“…Moreover, trepanation is a worldwide practice, as it has been identified in sites across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Australia (e.g. Zias, 1982; Webb and Thorne, 1985; Webb, 1988; Baggieri and Giacomo, 2003; Bennike, 2003; Murphy, 2003; Han and Chen, 2007; Mountrakis et al ., 2011; Martin, 2013; Chikisheva et al ., 2014; Krivoshapkin et al ., 2014; Slepchenko et al ., 2016) and the Americas (e.g. Lisowski, 1967; Sankhyan and Weber, 2001; Verano, 2003; Tiesler Blos, 2006; Nystrom, 2007; Andrushko and Verano, 2008; Verano and Andrushko, 2008; Kurin, 2013; Toyne, 2015; Verano, 2017).…”