The handbook of mummy studies : new frontiers in scientific and cultural perspectives / Dong Hoon Shin, Raffaella Bianucci, editors.
Shin, Dong Hoon, editor.; Bianucci, Raffaella, editor.
2021
GN293
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access
Concurrent users Unlimited
Authorized users Authorized users
Document Delivery Supplied Can lend chapters, not whole ebooks

Details

Title The handbook of mummy studies : new frontiers in scientific and cultural perspectives / Dong Hoon Shin, Raffaella Bianucci, editors.
ISBN 9789811533549 (electronic bk.)
9811533547 (electronic bk.)
9789811533556 (print and electronic bundle)
9811533555 (print and electronic bundle)
9789811533532 (print)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3354-9
Imprint Singapore : Springer, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-15-3354-9 doi
Call Number GN293
Dewey Decimal Classification 599.9
Summary Owing to their unique state of preservation, mummies provide us with significant historical and scientific knowledge of humankind's past. This handbook, written by prominent international experts in mummy studies, offers readers a comprehensive guide to new understandings of the field's most recent trends and developments. It provides invaluable information on the health states and pathologies of historic populations and civilizations, as well as their socio-cultural and religious characteristics. Addressing the developments in mummy studies that have taken place over the past two decades which have been neglected for as long a time the authors excavate the ground-breaking research that has transformed scientific and cultural knowledge of our ancient predecessors. The handbook investigates the many new biotechnological tools that are routinely applied in mummy studies, ranging from morphological inspection and endoscopy to minimally invasive radiological techniques that are used to assess states of preservation. It also looks at the paleoparasitological and pathological approaches that have been employed to reconstruct the lifestyles and pathologic conditions of ancient populations, and considers the techniques that have been applied to enhance biomedical knowledge, such as craniofacial reconstruction, chemical analysis, stable isotope analysis and ancient DNA analysis. This interdisciplinary handbook will appeal to academics in historical, anthropological, archaeological and biological sciences, and will serve as an indispensable companion to researchers and students interested in worldwide mummy studies.
Note Includes index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 2, 2021).
Added Author Shin, Dong Hoon, editor.
Bianucci, Raffaella, editor.
Available in Other Form Handbook of mummy studies.
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
Part 1: Mummy Studies in General
Part 2: Techniques and Current Trends in Mummy Studies
Part 3: Mummies of the World
Part 4: Museology of Mummies.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export