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Ancient Trephinations in Neolithic People – Evidence for Stone Age Neurosurgery?

Juergen Piek¹, Gundula Lidke² & Thomas Terberger³

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1. Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Rostock, Abteilung fuer Neurochirurgie
2. Museum fuer Vor- und Fruehgeschichte, Schloss Charlottenburg - Langhansbau
3. Historisches Institut der EMAU Greifswald, Lehrstuhl fuer Ur- und Fruehgeschichte

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Received 21 February 2008 21:56 UTC; Posted 21 February 2008

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• neolithic
• Human
• trephination

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The authors present the case of a late neolithic skull (14C dating: 1940 calBC) found 1921 at Bölkendorf, 60 km north-easterly of Berlin. It shows a left frontal trephination (53×50 mm) and additionally a left temporo-occipital depressed skull fracture (both survived). Microscopic and 3D-CT analyses strongly suggest that the trephination has been performed for medical purposes.

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Piek, Juergen, Lidke, Gundula, and Terberger, Thomas. Ancient Trephinations in Neolithic People – Evidence for Stone Age Neurosurgery?. Available from Nature Precedings <http://hdl.handle.net/10101/npre.2008.1615.1> (2008)

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