Preface ...................................................... xiii
Acknowledgments ............................................... xvi
1 History of mummy studies ..................................... 1
2 The purpose of anthropogenic mummification .................. 22
3 Mechanisms of mummification ................................. 41
4 The geography of mummies .................................... 72
5 Soft tissue taphonomy ...................................... 287
6 Mummy study methodology .................................... 322
7 Mummification of animals ................................... 395
8 Soft tissue paleopathology: diseases of the viscera ........ 418
9 The museology of mummies ................................... 500
10 Use and abuse of mummies ................................... 515
Index ......................................................... 590
The plate section is between pp. 174 and 175 (and is
available for download from www.cambridge.org/9780521177351).
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