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Boards and Cords: Discriminating Types of Artificial Cranial Deformation in Prehispanic South Central Andean Populations.

O'Brien, T. G., Stanley, A. M.·2013·International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
DOI 10.1002/oa.1269
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ABSTRACT For over a century, a number of ambiguous typologies have been employed to distinctly categorise types of artificial cranial deformation. This paper provides a quantitative method, based on multiple dimensions and discriminant function analysis, by which to assign skulls not only into discrete categories: deformed or not, but also by type: annular or tabular. A series of prehispanic, adult, human crania (n = 469) from archaeological sites in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru represented by both normal and artificially deformed specimens, provide craniometric data for four measurements across the vault: maximum cranial length, breadth and height and the frontal chord. These data are used to develop three indices which in turn are used to compute two discriminant functions. Results are plotted on a territorial map whereby the type of deformity can be determined. When these methods were applied to a comparative cranial sample of nondeformed skulls from South America, 100% of the samples was found to be nondeformed. When these methods were applied to the samples which were subjectively classified a priori by the first author as nondeformed, 81.3% of the samples were found to be nondeformed. This study demonstrates the value of a more objective and quantitative method by which to classify artificial cranial deformation, and thus provides a new approach. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • O'Brien and Stanley (2013) assessed normal variation and used a quantitative approach to analyze whether a skull was modified.

    “This includes O'Brien and Stanley, 2013 interesting work on skulls from throughout the Andes that included assessment of normal variation and a quantitative approach to the analysis of whether a skull was modified.”

    From Cranial modification and the shapes of heads across the Andes (2020) · cites this paper as O'Brien and Stanley, 2013

  • Unintentionally deformed crania can be seen in some native North American groups, such as from resting a child's head on a cradleboard.

    “It is well known that unintentionally deformed crania can be seen in some native North American groups; such as resting a child’s head on a cradleboard [23–25].”

    From Investigating intentional cranial modification: A hybridized two-dimensional/three-dimensional study of the Hirota site, Tanegashima, Japan (2023) · cites this paper as [24]

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Authors
O'Brien, T. G., & Stanley, A. M.
Affiliations
  • Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls IA 50614 USA
  • University of Northern Iowa (US)
ORCID
Stanley, A. M.
Venue
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2011-08-12
Volume
23
Issue
4
Pages
459-470
ISSN
  • 1047-482X (ISSN-L)
  • 1099-1212
DOI
10.1002/oa.1269
OpenAlex
W1955085433
Cited by
28
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
FWCI
2.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (publishedVersion)
  • UNI ScholarWorks (University of Northern Iowa) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Paleopathology and ancient diseases
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Keywords
artificial cranial deformation, discriminant function analysis, Southern Central Andes

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