[gothic-l] Re: Heruls and Archaeology

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Sahin Ahmet <ahmetsahinn at y...> wrote:
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> Dirk,
>  What does this mean would you explain?    " the custom of
artificial skull deformations"
> first time I heard of such a custom.



Hi,

artificial skull deformatation is a custom that originated in the
Russian/Asian steppe and reached Europe during the perod of the great
Migration (378AD-568AD). Skull deformation involved binding the skull
of an infant in such a way as to elongate the shape of the skull. The
practice was adopted by some Germanic people who were under
particularly strong influence from the Huns.

cheers
Dirk




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