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Post-mortem trepanations in Central Asia: types and trends
kurgans, ritual sites, and settlements : eurasian bronze and iron age • Oxford • Published In 2000 • Pages: 269-278
By: Mednikova, Maria.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Mednikova examined trepanned skulls from several sites in the Minusinsk Basin. She categorizes the trepanations into to five types and compares the Minusinsk Basin trepanations with trepanation in other areas of Central Asia. These post-mortem trepanations may indicate common religious rituals or beliefs among Early Nomads in Central Asia.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural participation
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Nomad
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Physical Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3000 BP-2000 BP (1st millennium B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Minusinsk Basin; Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Maria Mednikova
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-273)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2001320166
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Asia, Central--Antiquities