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Dive into this exploration of Mayan culture and body conceptualization through the discussion of dental modification.Sources: Tiesler, V., Lozada, M. C., & Scherer, A. K. (2018). Head Shaping and Tooth Modification Among the Classic Maya of the Usumacinta River Kingdoms. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.Geller, Pamela L. 2006 Altering Identities: Body Modification and the Pre-Columbian Maya. In Social Archaeology of Funerary Remains, Oxford: Oxbow Books. Houston,...

A quick guide to understanding this highly politicized form of body modification. Sources: Berger, E., Yang, L., & Ye, W. (2019). Foot binding in a Ming dynasty cemetery near Xi’an, China. International Journal of Paleopathology, 24, 79–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2018.09.005 Brown, M. J., & Satterthwaite-Phillips, D. (2018). Economic correlates of footbinding: Implications for the importance of Chinese daughters’ lab...