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    The ancient people of Butuan


    practiced cranial modification
    June 24, 2020 by Berto
    NationalMuseumPH – Eastern Northern Mindanao | @nmenmindanao

    The ancient people of Butuan practiced cranial modification

    Did you know?

    Did you know that in ancient times, people with deliberately flattened foreheads or
    elongated heads are considered beautiful? And practice is said to be limited to the
    elite?
    In the 1970s, the #NationalMuseumPH conducted archaeological excavations in
    Ambangan, Libertad, Butuan City where they unearthed human skeletal remains with
    artificially modified crania. Based on the associated Chinese ceramics, these burials
    suggest a probable date of 14th-15th centuries (Cembrano 1998).

    Similar burials with modified crania were also encountered in Banton (Romblon), Bohol,
    Cebu, and Samar. Cranial modification in all the sites involved the reshaping or molding
    of the head particularly the forehead and back area with the use of boards and
    bindings at an early age to achieve the desired form of a slanting and elongated
    cranium. Ethnographic and historic sources indicate that the practice of Artificial
    Cranial Modification (ACM) typically begins within the first few days after birth and
    probably until six months (O’Loughlin 2004).

    The reason behind this practice of ACM is usually associated with social status. Using
    as a basis the artifacts recovered in the burials which included gold ornaments, beads,
    metal tools, trade ware ceramics, and the like, the deceased belonged to the elite of
    the community as these objects were only available to those who can afford them.
    Even today, among the Tausug of Jolo, an elongated head is a sign that the individual
    belongs to the upper class.

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