Spiral computed tomographic study of a pre-Ptolemaic Egyptian mummy

Anthropological Science

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-96

  Kieser, Jules ^a   Dennison, John ^a   Anson, Dimitri ^b   Doyle, Terry ^a   Laing, Raechel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Otago Museum   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

CT scans; Dental anthropology; Egypt; Mummy

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHRONOLOGY; EGYPT; HEART; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; INFORMATION CENTER; NEW ZEALAND; ORBIT; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TEXTILE; TOOTH DISEASE;

EID: 3042836167     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.00087     Document Type: Article

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