Comments on: Artificial Cranial Modification: Head Shaping http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2009/05/artificial-cranial-modification-head-shaping/ Archaeology, anthropology, science, and skepticism Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:51:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sorting Out Science » Blog Archive » Four Stone Hearth #67 http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2009/05/artificial-cranial-modification-head-shaping/comment-page-1/#comment-2646 Sorting Out Science » Blog Archive » Four Stone Hearth #67 Fri, 14 May 2010 20:16:41 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=339#comment-2646 [...] If you’re not particularly prone to psychosomatic ailments, A Hot Cup of Joe provides a pair of interesting posts on things people have done to their heads (or, to be precise, Artificial Cranial Modification). Go check out Joe’s posts on Trephination and Head Shaping. [...] [...] If you’re not particularly prone to psychosomatic ailments, A Hot Cup of Joe provides a pair of interesting posts on things people have done to their heads (or, to be precise, Artificial Cranial Modification). Go check out Joe’s posts on Trephination and Head Shaping. [...]

]]> By: Neuro News Nanos - Ryan Sager - Neuroworld - True/Slant http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2009/05/artificial-cranial-modification-head-shaping/comment-page-1/#comment-2165 Neuro News Nanos - Ryan Sager - Neuroworld - True/Slant Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:11:51 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=339#comment-2165 [...] Artificial modification of the human skull — present on every inhabited continent and at various periods in human history and prehistory [...] [...] Artificial modification of the human skull — present on every inhabited continent and at various periods in human history and prehistory [...]

]]> By: Wednesday Round Up #105 « Neuroanthropology http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2009/05/artificial-cranial-modification-head-shaping/comment-page-1/#comment-2095 Wednesday Round Up #105 « Neuroanthropology Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:00:46 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=339#comment-2095 [...] Feagans, Artificial Cranial Modification: Head Shaping Skull shaping reviewed at A Hot Cup of Joe, which looks at examples from around the [...] [...] Feagans, Artificial Cranial Modification: Head Shaping Skull shaping reviewed at A Hot Cup of Joe, which looks at examples from around the [...]

]]> By: Neuroarchaeology anyone? « time travelling http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2009/05/artificial-cranial-modification-head-shaping/comment-page-1/#comment-2039 Neuroarchaeology anyone? « time travelling Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:06:51 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=339#comment-2039 [...] been explained as due to the aesthetic appeal of this morphology among its practitioners. In a brilliant blog review on this practice, a hot cup of joe explains that For the Arawe, the practice was “purely an aesthetic one” and [...] [...] been explained as due to the aesthetic appeal of this morphology among its practitioners. In a brilliant blog review on this practice, a hot cup of joe explains that For the Arawe, the practice was “purely an aesthetic one” and [...]

]]> By: DDeden http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2009/05/artificial-cranial-modification-head-shaping/comment-page-1/#comment-575 DDeden Sun, 24 May 2009 04:42:42 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=339#comment-575 I'd say nearly all traditional cranial modification resulted from infant binding in backpack cradles, especially among hill (Andean) and horse peoples (Kushan). Human infants are extraordinarily vulnerable and altricial, but when bound securely to a mother become part of the mother's security system. Beauty is in the eye of the survivor. Later sedentary agricultural villages reduced the need for this. I’d say nearly all traditional cranial modification resulted from infant binding in backpack cradles, especially among hill (Andean) and horse peoples (Kushan). Human infants are extraordinarily vulnerable and altricial, but when bound securely to a mother become part of the mother’s security system. Beauty is in the eye of the survivor. Later sedentary agricultural villages reduced the need for this.

]]> By: thinkingdifference http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2009/05/artificial-cranial-modification-head-shaping/comment-page-1/#comment-574 thinkingdifference Sat, 23 May 2009 21:08:14 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.net/?p=339#comment-574 "For the Arawe, the practice was “purely an aesthetic one” and had no magico-religious or class motivations associated with it. There were no rituals or or ceremonies involved and appeared to be done simply because it was found aesthetically pleasing" I wonder how does something become 'aesthetically pleasing', according to what social norms and hierarchies of power classifying something as 'beautiful' or 'pleasing'? “For the Arawe, the practice was “purely an aesthetic one” and had no magico-religious or class motivations associated with it. There were no rituals or or ceremonies involved and appeared to be done simply because it was found aesthetically pleasing”

I wonder how does something become ‘aesthetically pleasing’, according to what social norms and hierarchies of power classifying something as ‘beautiful’ or ‘pleasing’?

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