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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cockburn, Aidan, editor.

Cockburn, Eve, editor.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mummies.

Paleopathology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 402 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Mummies, Disease & Ancient Cultures

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To look upon a mummy is to come face to face with our past. This book presents the story of mummification as a practice worldwide. Mummies have been found on every continent, some deliberately preserved as with the ancient Egyptians using a variety of complex techniques, others accidentally by dry baking heat, intense cold and ice, or by tanning in peat bogs. By examining these preserved humans, we can get profound insights into the lives, health, culture and deaths of individuals and populations long gone. The first edition of this book was acclaimed as a classic. This readable new edition builds on these foundations, investigating the fantastic new findings in South America, Europe and the Far East. It will be a 'must-have' volume for anyone working in paleopathology and a fascinating read for all those interested in anthropology, archaeology, and the history of medicine.

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:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-316-34180-1

1-316-34097-X

1-316-34233-6

1-316-34193-3

1-316-34273-5

1-139-87834-4