This paper contributes an alternative view on artificial head shaping practices among the Maya, which we examine through the lens of those European chroniclers who still witnessed it as a living practice during the colonial era. Unwillingly, these sources testify longstanding cultural motivations for the ancient tradition of modifying infants' vaults, which appear intimately tied to prehispanic Maya worldviews and daily ritual practices. The recognition of these motives provides a valuable point of departure for understanding the deeply embedded cultural roles this head practice once played. The last part of the paper compares and discusses the information provided by the colonial sources jointly with the results obtained from a study of se...
The present study evaluates the dental and artificial cranial morphology of Classic period Lowland M...
The paper presents evidence for the definition and origin of a figural jade theme that is common in ...
[EN] This research focuses on a pre-hispanic polychrome ceramic censer representing a monkey-scribe ...
Recent attempts to study cranial modification have suggested that the practice was a part of embodim...
Induced deformation of the cranial vault is one form of permanent alteration of the body that has be...
Through an integral perspective of longue durée, the present work centers on clarifying the role pla...
The images of Maya dignitaries take the most important places in monumental art during Classic perio...
Presented in the session Cultural Meanings of Head Treatments in Mesoamerican and Andean Societies....
Architecture is one of the more complex human manifestations since it agglutinates a whole range of ...
This article suggests that trophy head taking among the Classic Maya was a complex phenomenon. It as...
Experimental archaeology is a field that helps us to understand how prehistoric activities developed...
From the historical point of view, the literature on caves and cenotes has been thin. By adopting a ...
Muchas de las actuales prácticas devocionales de los pueblos originarios de América Latina y el Ca...
By focusing on Maya ritual symbolism found in the iconography and archaeology of the pre-contact New...
In a universal way feathers have been includes in different utilitarian and symbolic aspects. For th...
The present study evaluates the dental and artificial cranial morphology of Classic period Lowland M...
The paper presents evidence for the definition and origin of a figural jade theme that is common in ...
[EN] This research focuses on a pre-hispanic polychrome ceramic censer representing a monkey-scribe ...
Recent attempts to study cranial modification have suggested that the practice was a part of embodim...
Induced deformation of the cranial vault is one form of permanent alteration of the body that has be...
Through an integral perspective of longue durée, the present work centers on clarifying the role pla...
The images of Maya dignitaries take the most important places in monumental art during Classic perio...
Presented in the session Cultural Meanings of Head Treatments in Mesoamerican and Andean Societies....
Architecture is one of the more complex human manifestations since it agglutinates a whole range of ...
This article suggests that trophy head taking among the Classic Maya was a complex phenomenon. It as...
Experimental archaeology is a field that helps us to understand how prehistoric activities developed...
From the historical point of view, the literature on caves and cenotes has been thin. By adopting a ...
Muchas de las actuales prácticas devocionales de los pueblos originarios de América Latina y el Ca...
By focusing on Maya ritual symbolism found in the iconography and archaeology of the pre-contact New...
In a universal way feathers have been includes in different utilitarian and symbolic aspects. For th...
The present study evaluates the dental and artificial cranial morphology of Classic period Lowland M...
The paper presents evidence for the definition and origin of a figural jade theme that is common in ...
[EN] This research focuses on a pre-hispanic polychrome ceramic censer representing a monkey-scribe ...