Abstract
Archaeological surveys have been carried out on mummies found in peat bogs. This chapter is focused on one such mummy unearthed inWestern Siberia, one of the largest wetland regions in the world. In the 1960s, a forensic expert examined a Cossack mummy discovered at a peat bog in the Kurtamysh district of the Kurganskaya Oblast. Despite this being a rare non-European "bog body" case, the investigations carried out to date have been insufficient. The data presented in this chapter, albeit still inadequate to reveal the complete nature of Siberian bog mummies, nevertheless, does present important insight into a preservation pattern not previously reported. Our report can provide fundamental information for future studies on bog bodies discovered in Western Siberian peat bogs.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Handbook of Mummy Studies |
Subtitle of host publication | New Frontiers in Scientific and Cultural Perspectives |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 833-850 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811533549 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789811533532 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 18 Nov 2021 |
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Keywords
- Bog body
- Cossack
- Dna
- Europe
- Histology
- Mummy
- Peat bog
- Radiology
- Siberia
- Soldier
- Stable isotope