I have to admit Iโm fascinated by this. The Huns, Xiongnu, kushans, Alana, Scythian, Goths and various other Germanic tribes practiced artificial cranial deformation. Iranian texts potentially show the Parthians doing it too. Itโs clear that various steppe cultures employed this.
Is there any consensus on the reasoning for doing it ? Iโve heard it was almost used as a status symbol to show supremacy.
The Turks, Huns, Mongols, Alans and Scythians all did this. It must be a big part of Steppe culture. I have read that it was used to denote that they were the ruling class.
Any more info on this?
I've always been fascinated by the Steppe Nomads and their culture. Something interesting is that a lot of the Steppe Nomad cultures practice artificial cranial deformation. The Huns, Scythians, Alans, Sarmatians, Mongols, Kushans etc. all did it.
I'm referring to this: http://www.zum.de/Faecher/G/BW/Landeskunde/rhein/kultur/museen/speyer/ausstell/hunnen/hunnin.htm
What was the reasoning for doing it? I've heard it was done to establish themselves as a superior class, they did it for aesthetic reasons, they did to try to emulate a previous civilization?
What are the most compelling theories?
I've come across Elongated Skulls(artificialy deformed skull practices), and was curious about their physical impact on the people who practiced this behavior.
Would altering the brain case significantly like the examples that have been found cause damage, developmental delays or developmenetal issues? Could it severely compromise a person's health and mental function as an adult?
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What did they think of it? (It didn't seem to have stopped them intermarrying; the hypothesis from this is reasonably persuasive in the context of earlier patrilocal patterns.)
It seems very strange now, and presumably would to someone who encountered people with these customs for the first time. But perhaps if the phenomenon was known already among nearby people, it wouldn't seem any stranger than piercings, tattoos or elaborate hairstyles do currently.
Fingers crossed this doesn't fall into the "example-seeking" category.
Could this result in larger brains ? or significantly more/less development in some regions of the brain ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation#Reasons
Something interesting is that a lot of the Steppe Nomad cultures practice artificial cranial deformation. The Huns, Scythians, Alans, Sarmatians, Mongols, Kushans etc. all did it.
I'm referring to this: http://www.zum.de/Faecher/G/BW/Landeskunde/rhein/kultur/museen/speyer/ausstell/hunnen/hunnin.htm
What was the reasoning for doing it? I've heard it was done to establish themselves as a superior class, they did it for aesthetic reasons, they did to try to emulate a previous civilization?
What are the most compelling theories?
