Ephraim George Squier’s Peruvian Skull and the discovery of cranial trepanation

Trepanation

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 3-18

  Fernando, Hiran R ^a   Finger, Stanley ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broca; Cuzco; Fracture; Inca; Nott; Peru; Pre Columbian trepanation; Squier

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009881654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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