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Author Aufderheide, Arthur C.

Title The scientific study of mummies / Arthur C. Aufderheide.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2003]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  393.3 A918S    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 608 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 ; Mummies from Oceania -- 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.
Subject Mummies.
Paleopathology.
Mummies.
ISBN 0521818265 hb
9780521818261 hb
9780521177351 paperback
0521177359 paperback
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