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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"mummification"”.
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The Environmental Effect of Mummification in Texas and Colorado
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Unangax̂ Mummies as Whalers: A Multidisciplinary Contextualization of Human Mummification in the Aleutian Islands
… thesis provides an analysis of Unangax̂ (Aleut) mummification in the context of their other methods of body deposition. It explores the hypothesis that whalers and their families belonged to an ancient shamanistic whaling complex that existed throughout coastal regions that practiced whaling. …
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AVIAN SCAVENGING, MUMMIFICATION, AND VARIABLE MICRO-ENVIRONMENTS AS FACTORS AFFECTING THE DECOMPOSITION PROCESS IN WESTERN MONTANA
The purpose of this research study was to empirically study the temporal order of events of postmortem changes in Missoula, Montana utilizing pig (Sus scrofa) cadavers as human proxies by documenting postmortem changes and rate of soft tissue decomposition of three pigs over the course of one year …
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AVIAN SCAVENGING, MUMMIFICATION, AND VARIABLE MICRO-ENVIRONMENTS AS FACTORS AFFECTING THE DECOMPOSITION PROCESS IN WESTERN MONTANA
The purpose of this research study was to empirically study the temporal order of events of postmortem changes in Missoula, Montana utilizing pig (Sus scrofa) cadavers as human proxies by documenting postmortem changes and rate of soft tissue decomposition of three pigs over the course of one year …
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Computer graphics simulation of organic and inorganic optical and morphological appearance changes.
… activities, livor mortis and natural mummification by desiccation. The decomposing body is modelled by a layered model consisting of a tetrahedral mesh representing the volume and a high resolution triangle surface mesh representing the skin. A particle-based surface weathering …
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Radiometric evaluation of the prehistoric mortuary practices of the Chinchorro culture in northern Chile
… The Chinchorro culture used four types of mummification techniques (red, black, natural and mud-coated). Each of these types may be distinct to the chronological time period in which it was used and, therefore, the typology would be used to define the Chinchorro chronology. Also, if the …
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<em>Two from the Underworld</em>: Short Fiction.
… by his girlfriend Charlene’s obsession with mummification. The second, “Jolly,” is the story of Calvin Edwards, a young bus station attendant haunted by his father’s ghost and visited by a cadaverous stranger, Jolly, who also sees the dead. The stories are preceded by an introduction in which …
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The establishment of baseline data on the rates and processes of soft-tissue decomposition in two terrestrial habitats of the Western Cape, South Africa
… decomposition was marked by precocious natural mummification via desiccation – the first records of this preservative process in intact remains in any temperate climate globally. The first successional patterns for necrophagic insects in the Western Cape were established. The presence of the …
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The effect of clothing on decomposition and scavenging in two forensically significant habitats in Cape Town, South Africa
… multi-carcass deployments. Natural precocious mummification is a unique phenomenon documented in the Western Cape province, and a novel component of this research was that it formed the first quantitative assessment of desiccation leading to precocious mummification. Printed computing boards …
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An Egyptian mummy and coffin at University College Cork
… the point of view of pathology, bandaging, or mummification process. The bandages were analysed microscopically and by chemical analyses. The cartonnage was examined to extablish a possible method for its manufacture, and to discover whether all four pieces belonged together. The inscriptions …
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An evolution of creativity and ritual: The immortalizing craftmenship of the Chinchorro morticians
… known to have developed elaborate artificial mummification practices for their deceased. This study tested a Chinchorro sedentary subsitence strategy proposed by Arriaza (1995a). This proposition conflicts with the present paradigms concerning prehistoric egalitarian societies. By analyzing …
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DEFINING POSTMORTEM CHANGES IN WESTERN MONTANA: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF THE RATE AND SEQUENCE OF SURFACE AND BURIAL DECOMPOSITION
… a body is deposited on the surface or buried, mummification of external tissues occurs and is persistent for at least nine-months in the absence of animal scavenging. The ultimate result of this study contributes to building a baseline data set for documenting decomposition in western Montana’s …
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DEFINING POSTMORTEM CHANGES IN WESTERN MONTANA: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF THE RATE AND SEQUENCE OF SURFACE AND BURIAL DECOMPOSITION
… a body is deposited on the surface or buried, mummification of external tissues occurs and is persistent for at least nine-months in the absence of animal scavenging. The ultimate result of this study contributes to building a baseline data set for documenting decomposition in western Montana’s …
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Defining Postmortem Changes in Western Montana: The Effects of Climate and Environment on the Rate and Sequence of Decomposition Using Pig (Sus scrofa) Cadavers
… thaw. Ultimately both specimens reached complete mummification, never achieving skeletonization by the end of the study. The overall purpose of this study is to contribute to building a baseline data set for documenting decomposition in western Montana’s highly variable and unpredictable weather.
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Defining Postmortem Changes in Western Montana: The Effects of Climate and Environment on the Rate and Sequence of Decomposition Using Pig (Sus scrofa) Cadavers
… thaw. Ultimately both specimens reached complete mummification, never achieving skeletonization by the end of the study. The overall purpose of this study is to contribute to building a baseline data set for documenting decomposition in western Montana’s highly variable and unpredictable weather.
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Mysteries of the Dead: A Taphonomic Analysis of the Skeletal Remains from the Peruvian Highland Sites of Marcahuamachuco and Cerro Amaru
… modification consistent with burial preparation, mummification and possibly ancestor veneration. A young tall adult woman and a fetus were recovered from underneath the Castillo at Marcahuamachuco. The adult female exhibits evidence of postmortem bone modification consistent with dismemberment. …
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Elucidating the Role of Antigen-presenting Cells in the Immunopathogenesis of the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus
… infections, and spontaneous abortions/fetal mummification, from which the majority of the economic losses stem. Immunization with modified live vaccines are the most popular intervention to control disease, and although they are effective in improving health status of animals, the currently …
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Progetti contemporanei nei paesaggi consolidati del Mediterraneo. La modulazione della luce come strumento di analisi compositiva
… memory, which often gave rise to an analytical mummification that carries with it the nostalgic for the unachievable quality of the ancient city and the assurance of the absence of quality of the city modern-contemporary, can be an alternative based on the careful study of places to go back to …