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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8763511932
Author : Jens Peder Hart Hansen,Jorgen Medlgaard
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1991-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773563124
How did they die? Why were they buried together? What had been the nature of their culture and beliefs? How had they survived in the harsh Arctic climate? To solve this icy mystery, a team of archaeologists, historians, and medical specialists used modern, innovative investigative techniques. They carried out their detective work with keen scholarly curiosity, combined with respect for these people of the past. While many puzzles have been answered, others remain unsolved. The investigation has revealed that the younger child was buried alive at the age of only six months, while the other, two and a half years old, had been born with Down's syndrome. Analysis of the hair of the mummies revealed evidence of air pollution at levels similar to those of today. Speculating on reasons for a mass grave -- a form of burial the Inuit normally used only because of some catastrophe -- the researchers have reconstructed the possible events of the past. The contents of the grave shed light on the every-day life of these people, allowing the investigators to place this evidence within the larger context of Thule culture and knowledge of Inuit contact with the Norse settlements which dotted the outer margins of Greenland during the medieval era. The Greenland Mummies brings the compelling story of this fervent collaboration to the attention of the world. Not only does it provide a fascinating and insightful look into the life and culture of the Inuit in the fifteenth century, it offers an impressive testament to one of the most successful archaeological investigations ever conducted.
Author : Jens P. Hart Hansen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:70523424
Description of eight bodies found in two graves at the small Inuit settlement of Qilakitsoq on the west coast of Greenland. Carbon-dating suggests that the time of burial was 1475 A.D.
Author : Janet Buell
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0761330046
In 1972, eight five-hundred-year-old mummies were discovered in Qilakitsoq, Greenland. Buell explains how scientists were able to determine how old the mummies were when they died and what may have caused their deaths. Information is also given on how the bodies avoided natural decay. Additionally, the book relates what the lives of these Thule (Eskimo) people may have been like: where they lived and how they dressed to protect themselves against the elements, how they hunted food, and how they used tattoos for luck and to show familial relationships.
Author : Jens Peder Hart Hansen,Jorgen Medlgaard
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1991-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0773508708
This book describes in detail the excavation and analysis of an archaeological site at Qilakitsoq in west Greenland with graves containing the mummies of six Inuit who were buried there about 1475 A.D. It includes analysis of skin clothing and footwear, tattooing, diet, burial customs, material culture, health and dentition, and a comparison with the contemporary Norse East and West Settlement.
Author : Bernd Herrmann,Susanne Hummel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461243182
Ancient DNA refers to DNA which can be recovered and analyzed from clinical, museum, archaeological and paleontological specimens. Ancient DNA ranges in age from less than 100 years to tens of millions of years. The study of ancient DNA is a young field, but it has been revolutionized by the application of polymerase chain reaction technology, and interest is growing very rapidly. Fields as diverse as evolution, anthropology, medicine, agriculture, and even law enforcement have quickly found applications in the recovery of ancient DNA. This book contains contributions from many of the "first generation" researchers who pioneered the development and application of ancient DNA methods. Their chapters present the protocols and precautions which have resulted in the remarkable results obtained in recent years. The range of subjects reflects the wide diversity of applications that are emerging in research on ancient DNA, including the study of DNA to analyze kinship, recovery of DNA from organisms trapped in amber, ancient DNA from human remains preserved in a variety of locations and conditions, DNA recovered from herbarium and museum specimens, and DNA isolated from ancient plant seeds or compression fossils. Ancient DNA will serve as a valuable source of information, ideas, and protocols for anyone interested in this extraordinary field.
Author : Jens Peder Hart Hansen,Hans Christian Gulløv
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Anthropometry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043129423
Author : Konrad Spindler,Harald Wilfing,Elisabeth Rastbichler-Zissernig,Dieter ZurNedden,Hans Nothdurfter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783709165652
On 15-17 September, 1993, Innsbruck, Austria, search. Another remarkable case, that of the pre-Colum hosted the International Mummy Symposium. This bian miner from Restauradora Mine near Chuqincamata does not mean that beautiful North Tyrol was the setting in northern Chile, is the result of impregnation with for a gathering of the world's most prominent mummies copper salts, and the mummy became an attraction as themselves, but rather the exciting discovery of a Late "Copper Man" at various fairs around the country. As he Neolithic glacial mummy released from the ice of the was found with a complete set of miner's tools, the Otztal Alps provided the focus of attention for numerous mummy offers a unique insight into the life and working scholars from many different parts of the world to come conditions of an Indio miner of the first millennium AD. together to address various questions relating to mum Even so, the mummified remains comprise only the skel mified human remains. eton with a completely rigid covering of skin, whereas Normally researchers studying the remains of histori the other soft parts have not survived. calor prehistoric human bodies will at best have bony In contrast, mummification in ice, and especially in substance to work on. It is rarely the case that soft parts the permafrost, can produce much better results.
