The Guanche mummy in Göttingen: Recent research and findings

• Oliver Gauert ^[1] ; Birgit Grosskopf ^[2]
  1. [1] Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum
  2. [2] Georg August Universität Göttingen
• 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. 159-173
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The collection of the Anthropological Department of the University of Göttingen preserves a mummy from the preSpanish Guanche culture of Tenerife. lt is the body of a woman, who had probably died befare having reached the age of 40. The mummy is in a very good state of preservation.

    Many internal structures are still detectable inside the thoracic cavity and partly even inside the abdominal cavity. The body does not show any traumatic conditions such as healed fractures.This may be an indication that the woman belonged to a privileged social class and was therefore exempt from hard work The state of preservation is the result of quick desiccation after death. There is no evidence for any invasive mummiflcation procedures.