A L5thC coin of the Alachon Huns, who ruled in Afghanistan; note the cranial deformation: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/s/silver_dinar_of_the_alchon_hun.aspx …pic.twitter.com/SMnpX9teL8
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@lidongni incidentally, another example of fish scale garnet cloisonné :)
@caitlinrgreen and what a gorgeous example it is!!!
@lidongni isn't it just?! Have to say, lot of finds w/ this type of work v high status &/or gothic, as are cloisonné cicadas: v intriguing!
Another article from 2014 looking at methods & spread of cranial deformation, links to Huns: http://thejns.org/doi/pdf/10.3171/2014.1.FOCUS13466 …pic.twitter.com/QzZVaaQZjp
15C medal of Attila w/ elongated skull, based on ancient image? http://www.zum.de/Faecher/G/BW/Landeskunde/rhein/kultur/museen/speyer/ausstell/hunnen/medaille.htm … via http://phdiva.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/new-news-about-old-bones.html?m=1 …pic.twitter.com/oEvgd4ccTO
Further ex of cranial deformation on coins of Alchon Huns: http://coinindia.com/galleries-alchon-early.html … http://pro.geo.univie.ac.at/projects/khm/movies/movie1?language=en …pic.twitter.com/UrrrYB9b3v
Reconstruction of Hunnish woman w/ cranial deformation from a skull http://www.zum.de/Faecher/G/BW/Landeskunde/rhein/kultur/museen/speyer/ausstell/hunnen/hunnin.htm … via http://phdiva.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/new-news-about-old-bones.html …pic.twitter.com/LcGkD5S7vy
@caitlinrgreen LOL she always give me the creeps
@DorothyKing It's certainly a distinctive look, and a very realistic rendering. I think it helps to 'humanize' the skulls tho, no?!
@caitlinrgreen (and PS I'll be forwarding all the "are you sure these are not proof of aliens?" To you ...)
@DorothyKing Oh, you are too kind! ;)
@caitlinrgreen @greg_jenner Humanity always looking for new ways to contort and deform the female body, eh? Probably in the name of beauty..
@WadesWords13 @greg_jenner Possibly, though some sort of status/power symbolism too, and to fit in with Hun ascendancy for non-Huns?
@caitlinrgreen @greg_jenner Interesting - did the men have this deformation too?
@WadesWords13 @caitlinrgreen yes, Huns and Alan tribes were known to do it - both genders - and same with some South American cultures
@greg_jenner @WadesWords13 Indeed :) See, for example, the depiction of this Hunnic ruler of L5thC Afghanistan:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/573852194866335745 …
#FF @caitlinrgreen who's currently posting about Hunnic skull deformation and generally covers archaeological material others don't.
@DorothyKing aww, thanks! :)
@caitlinrgreen Reminds me of skulls I saw in Peru.
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