title: MODERN BEAMS FOR ANCIENT MUMMIES COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY OF THE HOLOCENE MUMMIFIED REMAINS FROM WADI TAKARKORI (ACACUS, SOUTH-WESTERN LIBYA; MIDDLE PASTORAL).
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.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Vincenzo
authors.forename: Iacopo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Carbone
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ottini
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Profico
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: Mary Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tafuri
authors.forename: Gino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fornaciari
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manzi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008002:Libya; D009106:Mummies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010164:Paleopathology; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed