Publication details
Hodnocení trepanací slovanských lebek z pohřebiště Pohansko u Břeclavi použitím rentgenu a CT
| Title in English | The evaluation of early medieval skull trepnations from grave field Pohansko u Břeclavi by X-ray and CT |
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| Year of publication | 2002 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Česká antropologie. Časopis České společnosti antropologické |
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| Keywords | skull trepanations, medieval grave field, X-ray, high resolution CT, non-destructive evaluation |
| Description | We present prelimnary results from an ongoing international research project on the non-destructive evaluation of doubtful historic Czech trepanations. Four macroscopically supposed cases of skull trepanations from and early Medieval grave field (Pohansko, 800 AD) have been assessed by conventional X-ray and high-resolution helical computed tomography. A 24-30 year old male skull showed a healed trepanation of the left os parietale which has been especially supported by the used imaging techniques while three other individuals seem to have lesions of most likely peri- or post mortem nature. The article includes a brief overview about trepanation techniques and known cases of historic skull trepanations from the Czech region as well. |