Social Skins of the Head John Caldwell Authoritative and non-polemical

Authoritative and non-polemical

The Physiology of Yoga separates speculation from fact by examining how the body responds and adapts to yoga within many systems of the body: musculoskeletal

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lyricism and allegory abound

Social Skins of the Head John Caldwell Authoritative and non-polemicalThe meanings of ritualized head treatments among ancient Mesoamerican and Andean peoples is the subject of this book, the first overarching coverage of an important subject. Heads are sources of power that protect, impersonate, emulate sacred forces, distinguish, or acquire identity within the native world. The essays in this book examine these themes in a wide array of indigenous head treatments, including facial cosmetics and hair arrangements,