An interesting case of prehistoric trepanation from Poland: Re-evaluation of the skull from the Franki Suchodolskie site

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-123

  Lorkiewicz, W ^a   Stolarczyk, H ^a   Smiszkiewicz Skwarska A ^a   Zadzinska E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Mesolithic; Neolithic; Poland; Trepanation

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844404991     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.744     Document Type: Article

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