Fascinating find! The Paracas culture of Peru practiced artificial cranial modification, compressing young children's malleable skulls between tightly bound wooden boards to produce elongated skulls. The Paracas Candelabra site contains a high concentration of these modified skulls, mostly elongated toward the back in a cone-head shape. Some specimens display unusual variations including central depressions and taller forms. Discovered in 1928 by Peruvian archaeologist Julio Trello, more than 300 elongated skulls have been excavated at the site.
Paracas Candelabra Peru yields majority of the world's elongated skulls
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Key facts
- The majority of artificially elongated skulls today are found in Paracas Candelabra, Peru
- Most Paracas Candelabra skulls are elongated toward the back in a cone-head shape
- Some specimens display unusual variations including central depressions and taller forms
- Some elongated skulls lack the sagittal suture
- At least one Paracas Candelabra specimen has a piece of metal covering a trepanation hole, though its authenticity is debated among academics
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Paracas & Nazca Cultures | Trepanation & Head Deformationperunorth.com
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(PDF) Elongated Skulls of Peru and Bolivia Brien Foerster - Academia.eduacademia.edu
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