El Modelado Artificial De La Cabeza Durante La Colonia. Una Tradición Maya en El Espejo De Las Fuentes Históricas

Tiesler, Vera; Aguirre, Pilar Zabala

doi:10.19130/iifl.ecm.2011.38.50

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“…Eventually, the Spanish conquest would force the abandonment of such practices, initially in the urban population and then, slowly, also in the rural hinterlands (Tiesler and Zabala, 2011). Among the Lacandon Maya, the isolation from European oppression appears to have led to the persistence of this practice until recent times (Palka, 2005).…”

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The identity and worship of humain remains in rockshelter shrines among the Northern Lacandons of Mensabäk

Cucina¹,

Tiesler²,

Palka³

2015

Estudios de Cultura Maya

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The present bioarchaeological and taphonomic investigation focuses on the skeletal remains deposited on surfaces of Lacandon rock-shelter sanctuaries around the Mensabäk lagoon in Chiapas (in particular the ones of Sak Tak and Mensabäk). The Lacandon locals still identify these remains with their ancestors and deities. Here we examine the minimum number of individuals, the age-at-death and sex profiles of those who comprise the assemblages, and their skeletal indications of physiological stress, trauma and cultural modification. Equally distributed between males and females, the series are made up of mainly middle-age adults, with subadults noticeably missing. Al preserved skulls express the effects of cradleboard use (tabular erect form). The pathological conditions recorded in this study appear as criba orbitalia and porotic hyperostosis in the skull, and periostal reactions in the long bones; however, the secondary nature of the deposit limits the possibility of making specific diagnoses.

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The identity and worship of humain remains in rockshelter shrines among the Northern Lacandons of Mensabäk

Cucina¹,

Tiesler²,

Palka³

2015

Estudios de Cultura Maya

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“…1 A lo largo de la segunda mitad del siglo pasado, fue Arturo Romano (1965,1974) quien encabezó las investigaciones del tema en México. Entrando al nuevo milenio, quizá Josefina Bautista (Bautista, 2002(Bautista, , 2005Bautista y Romano, 2001;Gómez, Bautista y Romano, 2007) y Vera Tiesler (1998Tiesler ( , 2005Tiesler ( , 2010Tiesler ( , 2012Tiesler ( , 2014Tiesler y Zabala, 2011) son las principales investigadoras nacionales que han seguido la línea de Romano.…”

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“…Las modificaciones evidentes se dejaron de practicar a lo largo del tiempo colonial frente a la invasión de otras culturas -la prohibición por la Corona española-al menos en la mayoría de las partes del área maya (Tiesler y Zabala, 2011). Sin embargo, no se extinguió la raíz ideológica de la atención a la forma de la cabeza ni el mismo deseo de todas las madres de cada temporalidad de que sus criaturas tengan un sano crecimiento y puedan integrarse correctamente en la sociedad en un futuro.…”

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Modelar la cabeza: una tradición mesoamericana milenaria desde el Preclásico hasta la actualidad

Yon

Gómez

Morales

et al. 2017

ECMAYA

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Resumen: El modelado cefálico intencional fue una costumbre prehispánica ampliamente difundida y profundamente arraigada en la vida cotidiana de los pueblos mesoamericanos, en especial los mayas. Tras su prohibición por la Corona española, la tradición fue cayendo en el olvido y hoy en día constituye un tema interesante de investigación abordado desde la perspectiva de la bioarqueología, la antropología física y la etnohistoria. Esta investigación parte de cuestionar este punto: ¿la tradición de modelado cefálico en realidad se extinguió? Para dar respuesta a esta interrogante se realizaron una serie de encuestas y entrevistas en el territorio actual de Guatemala. Los resultados obtenidos y confrontados con lo discutido por la bioarqueología representan una excelente analogía que vislumbra la continuación y la transformación de la tradición prehispánica.Palabras clave: modelado cefálico, mayas contemporáneos, corporeidad, antropología del cuerpo, Guatemala. Abstract:Head shaping was a widespread prehispanic practice deeply rooted in Mesoamerican people's everyday life, especially among the Maya. After the Spanish Conquest, this practice was prohibited and has fallen in disuse, until becoming an interesting research topic for bioarcheology, physical anthropology, and ethnohistory, or, at least, this is what is commonly thought. Our research began by asking this point. Is the cranial shaping tradition really extinct? To address this query, we conducted questionnaires and interviews in the current territory of Guatemala. After that, we compared results with the recent bioarchaeological discussions and

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“…The most ancient human remains demonstrating the existence of ACM in Mexico are those of a skull found in the Tehuacán valley, dated to 8500–7000 BP (Anderson, ; Lagunas Rodríguez, ). Following this, the practice of ACM was varied and widespread until its prohibition after the Spanish conquest (1519–1521 AD; Tiesler, , ; Tiesler & Cucina, ; Tiesler & Zabala, ). Overall, analysis of the reported cases of ACM in Mesoamerica indicates that the skulls were deformed by either applying rigid cephalic gears or using cradles that integrated a cranial modification device (Romano, ; Tiesler, ).…”

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Neurocranial shape variation among Tarascan populations: Evidence for varying degrees in artificially modified crania in pre‐Hispanic West Mexico (1200–1400 AD)

Natahi

Coquerelle

Pereira

et al. 2019

American J Phys Anthropol

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Introduction: Along the Mesoamerican western margin, the Zacapu basin has yielded a large number of human remains demonstrating usage of artificial cranial modification (ACM). However, at the onset of the Middle Postclassic (1200-1400 AD) only few individuals still exhibit clear signs of ACM. Some authors have suggested that, rather than disappearing entirely, ACM may have become less visible anatomically, making it difficult to identify based on simple visual analyses. Here, we used 3D geometric morphometric methods to investigate the extent to which ACM persisted during the Postclassic in this region. Materials and methods: We measured the 3D vault's shape changes in a sample of surface-scanned human crania: 55 individuals from the Postclassic Zacapu basin and a control group of 31 individuals from a Huichol Mexican Indian sample and a French medieval series from La Granède. We used a principal component analysis to explore the shape variation within the sample and employed the neighbor joining method to identify morphological groups. Finally, we quantified each individual's asymmetry. Results: We identified three groups displaying shape features diverging from those of the control group. The first group is characterized by marked fronto-obelionic ACM, whereas the other two show mild forms of ACM. The individuals in all three groups display moderate to high degrees of asymmetry compared to the control group. Discussion: The marked fronto-obelionic modification is clear evidence of a specific ACM technique. The two types of mild ACM most likely result from different techniques but their moderate degree of modification brings into question the intentions behind their production. K E Y W O R D S 3D geometric morphometrics, artificial cranial modification, asymmetry, Mesoamerican Archaeology

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El Modelado Artificial De La Cabeza Durante La Colonia. Una Tradición Maya en El Espejo De Las Fuentes Históricas

Cited by 4 publications

References 7 publications

The identity and worship of humain remains in rockshelter shrines among the Northern Lacandons of Mensabäk

The identity and worship of humain remains in rockshelter shrines among the Northern Lacandons of Mensabäk

Modelar la cabeza: una tradición mesoamericana milenaria desde el Preclásico hasta la actualidad

Neurocranial shape variation among Tarascan populations: Evidence for varying degrees in artificially modified crania in pre‐Hispanic West Mexico (1200–1400 AD)

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