Prehistoric trepanation in the Iberian Peninsula: A new case from the province of Badajoz (Extremadura, Spain)

Trepanation is a recurrent subject in the literature, with the earliest known examples of this surgical procedure belonging to the Mesolithic/Neolithic periods. The Iberian Peninsula is no exception to this tendency, where most of the known trepanation cases were found in coastal areas. We present...

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Main Author: Tiago Pedro Ferreira Tomé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Coimbra University Press 2017-01-01
Series:Antropologia Portuguesa
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Online Access:https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/antropologiaportuguesa/article/view/2706