Transitory mummies: hopewell tombs and the conservation of the dead
Many Eastern North American Indians practiced secondary burial, and a wide variety of beliefs were attached to the stages of decomposition of the corpse. Evidence is presented for protracted corpse manipulation at the Lawrence Gay Mounds, Pike County, Illinois. Unfired clay face painting, rearticula...
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| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2021-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Biological Research |
| Online Access: | https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/jbr/article/view/10181 |