There are, of course, the modeled bucrania from Çatalhöyük. They don't
seem to have left the whole skull inside, though, and the muzzles are
rather shorter than in a real animal.
Nerissa Russell
Professor and Chair
Department of Anthropology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
USA
607-255-6790
On 1/30/13 8:21 AM, "Sean Doherty" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>Iım currently doing some reconstructions of human skulls overmodelled
>with clay, similar to the Neolithic plastered skulls from the Levant,
>though using pig skulls! I was wondering if anyone has come across the
>overmodelling or plastering of animal skulls in the past to reconstruct
>the decayed flesh?
>
>Thank you, Sean.
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