New expectations: Bioarchaeological support

• Estefanía Izquierdo Moreno ^[1] ; María Begoña Carrascosa Moliner ^[1] ; José Manuel Simón Cortés ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

     Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

     Valencia, España

     
• Localización: Canarias Arqueológica: Arqueología-Bioantropología, ISSN 1888-4059, Nº. 22, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Symposium in memoriam Arthur C. Aufderheide the scientist, the friend ( 1922-2013)), págs. 353-359
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Guanche mummies are part of the Canarian and Spanish bio-herit age. These Mummies are so fragile and susceptible to deterioration, that need arises to develop adapted supports in a customized way. In addition to providing different levels of discharge appropriate to the requirements of each mummy, this kind of support prevents direct handling. This paper presents a first study on new inert materials that be used to build these new supports to determine if their performance over time is compatible with the mummified biological component.

    Thais prototype support is to be used for the mummy NEC 2, which is a part of the collect ion at the Museum of Noture and Man [Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre] of Tenerife.