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Title: Changsha Mawangdui yihao Hanmu gushi yanjiu [Study of an ancient cadaver in Mawangtui tomb no. 1 of the Han dynasty in Changsha].
Description: Beijing, Wen wu chu ban she, 1980. [2],2,346 pp. Col. & b./w. ills. Orig. hardcover (cloth). 8vo. Scarce publication. Edited by the editorial committee of Research on the Ancient Corpse from Mawangdui No. 1 Han Tomb in Changsha; editor-in-chief of Hunan Medical College. - Text in Chinese. A summary in English. Table of contents also in English. - - The Mawangdui tomb (also Mawangtui tomb) No. 1 cadaver was unearthed in 1972 in Changsha, China, and is a well-preserved humid-type corpse of a deceased woman who lived in the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-24AD). During the past few decades, a number of other similar cadavers have been discovered in China. The Mawangdui cadaver thus appears to represent an archetype of the humid corpses that are commonly unearthed from buried coffins, but show a great extent of anatomical and histological integrity at the time of excavation.

Keywords: Antropology Archaeology Asia China Antropologie Archeologie Azië