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Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
ISBN 13 : 9788763511933
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (119 download)
Download or read book The Mummies from Qilakitsoq - Eskimos in the 15th Century written by and published by Museum Tusculanum Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jens P. Hart Hansen
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Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (75 download)
Download or read book The Mummies of Qilakitsoq written by Jens P. Hart Hansen and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description of eight bodies found in two graves at the small Inuit settlement of Qilakitsoq on the west coast of Greenland. Carbon-dating suggests that the time of burial was 1475 A.D.
Author : Jens Peder Hart Hansen
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773563121
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Greenland Mummies written by Jens Peder Hart Hansen and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1991-03-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did they die? Why were they buried together? What had been the nature of their culture and beliefs? How had they survived in the harsh Arctic climate? To solve this icy mystery, a team of archaeologists, historians, and medical specialists used modern, innovative investigative techniques. They carried out their detective work with keen scholarly curiosity, combined with respect for these people of the past. While many puzzles have been answered, others remain unsolved. The investigation has revealed that the younger child was buried alive at the age of only six months, while the other, two and a half years old, had been born with Down's syndrome. Analysis of the hair of the mummies revealed evidence of air pollution at levels similar to those of today. Speculating on reasons for a mass grave -- a form of burial the Inuit normally used only because of some catastrophe -- the researchers have reconstructed the possible events of the past. The contents of the grave shed light on the every-day life of these people, allowing the investigators to place this evidence within the larger context of Thule culture and knowledge of Inuit contact with the Norse settlements which dotted the outer margins of Greenland during the medieval era. The Greenland Mummies brings the compelling story of this fervent collaboration to the attention of the world. Not only does it provide a fascinating and insightful look into the life and culture of the Inuit in the fifteenth century, it offers an impressive testament to one of the most successful archaeological investigations ever conducted.
Author : Jens Peder Hart Hansen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Mummies from Qilakitsoq written by Jens Peder Hart Hansen and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (642 download)
Download or read book Qilakitsoq written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9788788520064
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Qilakitsoq written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Konrad Spindler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3709165652
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Human Mummies written by Konrad Spindler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 15-17 September, 1993, Innsbruck, Austria, search. Another remarkable case, that of the pre-Colum hosted the International Mummy Symposium. This bian miner from Restauradora Mine near Chuqincamata does not mean that beautiful North Tyrol was the setting in northern Chile, is the result of impregnation with for a gathering of the world's most prominent mummies copper salts, and the mummy became an attraction as themselves, but rather the exciting discovery of a Late "Copper Man" at various fairs around the country. As he Neolithic glacial mummy released from the ice of the was found with a complete set of miner's tools, the Otztal Alps provided the focus of attention for numerous mummy offers a unique insight into the life and working scholars from many different parts of the world to come conditions of an Indio miner of the first millennium AD. together to address various questions relating to mum Even so, the mummified remains comprise only the skel mified human remains. eton with a completely rigid covering of skin, whereas Normally researchers studying the remains of histori the other soft parts have not survived. calor prehistoric human bodies will at best have bony In contrast, mummification in ice, and especially in substance to work on. It is rarely the case that soft parts the permafrost, can produce much better results.
Author : Janet Buell
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 9780761330042
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Greenland Mummies written by Janet Buell and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1972, eight five-hundred-year-old mummies were discovered in Qilakitsoq, Greenland. Buell explains how scientists were able to determine how old the mummies were when they died and what may have caused their deaths. Information is also given on how the bodies avoided natural decay. Additionally, the book relates what the lives of these Thule (Eskimo) people may have been like: where they lived and how they dressed to protect themselves against the elements, how they hunted food, and how they used tattoos for luck and to show familial relationships.
Author : Jens Peder Hart Hansen
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773508705
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (87 download)
Download or read book The Greenland Mummies written by Jens Peder Hart Hansen and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1991-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes in detail the excavation and analysis of an archaeological site at Qilakitsoq in west Greenland with graves containing the mummies of six Inuit who were buried there about 1475 A.D. It includes analysis of skin clothing and footwear, tattooing, diet, burial customs, material culture, health and dentition, and a comparison with the contemporary Norse East and West Settlement.
Author : Kenneth C. Nystrom
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429842457
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)
Download or read book The Bioarchaeology of Mummies written by Kenneth C. Nystrom and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern manifestation of mummy studies began to take shape in the 1970s and has experienced significant growth during the last several decades, largely due to biomedical interest in soft tissue pathology. Although this points to a vibrant field, there are indications that we need to take stock of where it is today and how it may develop in the future, and this volume responds to those demands. In many ways, mummy studies and skeletal bioarchaeology are "sister-disciplines," sharing data sources, methodologies, and practitioners. Given these close connections, this book considers whether paradigmatic shifts that influenced the development of the latter also impacted the former. Whilst there are many available books discussing mummy research, most recent field-wide reviews adopt a biomedical perspective to explore a particular mummy or collection of mummies. The Bioarchaeology of Mummies is a unique attempt at a synthetic, state-of-the-field critical analysis which considers the field from an explicitly anthropological perspective. This book is written for both skeletal bioarcheologists that may not be familiar with the scope of mummy research, and mummy researchers from biomedical fields that may not be as acquainted with current research trends within bioarchaeology.
