Skull Collection, Modification and Decoration
Material type: TextSeries: BAR International Series ; 1539Publication details: Oxford BAR Publishing 2016 Edition: 2ndISBN: 9780000000000Subject(s): Mortuary Practice--history | Neolithic Period | Studies in funerary archaeologyItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | The BIAA David H. French Library Shelf 30 - Main Room | E BONOG 30993 | Not for loan | BOOKS-000000023886 |
CONTENTSList of Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viPreface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiEuropeInside Kurtz's Compound:Headhunting and the Human Body in Prehistoric Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Ian ArmitMiddle EastComplexity in Context:Plain, Painted and Modeled Skulls from the Neolithic Middle East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Michelle BonogofskyGetting Ahead:Exploring Meanings of Skulls in the Neolithic Near East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Karina CroucherEurasiaPlastered Skulls of the Catacomb Culture in the Northern Pontic Region........................... 45Elke KaiserDecoration of Skulls:Funerary Rituals of the Yamnaya and Catacomb Cultures in the Eurasian Bronze Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Natalia I. ShishlinaThe Yenisei Mummies with Modeled Skulls and Masks from Siberia.............................. 67Elga B. VadetskaiaOceaniaThe Taphonomy of Cranial Modification in Papua New Guinea:Implications for the Archaeology of Mortuary Ritual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Ann L. W. StodderNew WorldMoche Skulls in Cross-Cultural Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Erica HillTrophy" Heads in Prehistoric Peru:Wari Imperial Influence on Nasca Head-Taking Practices...................................... 101Corina M. KellnerSkulls Collected for Scalping in the Gran Chaco............................................. 113Marcela MendozaPostmortem Skeletal Modifications of the Pre-Columbian North American Mid-Continent . . . . . . . . . . . . 119C. Scott SpealAbstracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139"