"A valuable survey of the many ways that human heads have been taken, modified, and curated by various cultures around the world. Good critical reviews of the context and meaning of human head collecting across time and space. Includes some innovative analytical techniques for determining the origins and identities of disembodied heads."--John W. Verano, Tulane University

"A welcome contribution to the growing literature of anthropological perspectives of the human skull."--John Krigbaum, University of Florida

Building on the notion that human remains provide a window into the past,...