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4731458Boards and Cordshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/boards-and-cords-9781538183496/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4341849/image.jpg?v=63885649929690000014501611MXNBloomsbury PublishingInStock/Ebooks/<p>Archaeological evidence and ethnohistoric accounts document ancient groups from around the world intentionally binding their infants head in one of two manners. Soon after birth they would either strap hard, flat devices (e.g., boards) to both the front and back of the infants head, or wrap tight bandages (e.g., cords) around the head. The result is a permanently modified, adult head.</p><p>In <em>Boards and Cords</em>, bioarchaeologist and skeletal biologist, Tyler G. OBrien, explores the long-practiced, biocultural phenomenon of intentional cranial modification via an anthropological lens. An introductory chapter offers briefly summarized answers to main questions often asked about cranial modification. The book then covers normal cranial growth and development to set the groundwork for understanding better how scientists interpret abnormally shaped pathological skulls from those that are modified. What follows is a thorough exploration of archaeological evidence and ethnohistoric accounts beginning with the earliest modified skulls, found at sites dating back 20,000 years, and continuing to todays modern-day use of the cranial orthotic helmet as corrective treatment for infants with deformational plagiocephaly.</p><p>This book is a valuable multidisciplinary tool for the student and scholar who wants to read a global account of intentional cranial modification.</p>...4446788Boards and Cords14501611https://www.gandhi.com.mx/boards-and-cords-9781538183496/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4341849/image.jpg?v=638856499296900000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249781538183496_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_<p>Archaeological evidence and ethnohistoric accounts document ancient groups from around the world intentionally binding their infants head in one of two manners. Soon after birth they would either strap hard, flat devices (e.g., boards) to both the front and back of the infants head, or wrap tight bandages (e.g., cords) around the head. The result is a permanently modified, adult head.</p><p>In Boards and Cords, bioarchaeologist and skeletal biologist, Tyler G. OBrien, explores the long-practiced, biocultural phenomenon of intentional cranial modification via an anthropological lens. An introductory chapter offers briefly summarized answers to main questions often asked about cranial modification. The book then covers normal cranial growth and development to set the groundwork for understanding better how scientists interpret abnormally shaped pathological skulls from those that are modified. What follows is a thorough exploration of archaeological evidence and ethnohistoric accounts beginning with the earliest modified skulls, found at sites dating back 20,000 years, and continuing to todays modern-day use of the cranial orthotic helmet as corrective treatment for infants with deformational plagiocephaly.</p><p>This book is a valuable multidisciplinary tool for the student and scholar who wants to read a global account of intentional cranial modification.</p>...(*_*)9781538183496_<p>Archaeological evidence and ethnohistoric accounts document ancient groups from around the world intentionally binding their infants head in one of two manners. Soon after birth they would either strap hard, flat devices (e.g., boards) to both the front and back of the infants head, or wrap tight bandages (e.g., cords) around the head. The result is a permanently modified, adult head.</p><p>In <em>Boards and Cords</em>, bioarchaeologist and skeletal biologist, Tyler G. OBrien, explores the long-practiced, biocultural phenomenon of intentional cranial modification via an anthropological lens. An introductory chapter offers briefly summarized answers to main questions often asked about cranial modification. The book then covers normal cranial growth and development to set the groundwork for understanding better how scientists interpret abnormally shaped pathological skulls from those that are modified. What follows is a thorough exploration of archaeological evidence and ethnohistoric accounts beginning with the earliest modified skulls, found at sites dating back 20,000 years, and continuing to todays modern-day use of the cranial orthotic helmet as corrective treatment for infants with deformational plagiocephaly.</p><p>This book is a valuable multidisciplinary tool for the student and scholar who wants to read a global account of intentional cranial modification.</p>...9781538183496_Rowman & Littlefield Publishers(*_*)9781538183496_Bloomsbury Publishinglibro_electonico_9781538183496_9781538183496Tyler G.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/rowman_academic-epub-b75889a2-9d39-429d-bf39-d408e3c1d734.epub2024-02-14T00:00:00+00:00Bloomsbury Publishing