PRECOLUMBIAN DECORATION OF THE TEETH IN ECUADOR
1913; Wiley; Volume: 15; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1525/aa.1913.15.3.02a00010
ISSN1548-1433
Autores Tópico(s)Latin American history and culture
ResumoAmerican AnthropologistVolume 15, Issue 3 p. 377-394 PRECOLUMBIAN DECORATION OF THE TEETH IN ECUADOR WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE OCCURRENCE OF THE CUSTOM IN OTHER PARTS OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA MARSHALL H. SAVILLE, MARSHALL H. SAVILLE Heye Museum New York CitySearch for more papers by this author MARSHALL H. SAVILLE, MARSHALL H. SAVILLE Heye Museum New York CitySearch for more papers by this author First published: July‐September 1913 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1913.15.3.02a00010Citations: 12AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Bibliography 1882 Ihering, H. von. Die kunstliche Deformirung der Zahne. In Zeitschrift für Ethnologic, Band xiv, pp. 213– 262, Berlin, 1882. Von Ihering devotes a small space at the end of the paper to the filing and other mutilation of teeth in America. Hamy, E. T. Les mutilations dentaires au Mexique et dans le Yucatan. In Bulletin de la Société d' Anthropologic de Paris, 30 série, tome v, p. 879, Paris, 1882. Hamy, E. T. 1883 Hamy, E. T. Mutilations dentaires des Huaxteques modernes. In Bulletin de la Société d'Anthropologic de Paris, 30 série, tome vi, pp. 644– 645, Paris, 1883. These studies are republished by Dr Hamy under the title "Mutilations dentaires des Huaxteques et des Mayas," in Décades Américance, Mémoircs d'Archéologie et d'Ethnographie, 3d and 4th Decades, xxvii, pp. 88– 94, figs. 14, 15. Paris, 1898. Dr Hamy figures the fragment of an upper jaw of a skull from Campeche which has the teeth inlaid with turquoise. 18851889 Strebel, Hermann. Alt-Mexiko, 1885, Tafel viii, fig. 18; Zweiter Teil. 1889, Tafel ix, fig. 14. Hamburg und Leipzig, 1885-1889. In the first illustration Strebel gives a skull from Vera Cruz with filed teeth in the upper jaw; in the second plate cited he illustrates a tooth inlaid with obsidian, also from Vera Cruz. 1890 Léon, Nicolas. Anomalias y Mutilaciones Etnicas del Sistema Dentario entre los Tarascos Pre-Colombianos. In Anales del Museo Michoacano, 3d year, pp. 168– 173, 1 pl., Morelia, 1890. Illustrates and describes a skull from Michoacan with filed teeth in the upper and lower jaws. 1892 Pector, Désiré. Notice sur l'archéologie du Salvador précolombien. In Internationales Archiv d'Ethnographie, tome v, pp. 112– 116, Leiden, 1892. This paper is a résumé of the work of Montessus de Ballore, Le Salvador pré-colombicn, a portfolio of 25 plates published in Paris in 1891. Pector calls attention to what appears to indicate filed teeth in several of the pottery specimens. I fail to find any marked examples of this custom, except in two animal heads in which the teeth are pointed, and in a face, probably representing the mask of Tlaloc, in which two of the teeth are cut. In the human heads nothing of the kind is found. Pinart, A. L. Déformations dentaires artificielles chez les Indiens de l'isthme de Panamá. In Compte-rendu Congrès International des Américanistes, VIIIe session, Paris, 1890, p. 340, Paris, 1892. Pinart, A. L. 1893 Troncoso, Paso y Francisco del. Catálogo de la Sectión de México, Expositión Historico-Americana de Madrid, 1892, tomo II, p. 381, Madrid, 1893. Mention is made of the collecting of teeth, filed and inlaid with jadeite, in Tecolpa, Chiapas. In 1897 I collected a tooth of the same character in Tecolpa, which is now in the American Museum of Natural History. Andrews, R. R. Prehistoric Crania from Central America. In International Dental Journal, reprint, 4 pp., 1 pl., 4 figs., Boston, 1893. Andrews, R. R. Prehistoric American Dentistry. In Dental Practitioner, reprint, 3 pp., 2 ill., Buffalo, 1893. In these two papers Dr Andrews figures and describes a skull from Labna, Yucatan, with teeth filed in the upper and lower jaws, and also teeth filed and inlaid with jadeite and a red cement, from Copan, Honduras, all excavated by Saville. These specimens are now in the Peabody Museum of Harvard University. Andrews, R. R. 1896 Saville, Marshall H. Prehistoric Ruins of Copan, Honduras. