Ancient Child Sacrifice and Modern Sensibilities
A brief warning: this post contains a few images of sub-adult skeletal remains. The photos, however, are instructive and help to offer context. I subscribe […]
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A Review of Jaime Maussan’s Alien Mummy from Peru
The following is a quick look at a strange but popular story making its rounds on the internet, mostly in Facebook. I have no doubt […]
Hair Color and Mummification
At least some if not much of what drives the association of Peruvian skulls that are elongated (by head-binding in their first 3 years of life) […]
American Conspiracy theorist and pseudoscience proponent may be attempting to circumvent Peruvian authorities to desecrate human remains
Today, conspiracy theorist and pseudoscience proponent J. Hutton Pulitzer “tweeted” a photo of a woman holding a human skull while standing in what appears to […]
Archaeologists Add Drones to Their Survey and Remote Sensing Toolbox
Originally developed with a military purpose in mind, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) –also called “drones”– offer archaeologists an efficient advantage when it comes to archaeological […]
Artificial Cranial Modification: Trephination
Image by Luciana Christante via Flickr The practice of artificially modifying the human skull has been a part of human culture as far back as […]