“The Rib Cage of the Human Heart”:

2019 ◽  
pp. 105-169
Author(s):  
CAMMIE MCATEE
Keyword(s):  
Human Heart ◽  
Rib Cage

Procedures in Human Heart Extraction and Ritual Meaning: A Taphonomic Assessment of Anthropogenic Marks in Classic Maya Skeletons

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Tiesler ◽  
Andrea Cucina
Keyword(s):  
Human Heart ◽  
Classic Maya ◽  
Classic Period ◽  
Rib Cage ◽  
Current Discussion ◽  
Experimental Replication ◽  
Maya Area

The present study reports on the cultural marks encountered in three (possibly four) skeletons retrieved from primary deposits of the Maya Classic period at Palenque, Calakmul, and Becán, Mexico. We propose that the patterns of cut and stab lesions encountered in the trunks of these individuals stem from perimortem violence that accompanied heart removal from below the rib cage rather than from postmortem evisceration. We confirm the feasibility of this procedure by experimental replication in modern corpses. The interpretation of those procedures synthesizes information obtained from osteological, archaeological, and iconographic sources and leads to a broader discussion concerning the techniques, impact, and meanings of human heart sacrifice and associated body manipulations in Classic period Maya society. Methodologically, we conclude that direct skeletal evidence of heart sacrifice can be rare, imposing a cautionary caveat on the current discussion of mortuary remains in the Maya area.

What About the Rib Cage?

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-4
Author(s):  
Peter J. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Rib Cage

40 MicroRNAs in the human heart: a clue to fetal gene reprogramming in heart failure

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-3
Author(s):  
T THUM ◽  
P GALUPPO ◽  
S KNEITZ ◽  
C WOLF ◽  
L VANLAAKE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Human Heart

Human heart-rate operant conditioning with free versus controlled respiration

1971 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. VanDercar ◽  
Neal E. Miller ◽  
Jay M. Weiss ◽  
Henry Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Operant Conditioning ◽  
Human Heart

The Dream of the Human Heart

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harville Hendrix ◽  
Helen LaKelly Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Human Heart
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