Author: Ales Hrdlicka

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-04

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9780332396453

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Excerpt from Some Results of Recent Anthropological Exploration in Peru: With Four Plates Even ethnic units of such importance as the Ouechua and Aymara are so little known physically that from the literature the subject alone it would be impossible to form a clear notion as to their main characteristics. The dearth of knowledge concerning the cosmetology of the peoples of Peru is due, on the one hand, to an almost complete lack of anthropological observations on the living, and, on the other hand, to the nature of the skeletal material which has thus far been collected. Not that the material is wanting, for there are many hundreds of Peruvian skulls scattered in our collections; but a very large majority of these skulls are more or less deformed, either artificially or accidentally, which renders them unsuitable for anthropological determinations, and other parts of the skeleton have been neglected. As to the skulls, there is no equally extensive territory in the world where cranial deformations, both intentional and unintentional, are as numerous as in Peru. Skulls of normal form from that country have actually thus far been rarities. The accessions of Bolivian and Peruvian skeletal material in the principal American museums during the past few years have begun to shed more light on the physical characteristics of at least the Aymara and on a portion of the middle coast population of Peru. In consequence, it may he said to-day with comparative certainty that these two groups differ radically, at least so far as the cranial type is concerned; one (the Aymara) representing dolichocephalic, the other (middle coast) brachycephalic stock. Furthermore, we know to-day (due principally to Bandelier's collections) that the Aymara were in the main a people of relatively small stature, of only moderate muscular development, and often of rather small cranial capacity. The coast people from Ancon, Pachacamac, and one or two other localities, were also of rather low stature, but of somewhat stronger build, and had seemingly 011 the average a perceptibly larger skull. In both groups there was a relatively frequent occurrence of decidedly short and small-headed individuals. Beyond these few facts, however, things were problematical. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Some Results of Recent Anthropological Exploration in Peru written by Ales Hrdlicka and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Some Results of Recent Anthropological Exploration in Peru: With Four Plates Even ethnic units of such importance as the Ouechua and Aymara are so little known physically that from the literature the subject alone it would be impossible to form a clear notion as to their main characteristics. The dearth of knowledge concerning the cosmetology of the peoples of Peru is due, on the one hand, to an almost complete lack of anthropological observations on the living, and, on the other hand, to the nature of the skeletal material which has thus far been collected. Not that the material is wanting, for there are many hundreds of Peruvian skulls scattered in our collections; but a very large majority of these skulls are more or less deformed, either artificially or accidentally, which renders them unsuitable for anthropological determinations, and other parts of the skeleton have been neglected. As to the skulls, there is no equally extensive territory in the world where cranial deformations, both intentional and unintentional, are as numerous as in Peru. Skulls of normal form from that country have actually thus far been rarities. The accessions of Bolivian and Peruvian skeletal material in the principal American museums during the past few years have begun to shed more light on the physical characteristics of at least the Aymara and on a portion of the middle coast population of Peru. In consequence, it may he said to-day with comparative certainty that these two groups differ radically, at least so far as the cranial type is concerned; one (the Aymara) representing dolichocephalic, the other (middle coast) brachycephalic stock. Furthermore, we know to-day (due principally to Bandelier's collections) that the Aymara were in the main a people of relatively small stature, of only moderate muscular development, and often of rather small cranial capacity. The coast people from Ancon, Pachacamac, and one or two other localities, were also of rather low stature, but of somewhat stronger build, and had seemingly 011 the average a perceptibly larger skull. In both groups there was a relatively frequent occurrence of decidedly short and small-headed individuals. Beyond these few facts, however, things were problematical. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.