'In this chambered tumulus were found cleft skulls...': An assessment of the evidence for cranial trauma in the British Neolithic

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society

Volumn 71, Issue , 2005, Pages 107-138

  Schulung, Rick J ^a   Wysocki, Michael ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/s0079497x00000979     Document Type: Article

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