Climbing into the past - First Himalayan mummies discovered in Nepal

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1529-1535

  Alt, Kurt W ^a   Burger, Joachim ^a   Simons, Angela ^b   Schön, Werner ^b   Grupe, Gisela ^c   Hummel, Susanne ^d   Grosskopf, Birgit ^d   Vach, Werner ^e   Téllez, Carlos Buitrago ^f   Fischer, Christian Herbert ^g   Möller Wiering, Susan ^h   Shrestha, Sukra S ⁱ   Pichler, Sandra L ^j   von den Driesch, Angela ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^h Archäologisches Landesmuseum Schleswig Holstein   (Germany)

ⁱ HMG Department of Archaeology   (Nepal)

^j TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Community burial chamber; High mountain archaeology; Himalayas; Human mummies; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BURIED STRUCTURE; CAVE; CULTURE; PRESERVATION;

MEBRAK; MUSTANG DISTRICT; NEPAL;

EID: 0141959675     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4403(03)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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