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Boards and Cords
An Anthropological Study of Cranial Modification
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2024
Summary
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 infant’s head, or wrap tight bandages (e.g., cords) around the head. The result is a permanently modified, adult head.
In Boards and Cords, bioarchaeologist and skeletal biologist, Tyler G. O’Brien, 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 today’s modern-day use of the cranial orthotic helmet as corrective treatment for infants with deformational plagiocephaly.
This book is a valuable multidisciplinary tool for the student and scholar who wants to read a global account of intentional cranial modification.
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2024
ISBN-Print
978-1-5381-8348-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-5381-8349-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
150
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Acknowledgments No access
What is the proper terminology? No access
How is cranial modification defined? No access
How is cranial modification done? No access
At what age was cranial modification started and ended, and who did it? No access
When is the earliest evidence of cranial modification according to the historical record? No access
When is the earliest evidence of cranial modification according to the archaeological record? No access
Where is it found in the world? No access
Does cranial modification hurt or damage the brain? No access
Why was cranial modification performed? No access
Conclusion No access
Anatomy No access
Growth and Development No access
Sutures: Function and Premature Closure No access
Craniosynostosis No access
Conclusion No access
South America No access
The Church Says “No Más” No access
The Archaeological Evidence No access
Central America No access
North America No access
Cradleboards No access
Europe, Eurasia, and the Near East No access
Africa No access
Eastern Asia, Australia, and Oceania No access
Conclusion No access
Nineteenth-Century Typologies No access
A Reasonable Alternative Typology No access
Imbelloni’s Description of Tabular and Annular Modification No access
Typology Today No access
Measuring the Skull No access
A Traditional Craniometric Approach No access
Contemporary Computerized Approaches No access
Conclusion No access
Possible Pain or Injury to the Infant No access
Brain Anatomy and Function No access
Effects of Induced Compression and Tension No access
Conclusion No access
Crib Deaths and the SIDS Epidemic No access
The Back to Sleep Campaign No access
Unintended Consequence of Back to Sleep-Plagiocephaly No access
Perception of Abnormal Head Shape No access
Quantifying Asymmetry in the Plagiocephalic Infant No access
Options for Correcting Plagiocephaly No access
Massage Therapy and Cranial Manipulation No access
