Potrero de Guadalupe: Anthropologie funéraire d'une communauté pré-tarasque du nord du Michoacán, Mexique

Pereira, Grégory

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“…Although less studied than in the rest of Mesoamerica, ACM techniques were extensively reported throughout Western Mexico (e.g., Acosta, ; Bautista & Ortega, ; Gill, ; Hulse, ; Meighan & Foote, ; Stewart, ; Uruñuela y Ladron de Guevara, ). As part of this area, the Mexican state of Michoacán provides many examples from the Preclassic (100 BC to 300 AD) to the Postclassic (900–1500 AD) periods (Lagunas Rodríguez, ; Oliveros, ; Pereira, ; Pereira, ). Pereira () showed the evolution of these techniques within the state from the Preclassic (100 BC to 300 AD) to the Postclassic (900–1500 AD) periods.…”

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“…Visual examination of the human cranial remains indicates that ACM techniques likely underwent a major cultural shift (Pereira, , ). Prior to the Postclassic, evidence for ACM was widespread and modified crania demonstrated a large number of different marked shape variations in the Zacapu basin.…”

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“…Prior to the Postclassic, evidence for ACM was widespread and modified crania demonstrated a large number of different marked shape variations in the Zacapu basin. Yet, the cranial records for the Postclassic period deviate from this pattern of ACM expression, which Pereira has interpreted as being indicative of a shift toward preference for unmodified crania and mild forms of ACM (Pereira, , ). Indeed, on several individuals originally thought to be unmodified, he has observed morphological criteria that authors traditionally report as preferentially expressed among culturally modified crania (Antón & Weinstein, ; Tiesler, , ).The majority of crania either display subtle features that are likely examples of mild ACM, or do not exhibit any signs of ACM at all.…”

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“…These are usually considered to be the most easily recognizable and reliable traits that suggest prior application of ACM devices. Nonetheless, several authors report that some cases of mild ACM would not appear vastly different from a group of unmodified crania, complicating substantially the identification of mild forms based on those criteria (Anderson, ; Antón, ; Pereira, ; Pomeroy et al, ; Tiesler, , ). Apart from bone flattening and broadening, other nonmetric traits have been suggested to help support the diagnosis of ACM in skeletal samples.…”

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“…For the Postclassic period in the Zacapu basin, Pereira (, ) has suggested, based on visual examination, that some skulls resemble the mild forms of ACM discussed above. In order to test Pereira's assertion and determine whether ACM techniques were used in these populations, we quantify the shape variation in a sample of Postclassic individuals from two archaeological sites: El Palacio and Malpaís Prieto (Figure ).…”

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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)

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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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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%