Its prevalence among Mesoamerican civilizations is much lower, at least judging from the comparatively few trepanated crania which have been uncovered.
22.
In 277, the consuls cornel-wood ( crania ) they bore, where they had conveyed their most valuable treasures.
23.
This speculation is reinforced by their physical characteristic of dolichocephalic crania ( longheadedness ) which is unusual among present-day American Indians.
24.
The post-crania and the geology suggesting an arid climate indicate that " Uberabasuchus " was likely a terrestrial predator.
25.
D6-1 ) containing varied amounts of adult male crania that have been interpreted as trophy heads or possibly dismembered sacrificial retainers.
26.
However the cranial index of the Grenelle and Furfooz skulls were different, as one of the Furfooz crania was not broad, but mesocephalic.
27.
The sample crania were from both male and female adults, and evidence of healing around the perforations suggested that about half had survived the operation.
28.
Morton found its similarities striking to Central and South American crania, confirming his belief that the American Indian nations had a common and indigenous origin.
29.
Regarding the latter, Frayer observes a sequence of nasal narrowing in Neanderthals, following through to late Upper Palaeolithic and Holocene ( Mesolithic ) crania.
30.
Despite extensive reconstruction, the Kow Swamp material was extremely fragmentary, with only two of the crania, KS1 and 5, being relatively complete.
