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Mummification and body processing: evidence from the Iron Age in southern Siberia
kurgans, ritual sites, and settlements : eurasian bronze and iron age • Oxford • Published In 2000 • Pages: 279-292
By: Murphy, Eileen M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Murphy presents the results of an osteological analysis of 607 Early Nomad remains from the Aymyrlyg cemetery. It appears that defleshing or disarticulating the skeleton was done in cases where the decomposing body would have been, '…both unhygienic and unpleasant for the remainder of the population…' (page 283). This treatment of the corpse may also have allowed removal of the body to the 'tribal cemetery at Aymyrlyg.' (page 283).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Nomad
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Physical Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2700 BP-2200 BP (7th century B.C.-2nd century B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Aymyrlyg cemetery; Uyuk Culture; Tuva, Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Eileen M. Murphy
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-285)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2001320166
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Asia, Central--Antiquities