Hands Stenciling: Men & Women as Healing Process?

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Culturing the Body: Prehistoric Perspectives on Identity and Sociality" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The checking of thousands of hands stencils from Borneo's caves and rockshelters, followed by the application of Manning's formula measuring at least the 2D/4D ratio, inasmuch as other world data from Africa and South America, witnessing the men and women presence, have led to the hypothesis of an healing process representation. Discussion concerning Manning's ratio and functionnal goals of hand stenciling will be therefore open.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• Culturing the Body: Prehistoric Perspectives on Identity and Sociality

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Abstract Id(s): 24525