MODERN BEAMS FOR ANCIENT MUMMIES COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY OF THE HOLOCENE MUMMIFIED REMAINS FROM WADI TAKARKORI (ACACUS, SOUTH-WESTERN LIBYA; MIDDLE PASTORAL)

Med Secoli. 2015;27(2):575-88.

Abstract

The Middle Pastoral human remains from Wadi Takarkori in the Libyan Acacus mountains (Fezzan) are exceptionally preserved partial mummies ranging between 6100 and 5000 uncal years BP; this small sample represents the most ancient of its kind ever found. In this report, we present a survey of the skeletal anatomy of these mummifed corpses, based on high resolution CT-scan data, including a preliminary phenetic interpretation of their cranial morphology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Libya
  • Mummies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Paleopathology
  • Skull / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed