Elongated heads of the Peruvian Indians, as a sign of status. Study of archaeological finds in Peru.
Deformed skulls for the media for some reason for some reason are sensational findings. And surely they have evidences of visiting the earth by aliens, found just about yesterday, and they do not mind that Hippocrates, who died already in the 4th century BC, described the people with elongated skulls who lived on the section between Europe and Asia up to Meotida Lake, as the Sea of Azov was earlier called. Pointing out that they were artificially deformed skulls from childhood, as a symbol of belonging to the noble class. But if I mention it, it will probably look too tedious and not interesting, and aliens with Alpha Centauri are much more interesting and romantic, if you add here a story about how the ancient people looked at their flights over the ground, on their plates and sought to be like them. And viewers and readers with a special spree carry fakes along social networks, which was also recently studied by scientists. For some reason, skulls from South America are discussed for some reason. Often you can meet headlines - "Unusual creatures, strange skulls from Peru as evidence of visiting aliens or scientists in shock and something there is hidden." Although, just advocates of conspiracies and conceal artifacts from modern science, as in the case of the mummy of a pregnant woman, allegedly found back in 1840 and who had a child in the womb already with a deformed skull. To the whole world these researchers demonstrated sketches of the find. But it seems that this mystery will remain uncovered, since the whereabouts of the Peruvian mummy is unknown. But most likely fans to make sensations believe that a simple viewer or reader does not need to know that such distortions over their heads were created by people not only in South America, but also in different parts of the world. And also independently of each other and in different periods. So in Eurasia this practice was applied by landowners from the fertile lands of the Middle East, Sarmatians, Alans, Huns, Goths and East German tribes. Similar skulls were found in the South of Russia and the North Caucasus, also in the Crimea, Central Asia, the Volga region, the Transcaucasus and Siberia. Also in China and in the territories of modern Syria and Iran, and many more where. In Africa, such traditions were found in the territories of modern Tunisia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Algeria and Madagascar. And this method was common among the inhabitants of the Bahamas and the aborigines of Australia. In France, in general, this practice was already encountered until the 20th century and the most widespread was the Toulouse deformation. This is me to what? So this is how much information should be deliberately hidden by the "cooks" of TV programs and articles, so that there are reports of sensational findings, for fans to tickle their ears with noodles.
Although some advanced media manage to make and from the wide dissemination of such practices the theory of aliens. Successfully associating this with the fact that they all saw enough of the aliens. In general, it is easiest to create a sensation from scratch if desired.
There is both artificial and natural deformation of the skull, but about craniosynostosis, anyone interested can ask.
So more than 600 years ago, in the South American ethnic community of Collaguas in the Colca valley, Peru, artificial deformities of skulls among the elite and power-hungry citizens were practiced, which could contribute to political solidarity and social inequality in the region, even before the Incas arrived in 1450. In those days, artificial deformation of skulls was used from infancy, which served as an indicator of ethnic and geographical affiliation. Archaeological and ethnohistorical data give an idea of the practice of deformation of the skulls in two main ethnic groups - Collagua and Cavane, in the Kolka valley. Collaguas used methods to make their heads longer and narrower, and Kavanagh sought to make their heads wide and flattened. For at least the last few thousand years people in different parts of the world deliberately deformed the skull, as already said, wrapping the babies' heads with a cloth or tying the head between two pieces of wood.
Bioarchaeologist Matthew Velasco, who studied skulls in southeastern Peru, discovered that elongated skulls are most associated with high social status. Because it was noted that the skulls of women with deformities met more without injury, in contrast to their fellow tribesmen with ordinary skulls. And this means that they were less exposed to physical violence. A chemical analysis of bones showed that women with long heads had a more extensive and rich diet.
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