CARTA: Permanent Body Modification in Mesoamerica and Central America with Rosemary Joyce

Archaeological research in Mexico and Central America reveals insights into cultural practices, focusing on the history of body modification. Examining long-term patterns helps unravel motivations for adoption, change, and abandonment of these practices. The talk emphasizes how body modification histories in this region illuminate shared identities across linguistic, ethnic, and political boundaries, while also highlighting distinctions within regional traditions and individual societies. It suggests that indigenous societies viewed the human body as shaped by the community, challenging the notion of a universal boundary between the natural body and the social person. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 39469]

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CARTA: Permanent Body Modification in Mesoamerica and Central America with Rosemary Joyce is an episode from Evolution (Audio) by UCTV.

This episode is 00:18:51 long.

This episode was published on Mar 8, 2024.

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