paleopathology: Cultural Modifications

Cultural Modifications

Cultural modifications are alterations made to the body that generally correspond to the specific intentional actions of particular cultural groups. Read the descriptions in the table below and see some examples.

Cultural Modifications

Head Binding

Trepanation and Head Binding

See more examples of cranial deformation in the Central States Archaeological Society's journal.

Exercise 7

Examining Cultural Modifications in Bone

Examine the pictures or specimens and identify what type of modification each could be.

Part A

Part B

Part C

Part D

Great job! You're almost done!

All that's left is to answer the Concept Review and Concept Application questions in the lab.

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