Hair surface and mechanical properties of Copt mummies from Antinopolis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3686-3692

  Vargiolu, R ^a   Pailler Mattei, C ^a,b   Coudert, M ^c   Lintz, Y ^c   Zahouani, H ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c Late Raphael   (France)

Author keywords

Bio archaeology; Hair; Mechanical properties; Mummies; Topography

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HAIR; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PRESERVATION; SKELETAL REMAINS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

FRANCE;

EID: 84878877871     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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