Manners and monuments of prehistoric peoples (1892)
Nadaillac, Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de, 1818-1904, D'Anvers, N., d. 1933 · New York, London : G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 291
out themiddle of the foreheadan opening, measuring some two and a half by twoinches. It is of polygonal form, and eight differentincisions can easily be made out, which appear to havebeen made with some notched stone implement. Onraising a strip of skin, still adhering to the skull, therewas seen… … Fig. Si.—Trepanned Peruvian skull. TREPAN A TION. 269 the skull had been used to make a lance or arrow-head,which was siiperstitiously supposed by the owner toensure his victory. This is, however, a mere suggestion,of which no proof can be given. In other parts of America discoveries have beenmade…
Archaeology
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