Author : Charles E. Hilton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139992104
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)
Download or read book The Foragers of Point Hope written by Charles E. Hilton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the edge of the Arctic Ocean, above the Arctic Circle, the prehistoric settlements at Point Hope, Alaska, represent a truly remarkable accomplishment in human biological and cultural adaptations. Presenting a set of anthropological analyses on the human skeletal remains and cultural material from the Ipiutak and Tigara archaeological sites, The Foragers of Point Hope sheds new light on the excavations from 1939–41, which provided one of the largest sets of combined biological and cultural materials of northern latitude peoples in the world. A range of material items indicated successful human foraging strategies in this harsh Arctic environment. They also yielded enigmatic artifacts indicative of complex human cultural life filled with dense ritual and artistic expression. These remnants of past human activity contribute to a crucial understanding of past foraging lifeways and offer important insights into the human condition at the extreme edges of the globe.
Author : Bernd Herrmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461243181
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)
Download or read book Ancient DNA written by Bernd Herrmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient DNA refers to DNA which can be recovered and analyzed from clinical, museum, archaeological and paleontological specimens. Ancient DNA ranges in age from less than 100 years to tens of millions of years. The study of ancient DNA is a young field, but it has been revolutionized by the application of polymerase chain reaction technology, and interest is growing very rapidly. Fields as diverse as evolution, anthropology, medicine, agriculture, and even law enforcement have quickly found applications in the recovery of ancient DNA. This book contains contributions from many of the "first generation" researchers who pioneered the development and application of ancient DNA methods. Their chapters present the protocols and precautions which have resulted in the remarkable results obtained in recent years. The range of subjects reflects the wide diversity of applications that are emerging in research on ancient DNA, including the study of DNA to analyze kinship, recovery of DNA from organisms trapped in amber, ancient DNA from human remains preserved in a variety of locations and conditions, DNA recovered from herbarium and museum specimens, and DNA isolated from ancient plant seeds or compression fossils. Ancient DNA will serve as a valuable source of information, ideas, and protocols for anyone interested in this extraordinary field.
Author : Aidan Cockburn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521589543
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (895 download)
Download or read book Mummies, Disease and Ancient Cultures written by Aidan Cockburn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A readable and fascinating account of the story of mummification from around the world.
Author : M. Anne Katzenberg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119151619
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)
Download or read book Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton written by M. Anne Katzenberg and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Indispensable Resource on Advanced Methods of Analysis of Human Skeletal and Dental Remains in Archaeological and Forensic Contexts Now in its third edition, Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton has become a key reference for bioarchaeologists, human osteologists, and paleopathologists throughout the world. It builds upon basic skills to provide the foundation for advanced scientific analyses of human skeletal remains in cultural, archaeological, and theoretical contexts. This new edition features updated coverage of topics including histomorphometry, dental morphology, stable isotope methods, and ancient DNA, as well as a number of new chapters on paleopathology. It also covers bioarchaeological ethics, taphonomy and the nature of archaeological assemblages, biomechanical analyses of archaeological human skeletons, and more. Fully updated and revised with new material written by leading researchers in the field Includes many case studies to demonstrate application of methods of analysis Offers valuable information on contexts, methods, applications, promises, and pitfalls Covering the latest advanced methods and techniques for analyzing skeletal and dental remains from archaeological discoveries, Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton is a trusted text for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in human osteology, bioarchaeology, and paleopathology.
Author : Cathleen Small
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502618559
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Mummies written by Cathleen Small and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When one thinks of ancient Egypt, one may also think of the intricate way these ancient people buried their dead. Mummification was used in other ways prior to the Egyptians, but their style has made the Egyptians of the past famous. However, in more modern times, mummies have been made into monstrous creatures, brought back to life to haunt, torment, and torture. This book explores the real-life accounts of mummy history, discusses mummy myths across cultures, and explains how the myth of the mummy endures in the present day.
Author : Sarah Tarlow
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191650390
Total Pages : 872 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial written by Sarah Tarlow and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial reviews the current state of mortuary archaeology and its practice, highlighting its often contentious place in the modern socio-politics of archaeology. It contains forty-four chapters which focus on the history of the discipline and its current scientific techniques and methods. Written by leading, international scholars in the field, it derives its examples and case studies from a wide range of time periods, such as the middle palaeolithic to the twentieth century, and geographical areas which include Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia. Combining up-to-date knowledge of relevant archaeological research with critical assessments of the theme and an evaluation of future research trajectories, it draws attention to the social, symbolic, and theoretical aspects of interpreting mortuary archaeology. The volume is well-illustrated with maps, plans, photographs, and illustrations and is ideally suited for students and researchers.
Author : Jane E. Buikstra
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195389808
Total Pages : 817 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Global History of Paleopathology written by Jane E. Buikstra and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive global history of the discipline of paleopathology
