Evidence For The Antiquity Of Scalping From Central Illinois

Description:

Scalping was practiced in the eastern United States at the time of the first white contact. A skull from Fulton County, IL carries the practice back into pre-historic times in Middle Mississippi manifestation with which no white trade material has been reported to date, and the trophy skulls of the Hopewellian manifestations seem to substantiate the assumption that head-taking antedates the practice of scalping proper. Footnotes. Photos. Sketches.

Protocol:

UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access

Community:

UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center

Category:

Anatomy, Death, Physiology, Surgery, Tribal Actions

Original Date:

1940

Creator:

Levine Ve., Sachs A., Fabian Aa.

Language:

English

Rights:

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Source:

The Journal Of Biological Chemistry; Neumann, GK. Evidence for the antiquity of scalping from Central Illinois. Am Antiquity 1940;5:287-89.

Identifier:

9901412

Subject:

Burial, Scalp, Skull

Type:

Monograph