... of past cultural practices. Display of skull or head to bestow honor Europe burial ritual of decapitated heads Iconography Marquesas Islands Marquesas Islands trophy skulls Teeth attrition Trade and exchange of skulls European curio market of the 18th century Trophy heads and trophy skulls ancestor...

... of the “trophy skulls” that were placed in caches, ritual trash areas and within tomb burials and those recovered from ritual depositories in sink holes are shown to be post-sacrificial. Also, both males and females showed evidence of blunt force trauma suggesting that not only males were engaged in these types...

... Musculation Religious or spiritual considerations Catholic Church ban of skull deformation Social status archaeology of elites Subadult Torres Strait Islands collection and preparation of relatives' heads Trophy heads and trophy skulls ancestor veneration and Beeswax Burial deposition archaeological...

... as an amulet Rite of passage Scalping Ancient Greece Trophy heads and trophy skulls ancestor veneration and items buried with body Mbwan Palm Societal considerations cohesion Trade and exchange of skulls European curio market of the 18th century Turtle shell Body parts execution by being drawn...