Original paper
Methods in mummy research
Lynnerup, Niels
Anthropologischer Anzeiger Volume 67 No. 4 (2009), p. 357 - 384
published: Dec 1, 2009
DOI: 10.1127/0003-5548/2009/0028
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Abstract
Mummies are human remains with preservation of non-bony tissue. Many mummy studies focus on the development and application of non-destructive methods for examining mummies, including radiography, CT-scanning with advanced 3-dimensional visualisations, and endoscopic techniques, as well as minimally-destructive chemical, physical and biological methods for, e.g., stable isotopes, trace metals and DNA.
Keywords
bog bodies • mummified tissue • natural sciences in archaeology