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Re: [austric] Re: Ancestor Skull Veneration and Infant Head Binding

Francesco
On an earlier thread I posted.... I have been wondering if the South American drugs like cocaine and nicotene turning up in Africa (Egyptian mummies) may have come down the Amazon self propelled rather than via a Pacific Ocean route. The conquistador Orellana led the first group of Spanish this way from the Napo River Ecuador and they made it to the Atlantic in 6 months if I recall. Been reading about Orellana's account since I was in this part of  Ecuador in April.
 
Robin Day Canada

--- On Fri, 8/1/08, Francesco Brighenti <frabrig@...> wrote:
From: Francesco Brighenti <frabrig@...>
Subject: [austric] Re: Ancestor Skull Veneration and Infant Head Binding
To: austric@yahoogroups.com
Received: Friday, August 1, 2008, 5:31 PM



--- In austric@yahoogroups .com, TTT UUU <gymnogoy@.. .> wrote:
 
> On p.199 a mother from the New Britian Islands, east of New
> Guinea, is photographed binding he head of an infant with bark
> cloth to elongate the skull. This custom was common in central and
> south America but I had not known it was practiced in the New
> Guinea region.

Artificial cranial deformation, a practice having a prehistoric
origin, was once practised in all five continents. The great British
anthropologist Eric John Dingwall has written an entire book on this
subject. It can be read in full at

http://www.artifici alcranialdeforma tion.info/ Dingwall/ index.htm

See also the interesting collection of quotes on this subject (with
pictures) at

http://tinyurl. com/5554hm

Regards,
Francesco


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Found two interesting items in an older book by National Geographic:  Shadbolt M. and O. Ruhen. 1969. Isles of the South Pacific. 212 p.  On p. 202 there is... 		TTT UUU
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...   ... Artificial cranial deformation, a practice having a prehistoric origin, was once practised in all five continents. The great British anthropologist...
Francesco Brighenti
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Francesco On an earlier thread I posted.... I have been wondering if the South American drugs like cocaine and nicotene turning up in Africa (Egyptian...
TTT UUU
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how can a custom from jerico go to an island? ... From: TTT UUU <gymnogoy@...> Subject: [austric] Ancestor Skull Veneration and Infant Head Binding To:...
Dac Regrt
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Hello Dac Islands are not totally isolated. Customs travel the globe with the dispersal of people and can be retained for ages. New Guinea etc. was not always...
TTT UUU
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Regarding the saving of family skulls and fleshing them out with clay and paint. This custom is also practiced in the New Hebrides Islands well east of New...
TTT UUU
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2:10 pm

If you liked your grand-dad, then you might go a bit further than just drop him into a pit in the ground, and forget about him. But then, you've got very few...
Richard Parker
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