ABSTRACT

Cranial Surgery: The Epipalaeolithic to Neolithic Populations of Ukraine DR. MALCOLM C. LILLIE Wetland Archaeology and Environments Research Centre, Department of Geography, University of Hull, Hull, England

Consideration of the skeletal archive from the cemeteries of the Dnieper Rapids region of Ukraine (Fig. 1), located ca 400 km to the south-east of Kiev, has resulted in the “rediscovery” of evidence for cranial surgery in the prehistoric period of Ukraine. The trepanations discussed below were first recorded by Gokhman (1966) in Russian language, and subsequently the Vasilyevka II and Vovnigi II examples were reported by the present author after completion of extended study visits to Russia and Ukraine between 1993-5 (Lillie, 1998a).