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This document summarizes a study that used quantitative analysis to examine the social roles and meanings of artificial cranial deformation in pre-Hispanic populations in northern Chile. The researchers analyzed X-rays of 216 skulls from 7 archaeological sites dating from 3500-500 BCE. They used geometric morphometrics techniques to quantify cranial shapes and assess relationships between cranial morphology, grave goods, and social identities. Their results did not support the hypothesis that cranial shapin

Author
Giancarlo Rienzi
Language
EN