期刊
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 10, 期 6, 页码 1319-1327出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-016-0461-6
关键词
Trepanation; Computer tomography; Early Iron Age; Silk Road; China
资金
- Major Program of the National Social Science Fund of China [11ZD182]
- Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation for Young Teachers [141111]
- Special Funds for Compass Plan of the State administration of Cultural Heritage
- Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars of State Education Ministry and Graduate Innovation Fund of Jilin University [2016123]
This study uses multiple scientific methods to analyse a case of trepanation from a cemetery located at the westernmost point along the ancient Silk Road in China dating back to the Early Iron Age. The skull of interest belonged to a middle-aged male; the opening is located on the left posterior side of the skull in the occipital bone. Computer tomography (CT) and microscopic observation show that the incision was unhealed, indicating an immediate death either during or after the operation. The procedure of trepanation might have been used to treat a depressed fracture from inflicted trauma on the individual's right parietal bone, suggesting the presence of surgical trepanation in early Western China.
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