The Modified View
The Modified View
Mayan Dental Modification
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Dive into this exploration of Mayan culture and body conceptualization through the discussion of dental modification.
Sources:
Tiesler, V., Lozada, M. C., & Scherer, A. K. (2018). Head Shaping and Tooth Modification Among the Classic Maya of the Usumacinta River Kingdoms. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Geller, Pamela L. 2006 Altering Identities: Body Modification and the Pre-Columbian Maya. In Social Archaeology of Funerary Remains, Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Houston, Stephen D., David Stuart, and Karl Taube, 2006, The Memory of Bones: Body, Being, and Experience among the Classic Maya. University of Texas Press, Austin.
Serafin, Masson, M. A., Peraza Lope, C., Kennett, D. J., & George, R. J. (2022). Social Identity and Dental Modification at the Postclassic Maya Urban Centre of Mayapan. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 32(1), 117–135. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774321000342
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Maya-people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MFKy7DJsCY&ab_channel=NationalGeographic
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