Author : Kenneth Pye,Debra J. Croft
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN : 1862391610
Forensic geoscience is an increasingly important sub-discipline within geoscience and forensic science. Although minerals, soils, dusts and rock fragments have been used as only begun to be recognized in the last ten years or so. The police and other investigative bodies are keen to encourage such developments in the fight against crime, particularly since many criminals show a high level of forensic awareness with regard to evidence such as fingerprints, blood and other body fluids. The papers in this volume illustrate some of the main principles, techniques and applications in current forensic geoscience, covering research and casework in the UK and internationally. The techniques described range from macro-scale field geophysical investigations to micro-scale laboratory studies of the chemical and textural properties of individual particles. In addition to forensic applications, many of these techniques have broad utility in geological, geomorphological, soil science and archaeological research.
Author : M. Berrill
Publisher : Evans Brothers
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0237522535
Discusses funeral rites practised in the past in different parts of the world and how, through archaeologists, we have come to know about them.
Author : Aidan Cockburn,Eve Cockburn,Theodore A. Reyman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0521589541
A readable and fascinating account of the story of mummification from around the world.
Author : Konrad Spindler,Harald Wilfing,Elisabeth Rastbichler-Zissernig,Dieter ZurNedden,Hans Nothdurfter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996-05-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 3211826599
On 15-17 September, 1993, Innsbruck, Austria, search. Another remarkable case, that of the pre-Colum hosted the International Mummy Symposium. This bian miner from Restauradora Mine near Chuqincamata does not mean that beautiful North Tyrol was the setting in northern Chile, is the result of impregnation with for a gathering of the world's most prominent mummies copper salts, and the mummy became an attraction as themselves, but rather the exciting discovery of a Late "Copper Man" at various fairs around the country. As he Neolithic glacial mummy released from the ice of the was found with a complete set of miner's tools, the Otztal Alps provided the focus of attention for numerous mummy offers a unique insight into the life and working scholars from many different parts of the world to come conditions of an Indio miner of the first millennium AD. together to address various questions relating to mum Even so, the mummified remains comprise only the skel mified human remains. eton with a completely rigid covering of skin, whereas Normally researchers studying the remains of histori the other soft parts have not survived. calor prehistoric human bodies will at best have bony In contrast, mummification in ice, and especially in substance to work on. It is rarely the case that soft parts the permafrost, can produce much better results.
Author : Jane E. Buikstra,Charlotte Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 817 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195389807
The first comprehensive global history of the discipline of paleopathology
Author : Niels Elers Koch
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538181256
Greenland is a comprehensive full color book with a myriad of information about the country; it contains maps, and hundreds of photos. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark is the patron of Greenland., and Greenlandic and Danish experts across the Unity of the Realm have helped to create a contemporary and detailed picture of Greenland.
Author : Christopher M Moreman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317528876
Few issues apply universally to people as poignantly as death and dying. All religions address concerns with death from the handling of human remains, to defining death, to suggesting what happens after life. The Routledge Companion to Death and Dying provides readers with an overview of the study of death and dying. Questions of death, mortality, and more recently of end-of-life care, have long been important ones and scholars from a range of fields have approached the topic in a number of ways. Comprising over fifty-two chapters from a team of international contributors, the companion covers: funerary and mourning practices; concepts of the afterlife; psychical issues associated with death and dying; clinical and ethical issues; philosophical issues; death and dying as represented in popular culture. This comprehensive collection of essays will bring together perspectives from fields as diverse as history, philosophy, literature, psychology, archaeology and religious studies, while including various religious traditions, including established religions like Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism as well as new or less widely known traditions such as the Spiritualist Movement, the Church of Latter Day Saints, and Raëlianism. The Routledge Companion to Death and Dying is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies, philosophy and literature.