Parker Pearson, M., Chamberlain, A. T., Craig, O. E., Marshall, P. D., Mulville, J., Smith, H., Chenery, C., Collins, M. J., Cook, G. T., Craig, G., Evans, J. A., Hiller, J., Montgomery, J., Schwenninger, J., Taylor, G. and Wess, T. J. (2005). Evidence for mummification in Bronze Age Britain. Antiquity 79 (305). Vol 79(305), pp. 529-546.

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	Evidence for mummification in Bronze Age Britain
Issue The name of the volume or issue Issue:	Antiquity 79 (305)
Series The series the publication or report is included in Series:	Antiquity
Volume Volume number and part Volume:	79 (305)
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. Page Start/End:	529 - 546
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	Although ancient Egyptians are thought to have been the only people in the Old World who were practicing mummification in the Bronze Age (c. 2200-700 BC), a series of finds from Cladh Hallan on the island of South Uist in the Western Isles indicates that ancient Britons were performing similar, if less elaborate, practices of bodily preservation. Evidence of mummification is usually limited to a narrow range of arid or frozen environments which are conducive to soft tissue preservation. The authors show that a combination of microstructural, contextual and AMS 14C analysis of bone allows the identification of mummification in more temperate and wetter climates where soft tissues and fabrics do not normally survive. Skeletons from the site were buried several hundred years after death, and provide evidence of post mortem manipulation of body parts. The possibility is considered that these practices were widespread in mainland Britain during the Bronze Age.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Mike Parker Pearson Andrew T Chamberlain Oliver E Craig Peter D Marshall Jacqui Mulville Helen Smith Carolyn Chenery Matthew J Collins Gordon T Cook Geoffrey Craig Jane A Evans Jen Hiller Janet Montgomery Jean-Luc Schwenninger Gillian Taylor Timothy J Wess
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2005
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Subjects / Periods:	Bronze Age C 2200700 Bc (Auto Detected Temporal) Bone (Auto Detected Subject) BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered Created Date:	15 Dec 2005