Format:
xii, 324 pages
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illustrations (chiefly color), maps
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27 cm
ISBN:
9780884024125
Series Statement:
Studies in pre-Columbian art and archaeology 38
Content:
Introduction -- Discovering ancient trepanation -- Differential diagnosis of holes in the head -- Early explorations: the central highlands of Peru -- Origins of Peruvian trepanation: Paracas and the south coast of Peru -- The northern highlands and cloud forest / John W. Verano, Anne R. Titelbaum, Bebel Ibarra Acencios, and Mellisa Lund Valle -- Trepanation refined: the southern highlands and altiplano -- Understanding ancient trepanation: ethnographic parallels and modern experimentation -- Ancient trepanation from the perspective of modern neurosurgery / David Kushner and Anne R. Titelbaum -- Recovery from traumatic brain injury in prehistoric Peru / J. Michael Williams -- Why peru?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
IntroductionDiscovering ancient trepanation -- Differential diagnosis of holes in the head -- Early explorations: the central highlands of Peru -- Origins of Peruvian trepanation: Paracas and the south coast of Peru -- The northern highlands and cloud forest / John W. Verano, Anne R. Titelbaum, Bebel Ibarra Acencios, and Mellisa Lund Valle -- Trepanation refined: the southern highlands and altiplano -- Understanding ancient trepanation: ethnographic parallels and modern experimentation -- Ancient trepanation from the perspective of modern neurosurgery / David Kushner and Anne R. Titelbaum -- Recovery from traumatic brain injury in prehistoric Peru / J. Michael Williams -- Why peru?.
,
Introduction
,
Discovering ancient trepanation
,
Differential diagnosis of holes in the head
,
Early explorations: the central highlands of Peru
,
Origins of Peruvian trepanation: Paracas and the south coast of Peru
,
The northern highlands and cloud forest
,
Trepanation refined: the southern highlands and altiplano
,
Understanding ancient trepanation: ethnographic parallels and modern experimentation
,
Ancient trepanation from the perspective of modern neurosurgery
,
Recovery from traumatic brain injury in prehistoric Peru
,
Why peru?
Language:
English
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