Elongated Skulls
"Artificial cranial deformation, head flattening, or head binding is a form of body alteration in which the skull of a human being is deformed intentionally. It is done by distorting the normal growth of a child's skull by applying force. Flat shapes, elongated ones (produced by binding between two pieces of wood), rounded ones (binding in cloth), and conical ones are among those chosen. Typically, it is carried out on an infant, as the skull is most pliable at this time. In a typical case, headbinding begins approximately a month after birth and continues for about six months.
The practice of intentional cranial deformation is believed to predate written history; it was practised commonly in a number of cultures that are widely separated geographically and chronologically, and still occurs today in a few places, like Vanuatu."
The practice of intentional cranial deformation is believed to predate written history; it was practised commonly in a number of cultures that are widely separated geographically and chronologically, and still occurs today in a few places, like Vanuatu."
- Text from Wikipedia entry for "Artificial cranial deformation" (accessed 10/14/2015)
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Blog Posts and Articles
- "Genetic Mythologies: “Nephilim DNA” from the Paracas Skulls" (Jennifer Raff, 9/20/2016)
- "American Conspiracy Theorist and Pseudoscience Proponent May Be Attempting to Circumvent Peruvian Authorities to Desecrate Human Remains" (Carl Feagans, 9/5/2016)
- "More Elongated Skull Drama" (Carl Feagans, 7/25/2016)
- "Elongated Skulls (aka, Artificial Cranial Modification): It Has Nothing to do with Nephilim" (Michael Heiser, 4/9/2016)
- "Skulls of Indiana Jones: Head-Shaping" (Carl Feagans, 1/23/2016)
- "Parents Have Been Reshaping Their Kids’ Skulls for 45,000 Years" (Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian.com, 11/20/2015)
- "Return of the Red-Headed Cone-Heads: A Review of "Elongated Skulls of Peru and Bolivia" by Brien Foerster" (Jason Colavito, 4/7/2015)
- "Pseudoarchaeology and Elongated Skulls" (Carl Feagans, 1/26/2015)
- "Elongated Skulls: Not a Mystery" (Michael S. Heiser, 12/21/2014)
- "Coneheads Probably Not Real After All" (Occam's Nightmare, 2/9/2014)
- "Not Aliens, Just Humans with Modified Crania" (Katy Meyers Emery, 12/22/2011)
- "The Peruvian “Alien Skull"” (Michael Heiser, 11/23/2011)
- "Deformations and Malformations: The History of Induced and Congenital Skull Deformity" (Journal of Neurosurgery 29(6), 12/2010)
- "Ancient Elongated Skulls: Alien Remains?" (Michael Heiser, 7/19/2009)
- "Artificial Cranial Modification: Head Shaping" (Carl Feagans, 5/17/2009)
- "Alien Skulls? Not Even Close!" (Carl Feagans, 12/19/2008)
Sites, Artifacts, and Human Remains
- Arkaim (aka "Russia's Stonehenge") (Russia)
- Atacama Alien (Chile)
- Paracas Skulls (Peru)
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