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The scientific study of mummies
- Title
- The scientific study of mummies / Arthur C. Aufderheide.
- Author
- Aufderheide, Arthur C.
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2003.
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- Description
- xvii, 608 p. : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-589) and index.
- Contents
- History of mummy studies -- The purpose of anthropogenic mummification -- Mechanisms of mummification -- The geography of mummies: Mummies from North America ; Mummies from South America ; Mummies from Europe ; Mummies from Egypt and the rest of Africa ; Mummies from the Middle East and Asia -- Soft tissue taphonomy -- Mummy study methodology -- Mummification of animals -- Soft tissue paleopathology: diseases of the viscera -- The museology of mummies -- Use and abuse of mummies.
- Call Number
- JSF 04-90
- ISBN
- 0521818265 (hb)
- LCCN
- 2002024698
- OCLC
- 49305829
- Author
- Aufderheide, Arthur C.
- Title
- The scientific study of mummies / Arthur C. Aufderheide.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2003.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-589) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JSF 04-90