Pre-columbian skull trepanation in North America

Trepanation

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 237-249

  Stone, James L ^a   Urcid, Javier ^b  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drilling technique; Kwakiutl indians; Mesoamerica; Northwest pacific coast indians; Oaxaca; Primitive surgery; Zapotec culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749083655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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