LEADER 03228oam 22004455 450 001 9910510539803321 005 20231220215120.0 010 $a981-15-3354-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-15-3354-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6809645 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6809645 035 $a(CKB)19919500400041 035 $a(OCoLC)1285871590 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-15-3354-9 035 $a(EXLCZ)9919919500400041 100 $a20211118d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe handbook of mummy studies $enew frontiers in scientific and cultural perspectives /$fedited by Dong Hoon Shin, Raffaella Bianucci 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (1178 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Shin, Dong Hoon The Handbook of Mummy Studies Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,c2021 9789811533532 327 $aPart 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. 330 $aOwing 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. . 606 $aMummies$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 615 0$aMummies 676 $a393.3 702 $aShin$b Dong Hoon 702 $aBianucci$b Raffaella 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910510539803321 996 $aThe Handbook of Mummy Studies$92553858 997 $aUNINA