The Tres Ventanas Mummies of Peru

Wann, L. Samuel; Benfer, Robert A.; Thomas, Gregory S.; Rivera, Ricardo; Ojeda, Bernadino; Thompson, Randall C.; Lombardi, Guido; Finch, Caleb E.

dc.contributor.author	Wann, L. Samuel
dc.contributor.author	Lombardi, Guido
dc.contributor.author	Ojeda, Bernadino
dc.contributor.author	Benfer, Robert A.
dc.contributor.author	Rivera, Ricardo
dc.contributor.author	Finch, Caleb E.
dc.contributor.author	Thomas, Gregory S.
dc.contributor.author	Thompson, Randall C.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-06T14:52:12Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-06T14:52:12Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5268
dc.description.abstract	The Tres Ventanas mummies of Peru are thought to be among the oldest mummies in existence, dating to between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago. A preliminary assessment is made of the potential of these mummies for use in future research on mummified remains. Although the Tres Ventanas cave and the four mummies were explored and then excavated by Frederic Engel in 1966-67, and the project is named in his honor as the "Engel Study Group", the importance of both the physical remains and the context in which they were found has only come to light in the last few years. Most important is the paleopathological examination of these remains, since these mummies are found in a high altitude area of Peru where adaptation to the limited partial pressure of oxygen is perhaps a key component in broadening our understanding of human diversity in past populations.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Wiley
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Anatomical Record
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject	Peru	en_US
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	mummies	en_US
dc.subject	Mummies/pathology	en_US
dc.subject	mummification	en_US
dc.subject	mummy	en_US
dc.subject	Paleopathology	en_US
dc.title	The Tres Ventanas Mummies of Peru	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.23137
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.01.01
dc.relation.issn	1552-4914