Vera Tiesler: 2 books
Before Kukulkán
Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuná
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
This volume illuminates human lifeways in the northern Maya lowlands prior to the rise of Chichén Itzá. This period and area have been poorly understood on their own terms, obscured by scholarly focus on the central lowland Maya kingdoms. Before Kukulkán is anchored in three decades of interdisciplinary...
The Bioarchaeology of Artificial Cranial Modifications
New Approaches to Head Shaping and its Meanings in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
The artificial shaping of the skull vault of infants expresses fundamental aspects of crafted beauty, of identity, status and gender in a way no other body practice does. Combining different sources of information, this volume contributes new interpretations on Mesoamerican head shaping traditions....