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The author spans the globe in search of preserved human remains, shedding light on the phenomena and conditions that make it possible for human flesh to stave off the normal process of decay after death.
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The authors discuss the processes of decay and look at the myths surrounding the preservation of the famous (such as Lenin, Abraham Lincoln and Eva Peron). They go on to discuss bodies preserved in bogs and how they came to be there, and examine one of the oldest methods of preservation - mummification - looking not only at the famous ancient Egyptian examples but also the earliest-known mummies of the Chinchorro people from South America, as well as others from Mexico, China and Europe. They also look at the preservation of bodies as a result of freezing and bodies preserved in outline form, such as those of Pompeii and Sutton Hoo, as well as discussing ethical issues such as preservation, exhumation and research on preserved bodies. The book ends with an examination of modern preservation methods and humanity's perennial search for immortality through techniques such as cryonics, cloning, DNA and suspended animation.
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Andrew T. Chamberlain is Senior Lecturer in Biological Anthropology at the University of Sheffield. He is the author ofHuman Remains in the Interpreting the Past series. Michael Parker Pearson is Reader in Archaeology at the University of Sheffield and a specialist in funerary archaeology. His publications includeBronze Age Britain and The Archaeology of Death and Burial
Andrew T. Chamberlain is Senior Lecturer in Biological Anthropology at the University of Sheffield.
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- PublisherOxford Univ Pr
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0195218523
- ISBN 13 9780195218527
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages207
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