An explanation of the physiological process implied in the methods of cranial alteration, this work also establishes a detailed classification of the types of deformation, and attempts to determine whether the variables of this costum are related to any social or cultural differentiation. The analysis involved 403 prehispanic cranea encompassing two thousand years, from 42 Maya sites. In Spanish.

Published by Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico, D.F.), 2002. 229 pp. ISBN: 970-18-1191-7.

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