Mummy Stories

This article represents a summary of the author’s past 12 years of research on several mummy sets. As mummy studies expand as a sub-specialty of biological anthropology, it is important to highlight the significant contribution that the study of preserved remains can provide to both archaeology and...

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Main Author: Dario Piombino-Mascali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2019-12-01
Series:Archaeologia Lituana
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/article/view/16502
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spelling doaj-58570d982a07411ca7f9dd747807cb7e2020-11-25T02:17:55ZengVilnius University PressArchaeologia Lituana2538-87381392-67482019-12-012010.15388/ArchLit.2019.20.6Mummy StoriesDario Piombino-Mascali0Vilnius University, Lithuania; University of Oxford, UK This article represents a summary of the author’s past 12 years of research on several mummy sets. As mummy studies expand as a sub-specialty of biological anthropology, it is important to highlight the significant contribution that the study of preserved remains can provide to both archaeology and history. https://www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/article/view/16502deathmummificationbioarchaeologypaleopathologytaphonomy
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Mummy Stories
Archaeologia Lituana
death
mummification
bioarchaeology
paleopathology
taphonomy
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title Mummy Stories
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publisher Vilnius University Press
series Archaeologia Lituana
issn 2538-8738
1392-6748
publishDate 2019-12-01
description This article represents a summary of the author’s past 12 years of research on several mummy sets. As mummy studies expand as a sub-specialty of biological anthropology, it is important to highlight the significant contribution that the study of preserved remains can provide to both archaeology and history.
topic death
mummification
bioarchaeology
paleopathology
taphonomy
url https://www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/article/view/16502
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