In 2012, a 1,000-year-old pre-Hispanic cemetery was discovered in the Ónavas Valley in Sonora, Mexico. The skeletons of 25 people were recovered, with 13 of them having intentional cranial deformations, and 5 of those having dental mutilations as well [1559×2867]

[https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/22178](https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/22178)

[https://arqueologiamexicana.mx/mexico-antiguo/el-cementerio-prehispanico-del-valle-de-onavas-sonora](https://arqueologiamexicana.mx/mexico-antiguo/el-cementerio-prehispanico-del-valle-de-onavas-sonora)

Makes you wonder how it came to their culture to embrace reshaping your skull from infancy to grow up to have a l o n g h e a d.

*I want to know!*