Mummies, disease & ancient cultures / edited by Aidan Cockburn, Eve Cockburn, and Theodore A. Reyman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cockburn, Aidan.

Cockburn, Eve.

Reyman, Theodore A. (Theodore Allen), 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mummies.

Paleopathology.

Physical Description:

xxii, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Mummies, disease, and ancient cultures

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Summary:

Mummies have been found on every continent. By examining these preserved humans, we can get profound insights into the lives, health, cultures, and deaths of individuals and populations long gone. This new edition of a classic reference offers fascinating reading for anyone interested in anthropology, archaeology, and the history of medicine. 128 photos.

Contents:

Mummies of ancient Egypt / William H. Peck

Disease in ancient Egypt / A.T. Sandison and Edmund Tapp

Dental health in ancient Egypt / James E. Harris, Paul V. Ponitz and Brian K. Ingalls

A classic mummy: PUM II / Aidan Cockburn, Robin A. Barraco, William H. Peck and Theodore A. Reyman

ROM I: mummification for the common people / Nicholas B. Millet, Gerald D. Hart, Theodore A. Reyman, Michael R. Zimmerman and Peter K. Lewin

Egyptian mummification with evisceration per ano / Theodore A. Reyman and William H. Peck

Mummies and mummification practices in the southern and southwestern United States / Mahmoud Y. El-Najjar, Thomas M.J. Mulinski and Karl J. Reinhard

Aleutian and Alaskan mummies / Michael R. Zimmerman

Mummies of Peru / James M. Vreeland, Jr.

South American mummies: culture and disease / Bernardo T. Arriaza, Felipe Cárdenas-Arroyo, Ekkehard Kleiss and John W. Verano

Bog bodies of Denmark and northwestern Europe / Christian Fischer

Mummies from Italy, North Africa and the Canary Islands / Antonio Ascenzi, Paolo Bianco, Gino Fornaciari and Conrado Rodríguez Martín

Mummification in Australia and Melanesia / Graeme L. Pretty and Angela Calder

Mummies from Japan and China / Kiyohiko Sakurai, Tamotsu Ogata, Iwataro Morimoto, Peng Long-Xiang and Wu Zhong-Bi

Bodies from cold regions / J.P. Hart Hansen

New investigative techniques / Theodore A. Reyman, Henrik Nielsen, Ingolf Thuesen, Derek N.H. Notman, Karl J. Reinhard, Edmund Tapp and Tony Waldron.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521580609

0521589541

OCLC:

37181000