From: Dac Regrt <pacificarchaeology@...>
Subject: Re: [austric] Ancestor Skull Veneration and Infant Head Binding
To: austric@yahoogroups.com
Received: Monday, August 4, 2008, 7:31 AM

how can a custom from jerico go to an island? --- On Thu, 7/31/08, TTT UUU <gymnogoy@yahoo. ca> wrote: From: TTT UUU <gymnogoy@yahoo. ca> Subject: [austric] Ancestor Skull Veneration and Infant Head Binding To: austric@yahoogroups .com Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 5:07 PM 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 a human shull from the Sepik River New Guinea, with the flesh remodeled in clay and painted. The eyes are replaced by white cowrie shells. This same custom was practiced in Jerico, Israel, thousands of years ago. This custom may have been carried east in the stone age to the New Guinea region.   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.   Robin Tim Day, Canada Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail