometriaClasificación CDD: 909/.0491411 Clasificación LoC:E59.C73 | S63Resumen: "The meanings of ritualized head treatments among ancient Mesoamerican and Andean peoples is the subject of this book, the first overarching coverage of an important subject. Heads are sources of power that protect, impersonate, emulate sacred forces, distinguish, or acquire identity within the native world. The essays in this book examine these themes in a wide array of indigenous head treatments, including facial cosmetics and hair arrangements, permanent cranial vault and facial modifications, dental decorations, posthumous head processing, and head hunting. They offer new insights into native understandings of beauty, power, age, gender, and ethnicity. The contributors are experts from such diverse fields as skeletal biology, archaeology, aesthetics, forensics, taphonomy, and art history" -- Proporcionado por el editorTipo de ítem | Biblioteca actual | Colección | Clasificación | Copia número | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras | Reserva de ítems |
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"The meanings of ritualized head treatments among ancient Mesoamerican and Andean peoples is the subject of this book, the first overarching coverage of an important subject. Heads are sources of power that protect, impersonate, emulate sacred forces, distinguish, or acquire identity within the native world. The essays in this book examine these themes in a wide array of indigenous head treatments, including facial cosmetics and hair arrangements, permanent cranial vault and facial modifications, dental decorations, posthumous head processing, and head hunting. They offer new insights into native understandings of beauty, power, age, gender, and ethnicity. The contributors are experts from such diverse fields as skeletal biology, archaeology, aesthetics, forensics, taphonomy, and art history" -- Proporcionado por el editor
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