Différer la décomposition : le temps suspendu ?
Whatever mummification processes can be, natural or artificial, the aim of such a practice is usually to prevent a corpse to become skeletonized, and more generally to lessen the deterioration of the body which is to be buried. It is a peculiar step of some mortuary procedures (chaînes opératoires)...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | fra |
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Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
2013-06-01
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Series: | Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/nda/2071 |