| Cacique Caribe | 24 Jan 2006 2:30 a.m. PST |
Have any Neanderthal or Sapiens skulls been found that were intentionally elongated or flattened, like these examples from much later? link
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link Is there even a scientific name for this practice of skull binding? CC |
| arsienal | 24 Jan 2006 5:20 a.m. PST |
Must be skulls of elves. If Karen elongation of the neck can be done, and Chinese feet binding works, I'm sure elongation of the skull is possible. |
| Robert Crawford | 24 Jan 2006 5:32 a.m. PST |
I've always seen it described as "skull binding", even in relatively technical resources. A quick Google, ignoring the crystals-and-aliens types, gets this, which says it's a relatively recent practice. link |
| COGGESHALL | 24 Jan 2006 5:38 a.m. PST |
I seem to recollect that skull binding was practised by the Huns. |
| Area23 | 24 Jan 2006 6:25 a.m. PST |
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| Napoleon III | 24 Jan 2006 7:30 a.m. PST |
"Must be skulls of elves." LOL!! no wonder those GW-style Elves' helmets are so "cone-head" shaped!!?? ;-) |
| Condottiere | 24 Jan 2006 8:05 a.m. PST |
One of the first things I read on this age this morning……wow…what a weird topic it seemed at first.  then I had coffee and revisited the topic. Still weird. I suppose that it wouldn't take much for primitive man to discover that a newborn's skull is rather soft and pliable, so some shaping could be done. |
| Doctor Skull | 24 Jan 2006 10:26 a.m. PST |
In addition to the afformentioned groups cranial deformation has been practiced by numerous societies in Central American with a sphere of influence that extends into the southern North America. As for the original question, no there hasn't been any evidence of the practice among Archaic or early Anatomically modern H. sapiens. The practice appears to relate to class differentiation in state formations. It sets the hereditary rulers apart from the rest. |
| Doctor Skull | 24 Jan 2006 10:30 a.m. PST |
Oh, and I should add that states need to be supported by agriculture which has only been around for the last 10,000 years or so. |
| Cacique Caribe | 24 Jan 2006 1:49 p.m. PST |
COGGESHALL, The first link is of a Hun. Too bad sculptors have not caught on that. It would really make for some alien looking figures on historical games! CC |
| westphalia | 24 Jan 2006 4:53 p.m. PST |
There's plenty of bad sculpting out there to make your Huns' skulls look artifically elongated. |
| Cacique Caribe | 24 Jan 2006 4:55 p.m. PST |
LOL! Sadly true, but funny. CC |
| Napoleon III | 25 Jan 2006 7:44 a.m. PST |
Surely we are giving this WAY too much credence? That middle link (of CC's above), at the very least seems completely bogus: link Surely it is not "coincidental" that a site called "UFO Disclosure" comes up with photo "evidence" of skulls of cone-heads, little grey men, and Star Wars-musician types?? All too "Alien Autopsy"-like for me. Amazing what one can do with latex and/or PhotoShop these days… Entertaining, though. Thanks! |
Stronty Girl  | 25 Jan 2006 10:42 a.m. PST |
There has been some suggestion that early Australian aborigine skulls look "extra primitive" because of some sort of skull binding. Can't for the life of me remember where i read it though… |
| Cacique Caribe | 26 Jan 2006 4:02 a.m. PST |
Napoleon III, It is too bad when authentic archaeological discoveries, though odd, end up being used to promote far-fetched theories and myths. Yet this should not diminish the fact that they are authentic artifacts of past human practices, however weird they may seem to us at this moment in time. CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 31 May 2008 8:18 p.m. PST |
If you want to game an alien-connection out of this: TMP link
link CC |
