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Boards and Cords explores the curious and long-practiced, biocultural phenomenon called intentional cranial modification (ICM) via an anthropological lens.

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Well-referenced with much critical evaluation, this short and highly readable text is impressive in the breadth of its coverage both geographically and temporally. The discussion of the clinical aspects of modification, including those in modern settings, is an especially valuable contribution to the literature. --Marie Danforth, University of Southern Mississippi

Boards and Cords offers a sweeping anthropological view of intentional cranial modification. O'Brien takes us from a much-needed consideration of the biology of cranial growth to modern understandings of prehistoric head binding as well as our current forays into shaping skulls into 'normalcy'. --Christina Torres, University of California, Merced Well-referenced with much critical evaluation, this short and highly readable text is impressive in the breadth of its coverage both geographically and temporally. The discussion of the clinical aspects of modification, including those in modern settings, is an especially valuable contribution to the literature. --Marie Danforth, University of Southern Mississippi

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Tyler G. O'Brien is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Northern Iowa. His research focuses on human skeletal biology with emphases in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, and he has published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, and the Journal of Forensic Sciences. O'Brien's research includes excavation in the Bolivian altiplano and cranial data collection at museums in Bolivia and Argentina. He has examined close to 1,500 human skulls from across North and South America.

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