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of American Archœology and Ethnology, Harvard University, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 30, 32, text figs. Several of the filed and inlaid teeth are illustrated and the finding of them is mentioned in the report on the excavation of the tombs. 1897 Thompson, Edward H. Cave of Loltun, Yucatan. Report of Explorations by the Museum, 1888-89 and 1890-91. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of American Archœology and Ethnology, Harvard University, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 20, fig. 16. Illustrates three filed teeth found by Saville, while in charge of the work of the Thompson Expedition, in the Cave of Loltun, Yucatan. 1899 Saville, Marshall H. Exploration of Zapotecan Tombs in Southern Mexico. In American Anthropologist, n. s., vol. 1, pp. 354, 361– 362, April-June. 1899. Mentions the finding of filed teeth and teeth inlaid with hematite in a tomb excavated in Xoxo, Oaxaca, by the Loubat Expedition. Several of these teeth are in the American Museum of Natural History, New York. 1901 Lasch, Richard. Die Verstümmlung der Zähne in Amerika und Bermerkungen zur Zahndeformierung im Allgemeinen. In Mittheilungen der anthropologischen Gesellschaft in Wien, Band xxxi, pp. 13– 22, Vienna, 1901. A general treatise on teeth mutilation in ancient America. 1902 Batres, Leopoldo. Explorations of Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico, pp. 9– 10, fig. 3, México, 1902. In this account of the explorations carried on at Monte Alban, Batres illustrates a filed tooth inlaid with hematite which he states he found in a crypt in Xoxo. This is not so. The tooth is one of those found by me, and became the property of the Museo Nacional, Mexico City, in the division of the material found by the Loubat Expedition. Lumholtz, Carl. Unknown Mexico, vol. 11, pp. 426– 427, 1 ill., New York, 1902. Lumholtz illustrates a skull with filed teeth in the upper jaw. In exploring an ancient burial place near Zacapu, Michoacan, Lumholtz found a number of skulls with filed teeth in both the upper and the lower jaw. These skulls are in the American Museum of Natural History. 19071908 Chervin, A. Anthropologic Bolivienne. Publication of the Mission G. de Crequi Montfort et E. Senechal de la Grange, 3 volumes, Paris, 1907-1908. In tome III Chervin illustrates a skull with filed teeth from Sayate, Argentina, and also two skulls from the Department of Potosí, Bolivia, which he states have filed teeth. The illustrations are small and do not clearly show this feature. See tome III, pp. 93-98, figs. 29-33, pl. 36, and pl. 81, no. 285, pl. 86, no. 314; also p. 59, fig. 26. 1908 Boman, Eric. Antiquities de la Region Andine de la République Argentine et du Désert d'Atacama. Publication of the Mission Scientifique C. de Crequi Montfort et E. Senechal de la Grange, tome 11, pp. 579-589, pl. XLvii, figs. 113-114, Paris, 1908. Boman gives considerable attention to the subject of decorated teeth, citing various authorities, and illustrates a skull with filed teeth from northwestern Argentina, collected by the expedition. 1909 Saville, Marshall H. Archaeological Researches on the Coast of Esmeraldas (Ecuador). In Verhandlungen des XVI Internationalen Amerikanisten-Kongresses, Wien, 1908, p. 344, Vienna, 1909. First notice of the finding of skulls with teeth inlaid with gold in Atacames. 1910 Saville, Marshall H. The Antiquities of Manabi, Ecuador, Final Report. Contributions to South American Archeology, vol. 11, pp. 8– 9, New York, 1910. 1912 Joyce, T. A. A Short Guide to the American Antiquities in the British Museum, pp. 36-37, 1 ill., London, 1912. Joyce figures a broken skull from Atacames, Ecuador, with the teeth inlaid with gold. The photograph which we reproduce in this paper was taken for the author in 1895. Lehmann, Walter. Berichte des K. Ethnographischen Museums in Munchen, IV (1911), pp. 101– 102, Abb. 28, Munich, 1912. Lehmann figures and describes a skull with two teeth inlaid with jadeite. He also calls attention to several other instances of decorated teeth but gives no general account of the subject. Citing Literature Volume15, Issue3July‐September 1913Pages 377-394 ReferencesRelatedInformation
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