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PHMA-12/3619

Record

Holding institution
Earliest cranial surgery in North America
Collection
CRAN_SURG (USA)
Sex
Male
Age
30 years
Country of origin
USA

Curator notes

CRA

Scientific notes

Cranial surgery

1 lesions

sharp

Bones
Cranium
Timing
Perimortem
Force
Direct

Stone tool — Obsidian blade Sharp force

Cranial surgery in direct association with the osseous image of a non trauma
induced soft tissue lesion (sinus pericranii)

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Earliest cranial surgery in North America. CRAN_SURG (USA). catalogue no. PHMA-12/3619

Earliest cranial surgery in North America