Mummies in Siberia

Sergey Mikhailovich Slepchenko, Jong Ha Hong, Dong Hoon Shin

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Abstract

Despite the academic works of Siberian mummies over the past decades, except for the Pazyryk mummy (Siberian Ice Maiden) in Ukok Plateau, the academic achievements are not well known to the outside world. Nevertheless, the discovery and scientific research of mummies therefrom continue to be performed in the artic or subarctic zones of Siberia. In this chapter, the authors summarize the brief history and recent research updates of Siberian mummies discovered under different geological and environmental conditions in the Russian Federation. This mummy research in Siberia, as in other countries, vividly restores the lives of ancient or medieval people at a place that could not be completely revealed by any historical, archaeological, and ethnographic studies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Handbook of Mummy Studies
Subtitle of host publicationNew Frontiers in Scientific and Cultural Perspectives
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages1011-1031
Number of pages21
ISBN (Electronic)9789811533549
ISBN (Print)9789811533532
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Nov 2021

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Keywords

  • Histology
  • Mummy
  • Pazyryk
  • Preservation
  • Siberia
  • Ukok plateau
  • Zeleny yar

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