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041	1	8	_2ISO 639-1 _aeng
084			_aAm.Arch.1452
100	1		_aVerano W., John _9647
245	1	0	_aHoles in the head: _bthe art and archaeology of trepanation in Ancient Peru
260			_aWashington: _bDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, _c2016
300			_a324 p. : _bill., photo., tab.
490			_aStudies in Pre-Columbian art and archaeology, _v38
520			_aTrepanation is the oldest surgical procedure known from antiquity, extending back more than five thousand years in Europe and to at least the fifth century BC in the New World. Anthropologists and medical historians have been investigating ancient trepanation since the mid-nineteenth century, but questions remain about its origins, evolution, and the possible motivations for conducting such a dangerous surgical procedure. Peru is particularly important to these questions, as it boasts more trepanned skulls than the rest of the world combined. This volume presents the results of a long-term research project that examined more than 800 trepanned skulls from recent archaeological excavations and from museum collections in Peru, the United States, and Europe. It examines trepanation in ancient Peru from a broad anthropological and historic perspective, focusing on the archaeological context of osteological collections and highlighting the history of discoveries. It explores the origins and spread of the practice throughout the Central Andes, with a focus on trepanation techniques, success rates, and motivations for trepanning. It examines the apparent disappearance of trepanation in the Andes following Spanish conquest, while noting that there are reports of trepanations being performed by healers in highland Peru and Bolivia into the twentieth century.
700	1		_aIbarra Ascencios, Bebel _ecollab. _9648
700	1		_aKushner, David _ecollab. _9649
700	1		_aLund Valle, Melisa _ecollab. _9650
700	1		_aTitelbaum, Anne R. _ecollab. _9651
700	1		_aWilliams, J. Michael _ecollab. _9652
710	2		_aDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection _eéd. _9604
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